Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
084177000 | Cases | 15 |
20080295668 | ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - An electronic keyboard musical instrument includes a body unit of the musical instrument and a stand attached to the body unit. The stand includes a pair of side boards disposed in a standing manner so as to interpose the body unit therebetween. The body unit includes a pair of lateral surfaces. Each of the pair of lateral surfaces faces one of the pair of side boards and includes a first engaging portion disposed thereon. Each of the pair of side boards includes a first engaged portion engaged by the first engaging portion and disposed on an inner lateral surface thereof, which faces one of the pair of lateral surfaces of the body unit. The first engaging portion and the first engaged portion are engaged with each other by at least one of the body unit and the stand being moved in a predetermined direction. | 12-04-2008 |
20090165628 | Upright piano - An upright piano includes a piano case having an upper front panel, a left side panel, a right side panel, and a top lid. The upper front panel is pivotally mounted below and generally abutting the top lid. A keyboard is supported by the piano case and has a plurality of keys. A keyboard lid has a width substantially equal to a width of the upper front panel. The piano includes left and right upper front panel strips disposed on the corresponding left and right side panels. The upper front panel is pivotally attached to the left and right upper front panel strips to rotate between a closed position and an open position. The upper front panel is substantially parallel to and substantially in between the left and right upper front panel strips while in the closed position. | 07-02-2009 |
20090308220 | PIANO HAVING DENSE SOUND-ENHANCING COMPONENT | 12-17-2009 |
20100154615 | Casing Structure of Electronic Musical Instrument - When a middle plate is to be mounted to an accommodating section surrounded by left and right and rear side plates provided on a body section in a casing structure of a grand-piano type electronic piano, the middle plate positioned in front of the accommodating section is slid rearward, so that a rear end edge portion of the middle plate is fitted into a fitting section provided on the inner surface of the rear side plate and then fixing pieces provided on the underside of the middle plate are fixed to fixation pieces provided on the accommodating section by means of bolts. Such an arrangement can reduce the number of portions to be fixed by bolts and thereby mount the middle plate with an enhanced mounting efficiency. Because the bolts do not appear on the exterior of the electronic piano, the electronic piano can have an enhanced outer appearance design. | 06-24-2010 |
20140165815 | PIANOFORTE INSTRUMENT, IN PARTICULAR A PIANO, WITH A HOUSING ON BEARING POINTS - A pianoforte instrument, in particular a piano, has a base. Several bearings serve to support the pianoforte instrument on a floor. A height adjuster is also provided, which permits a height adjustment of the slide element relative to the base and/or a console. A device that facilitates transport is preferably provided on each of the bearings. The device that facilitates transport has a slide element, which permits sliding on the floor. | 06-19-2014 |
084179000 | Fall boards | 10 |
20090277317 | Support for a Piano Lid - A mechanism for supporting the weight of a piano lid is disclosed. One or more pneumatic cylinders and arms are used to assist a user in opening and closing the piano lid. In one embodiment, a guiding cup can be removably attached to the frame of the piano below each pneumatic cylinder. When the piano lid is open, the piston arm of the pneumatic cylinder engages the guiding cup. Because the pneumatic cylinder is not attached to the piano frame, the piano lid can be completely removed without the use of tools. Another embodiment provides a mounting bracket that fits over the rear frame of a piano, allowing the mechanism to be retrofit to any existing piano without any damage thereto. | 11-12-2009 |
20100326253 | FALLBOARD OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE - An opening and closing device | 12-30-2010 |
20120174726 | LID STRUCTURE OF KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT - A lid structure of a keyboard instrument is provided, which improves a design degree of freedom of an instrument body. When a covered keyboard is changed from a close state to an open state, a front lid rotates relative to a back lid through a rotation shaft. A front guide slot and a rack built in the instrument body are used to guide backward movements of an engagement pin and a pinion. Since the rack is located posterior to the front guide slot, the back lid approximately maintains a pose to move backwards. A height of an accommodating space of the instrument body set to the open state is only required to be equal to a thickness of the back lid. Therefore, the accommodating space is reduced, an overall height of the instrument body is suppressed and a design degree of freedom of the instrument body is improved. | 07-12-2012 |
