Patents by Inventor Hiroki Tachida

Hiroki Tachida 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: 4641565
    Abstract: In construction of a keyboard unit accommodable upright piano, a vertically turnable keyboard is held by a holder unit so that the keyboard unit can be stably held in a horizontal position at one state of the holder unit and easily be accommodated in the main casing at the other state of the holder unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Tachida, Takane Sato, Shigeaki Sato
  • Patent number: 4593594
    Abstract: In the construction of a housing for upright pianos, as a substitute for the conventional hard, thick and heavy wooden boards associated with back posts vulnerable to circumstantial changes, soft, thin and light wooden boards are attached to a metallic skelton of a substantially rectangular construction suited for supporting a keyboard assembly. Weight of the housing is greatly reduced without impairing strength and no use of back posts makes the housing well durable against changes in environmental factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Tachida, Takane Sato, Shigeaki Sato
  • Patent number: 4199124
    Abstract: A leg is coupled to one half of the connecting structure, e.g. a detachable seat, via screw engagement and the latter is coupled, via wedge engagement to be established by projections formed thereon, to the other half of the connecting structure, e.g. a fixed seat, mounted to the bottom of a massive body such as a keyboard musical instrument, a larger sized television set and a heavy table. Registration of the leg at the correct position and the above-described wedge engagement are carried out simply by sliding the one seat against the other seat with alleviated trouble in the collimation work, reduced damage on the thread construction and stabilized support for the massive body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1980
    Assignee: Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroki Tachida