Patents by Inventor Anne ISHIDA

Anne ISHIDA 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: 12542118
    Abstract: A keyboard device for a keyboard instrument, which is capable of realizing the same operation of an action as performed by that of a grand piano and enables to obtain the same key touch feeling and performability as provided by the grand piano during musical performance. The keyboard device includes a swingable key, an action unit operating in conjunction with depression of the key, and a hammer pivotally supported on a hammer support shaft of a hammer support and placed on the action unit via a hammer protrusion. The action unit includes a holder fixed to a rear end of the key, a repetition lever and a jack pivotally mounted to the holder, jack latching means for disengaging a hammer push-up portion of the jack from the hammer protrusion, and jack returning means for returning the hammer push-up portion to its position before disengagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KAWAI GAKKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Anne Ishida, Masahiko Iwase
  • Publication number: 20250308486
    Abstract: A keyboard device for a keyboard instrument includes: a swingable key; an action unit executing a predetermined operation in conjunction with depression of the key; and a hammer placed on the action unit via a hammer protruding portion, and rotated upward via the action unit in accordance with depression of the key. The hammer includes a hammer body made of a synthetic resin, and the hammer protruding portion includes a protruding portion body protruding downward and formed integrally with the hammer body, and a roller bush attached to the hammer body in a state of covering the protruding portion body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Anne ISHIDA, Masahiko IWASE
  • Publication number: 20250308485
    Abstract: A keyboard device for a keyboard instrument includes: a swingable key extending in a front-rear direction; an action unit executing a predetermined operation in conjunction with depression of the key; and a hammer rotatably supported by a hammer support shaft of a hammer support and driven upward via the action unit in accordance with depression of the key. The hammer has a backcheck engagement portion protruding downward in front of the hammer support shaft, and the key is provided with a backcheck that stops the hammer by engagement of the backcheck engagement portion when the hammer driven upward with depression of the key rebounds and rotates downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Anne ISHIDA, Masahiko IWASE
  • Publication number: 20240212651
    Abstract: A keyboard device for a keyboard instrument, which is capable of realizing the same operation of an action as performed by that of a grand piano and enables to obtain the same key touch feeling and performability as provided by the grand piano during musical performance. The keyboard device includes a swingable key, an action unit operating in conjunction with depression of the key, and a hammer pivotally supported on a hammer support shaft of a hammer support and placed on the action unit via a hammer protrusion. The action unit includes a holder fixed to a rear end of the key, a repetition lever and a jack pivotally mounted to the holder, jack latching means for disengaging a hammer push-up portion of the jack from the hammer protrusion, and jack returning means for returning the hammer push-up portion to its position before disengagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Anne ISHIDA, Masahiko IWASE