Patents by Inventor Shigetoshi Kuwahara

Shigetoshi Kuwahara 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: 7329812
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument which has a fallboard unit whose dimension in the longitudinal direction of the instrument is not increased even when the fallboard unit contains a functional component part including electrical wiring. A cover unit has a front cover and a rear cover disposed such that they are arranged in forward and rearward directions when the cover unit is closed. A hinge device pivotally connects the front cover and the rear cover such that the cover unit lays open upward a keyboard when it is open with the front cover and the rear cover being folded. An instrument body accommodates the keyboard and a musical tone generator, and includes a pivotal support member fixed therein, left and right lateral side panels, and a topboard. A guide mechanism is provided on the left and right lateral side panels, and supports the rear cover such that the rear cover is movable in the forward and rearward directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Kuwahara, Hiroki Nakaya
  • Patent number: 7241949
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument which has a fallboard unit whose dimension in the longitudinal direction of the instrument is not increased even when the fallboard unit contains a functional component part including electrical wiring. A cover unit has a front cover and a rear cover disposed such that they are arranged in forward and rearward directions when the cover unit is closed. A hinge device pivotally connects the front cover and the rear cover such that the cover unit lays open upward a keyboard when it is open with the front cover and the rear cover being folded. An instrument body accommodates the keyboard and a musical tone generator, and includes a pivotal support member fixed therein, left and right lateral side panels, and a topboard. A guide mechanism is provided on the left and right lateral side panels, and supports the rear cover such that the rear cover is movable in the forward and rearward directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Kuwahara, Hiroki Nakaya
  • Publication number: 20040182223
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument which has a fallboard unit whose dimension in the longitudinal direction of the instrument is not increased even when the fallboard unit contains a functional component part including electrical wiring. A cover unit has a front cover and a rear cover disposed such that they are arranged in forward and rearward directions when the cover unit is closed. A hinge device pivotally connects the front cover and the rear cover such that the cover unit lays open upward a keyboard when it is open with the front cover and the rear cover being folded. An instrument body accommodates the keyboard and a musical tone generator, and includes a pivotal support member fixed therein, left and right lateral side panels, and a topboard. A guide mechanism is provided on the left and right lateral side panels, and supports the rear cover such that the rear cover is movable in the forward and rearward directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Kuwahara, Hiroki Nakaya
  • Patent number: 5175386
    Abstract: A keyboard instrument includes an instrument main body, a keyboard cover, a link member, a guide abutment portion, and a guide member. The instrument main body has a keyboard portion arranged thereon. The keyboard cover pivots about a portion near a rear end thereof to open/cover the keyboard portion on the instrument main body. The link member has one end pivotally supported on the instrument main body, and the other end pivotally supported on a portion near the rear end portion of the keyboard cover. The guide abutment portion is arranged at a position separated from the position, at which the other end of the link member is pivotally supported, in a direction of a rear surface of the instrument main body by a predetermined distance. The guide member is fixed in the instrument main body so as to cause the guide abutment portion to be moved in contact with the guide member upon opening/closing of the keyboard cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Shigetoshi Kuwahara