20130008296 | LID OPENING/CLOSING MECHANISM FOR KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A lid opening/closing mechanism for a keyboard musical instrument, including: a main body including a casing and a keyboard; a lid attached to the casing so as to be movable between a closed position for covering the keyboard and an open position for uncovering the keyboard; and a connecting mechanism for connecting a side wall portion in the casing and an end portion of the lid and opposed to the side wall portion, wherein the connecting mechanism is configured such that, during a movement of the lid from the closed position to the open position, a rear end portion of the lid slidingly moves only in a direction from a rear end portion of the main body toward a front end portion thereof or moves in the direction from the rear end portion of the main body toward the front end portion thereof and in an upward direction. | 01-10-2013 |
20130186249 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO SECURE A PIANO FALLBOARD - A system and method to secure a piano fallboard is provided. In one embodiment, a method of retaining the piano fallboard in the upright position includes securing the fallboard to the back panel with a fallboard retaining device. In another embodiment, a method of retaining the piano fallboard in the closed position includes securing the fallboard to the keyslip with the fallboard retaining device. The fallboard retaining device can be a clamping structure or a magnetic device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130283994 | FALLBOARD ARRANGEMENT FOR KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT - A fallboard arrangement for a keyboard instrument, including a slide-type fallboard and enabling enhancing the degree of freedom of design while ensuring good appearance and smooth opening and closing operation of the fallboard, to improve marketability. A fallboard opens and closes a performance section. Arms have respective guide grooves for guiding sliding of the fallboard in a front-rear direction. Left and right side plates are provided for left and right ends of a front portion of the fallboard, and have shield walls for shielding areas around left and right end faces of the fallboard, respectively. Left and right guide bushes protrude outward from the side plates, for engagement with the guide grooves of the respective arms. The guide bushes are guided by the guide grooves of the respective arms during sliding of the fallboard in the front-rear direction. | 10-31-2013 |
20150068382 | KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - Provided is a keyboard musical instrument such as an acoustic piano or an electronic piano having an appearance and design similar to an acoustic piano, in which a fall board is made of a resin plate-shaped body, and hollow portions are provided inside the plate-shaped body. In addition, the plate-shaped body includes a plate-shaped resin foamed plate portion, and the hollow portions are made of plural air bubbles contained inside the resin foamed plate portion. | 03-12-2015 |
20150075350 | FALLBOARD ARRANGEMENT FOR KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT AND OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE FOR FALLBOARD - A fallboard arrangement for a keyboard instrument, which makes it possible to make flat the entire upper surface of a keyboard instrument in a closed state. A fallboard back section is immovably provided in a rear part of the body, in a horizontal state. A fallboard is movable between a closed position where it is forward of the fallboard back section and has an upper surface thereof made flush with that of the fallboard back section in a state closing the performance section and an open position where it is upward of the fallboard back section so as to open the performance section. A hinge connects the fallboard to the fallboard back section in a manner pivotally movable between the closed position and the open position and is disposed downward of the fallboard in the closed position and the upper surface of the fallboard back section. | 03-19-2015 |
20150325219 | PIVOTAL SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR FALLBOARD OF KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - First and second pivot sections pivotally support left and right end portions of a fallboard on left and right side boards of a keyboard musical instrument, respectively. At least one of the first and second pivot sections includes: a damper mechanism provided on one of the side board and an end portion of the fallboard and having a driven member to receive pivotal movement; and a driving member engageable with the driven member and operable in interlocked relation to the other thereof. The damper mechanism generates a load against pivotal force from the driven member. At least one of the first and second pivot sections includes: a pivoting member pivotally supported on one of the side board and the end portion of the fallboard; and a retainer fixed to the other thereof to position and retain the pivoting member at a predetermined position. | 11-12-2015 |
20190147835 | UPRIGHT PIANO | 05-16-2019 |