Patents by Inventor Hiromi NEGI

Hiromi NEGI 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: 8916757
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Sayo Tsuchimoto, Hiroki Nakaya, Hiromi Negi
  • Publication number: 20130008296
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sayo TSUCHIMOTO, Hiroki NAKAYA, Hiromi NEGI