| US 9,812,108 B2 | ||
| Support assembly and keyboard apparatus | ||
| Akito Ohba, Hamamatsu (JP) | ||
| Assigned to Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-Shi (JP) | ||
| Filed by Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken (JP) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 6, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/287,440. | ||
| Application 15/287,440 is a continuation of application No. 15/080,355, filed on Mar. 24, 2016, granted, now 9,502,004. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2015-063215 (JP), filed on Mar. 25, 2015. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2017/0040010 A1, Feb. 9, 2017 | ||
| Int. Cl. G10C 3/16 (2006.01); G10H 1/34 (2006.01); G10C 3/22 (2006.01); G10C 3/24 (2006.01) | ||
| CPC G10H 1/346 (2013.01) [G10C 3/16 (2013.01); G10C 3/168 (2013.01); G10C 3/22 (2013.01); G10C 3/24 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A support assembly comprising:
a support rotatably disposed with respect to a frame;
a repetition lever hinge mounted to the support; and
a repetition lever supported by the repetition lever hinge and rotatably disposed with respect to the support, wherein
the repetition lever has a contact surface and the contact surface contacts a hammer shank roller provided to a hammer shank
for rotating a hammer, and
the repetition lever hinge is mounted to the support in a mounting direction that crosses with a tangent-line direction of
a line tangent to the hammer shank roller at the contact between the hammer shank roller and the contact surface.
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