Patents by Inventor Hikari Ichihara

Hikari Ichihara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11037533
    Abstract: An upright keyboard instrument reduced in depth dimension and compact as a whole. Damper levers each extend in a vertical direction and are pivotally movably supported at or in the vicinity of a longitudinal center thereof, in a side-by-side arrangement in a left-right direction at a location rearward of actions. A damper rod extends in a left-right direction. A pedal rod extends in the vertical direction and is disposed forward of the damper levers, so as to be moved upward by depression of a pedal. A damper lever drive mechanism is provided between a longitudinal end of the damper rod and an upper end of the pedal rod and drives lower portions of the damper levers such that the lower portions are pressed rearward by moving the damper rod rearward in accordance with upward movement of the pedal rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KAWAI GAKKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Mitsuo Yamashita, Hikari Ichihara
  • Patent number: 10991347
    Abstract: A leg attachment structure for a keyboard instrument including leg main bodies that support a keyboard portion from both sides, the keyboard portion in which plural keys are arranged on a key bed, wherein the leg attachment structure has plates installed on upper surfaces of the leg main bodies, the plates and the leg main bodies are fixed by inserting rod-shaped portions formed on lower surfaces of the plates into hole portions provided in the leg main bodies, and the plates are formed to be larger than an area of the upper surfaces of the leg main bodies, and installed at positions eccentric to the inner side and the rear side of the keyboard portion with respect to the upper surfaces of the leg main bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KAWAI MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Yamashita, Hikari Ichihara
  • Publication number: 20200302899
    Abstract: An upright keyboard instrument reduced in depth dimension and compact as a whole. Damper levers each extend in a vertical direction and are pivotally movably supported at or in the vicinity of a longitudinal center thereof, in a side-by-side arrangement in a left-right direction at a location rearward of actions. A damper rod extends in a left-right direction. A pedal rod extends in the vertical direction and is disposed forward of the damper levers, so as to be moved upward by depression of a pedal. A damper lever drive mechanism is provided between a longitudinal end of the damper rod and an upper end of the pedal rod and drives lower portions of the damper levers such that the lower portions are pressed rearward by moving the damper rod rearward in accordance with upward movement of the pedal rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsuo YAMASHITA, Hikari ICHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20200135154
    Abstract: A leg attachment structure for a keyboard instrument including leg main bodies that support a keyboard portion from both sides, the keyboard portion in which plural keys are arranged on a key bed, wherein the leg attachment structure has plates installed on upper surfaces of the leg main bodies, the plates and the leg main bodies are fixed by inserting rod-shaped portions formed on lower surfaces of the plates into hole portions provided in the leg main bodies, and the plates are formed to be larger than an area of the upper surfaces of the leg main bodies, and installed at positions eccentric to the inner side and the rear side of the keyboard portion with respect to the upper surfaces of the leg main bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsuo Yamashita, Hikari Ichihara