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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2018
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Taniguchi, Tachikawa, JP;
CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A keyboard device is provided whose entire device body can be compactified even if a hammer member length in its front and rear direction is increased and a keyboard instrument including the keyboard device. The keyboard device includes a plurality of keys, a transmission member which is rotated in response to a key depression operation performed on a key among the plurality of keys, and a hammer member which is rotated in response to rotation of the transmission member and applies an action load to the key, in which the hammer member includes a hammer arm and a hammer head provided on a front side of the hammer arm, and the hammer arm is rotated around a hammer rotation center located on a rear side of the hammer arm in response to the key depression operation performed on the key.