Patents by Inventor Seisaku Shinmachi

Seisaku Shinmachi 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).

  • Fallboard arrangement for keyboard instrument and opening and closing device for fallboard
    Patent number: 9076410
    Abstract: A fallboard arrangement for a keyboard instrument, which makes it possible to make flat the entire upper surface of a keyboard instrument in a closed state. A fallboard back section is immovably provided in a rear part of the body, in a horizontal state. A fallboard is movable between a closed position where it is forward of the fallboard back section and has an upper surface thereof made flush with that of the fallboard back section in a state closing the performance section and an open position where it is upward of the fallboard back section so as to open the performance section. A hinge connects the fallboard to the fallboard back section in a manner pivotally movable between the closed position and the open position and is disposed downward of the fallboard in the closed position and the upper surface of the fallboard back section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KAWAI GAKKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Seisaku Shinmachi
  • FALLBOARD ARRANGEMENT FOR KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT AND OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE FOR FALLBOARD
    Publication number: 20150075350
    Abstract: A fallboard arrangement for a keyboard instrument, which makes it possible to make flat the entire upper surface of a keyboard instrument in a closed state. A fallboard back section is immovably provided in a rear part of the body, in a horizontal state. A fallboard is movable between a closed position where it is forward of the fallboard back section and has an upper surface thereof made flush with that of the fallboard back section in a state closing the performance section and an open position where it is upward of the fallboard back section so as to open the performance section. A hinge connects the fallboard to the fallboard back section in a manner pivotally movable between the closed position and the open position and is disposed downward of the fallboard in the closed position and the upper surface of the fallboard back section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Seisaku Shinmachi