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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masahiko Iwase, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hideyuki Ishida, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho, Hamamatsu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A key switch for an electronic piano, which makes it possible to increase an allowable range for shift of a movable contact without increasing the size of the key switch of the three-contact type. The key switch includes a substrate having first to third stationary contacts arranged thereon side by side in the lengthwise direction of a pivotal member as one of a key and a hammer. Each stationary contact has a common contact and a non-common contact. The common contact has an extended portion extending between two non-common contacts. The key switch has first to third movable contacts arranged side by side on an elastic switch body, for being sequentially brought into contact with the common contacts and non-common contacts of the stationary contacts as the switch body is pressed by the pivotal member, to thereby output signals indicative of key depression information.