Fastening structure and keyboard device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11767873-B2
Application number	US-201916576352-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2019
Priority date	Mar 23, 2017
Publication date	Sep 26, 2023
Grant date	Sep 26, 2023

Abstract

A fastening structure for fastening a to-be-fastened component to a wooden component by using a screw, wherein the wooden component is made of wood having a specific gravity of 0.08 g/cm3 to 0.85 g/cm3 inclusive, the screw has a nominal diameter of 0.8 mm to 3.5 mm inclusive, and the distance between a neutral position in a longitudinal direction of an effective screw part, which is the portion where the wooden component and a male screw part formed in a shaft part of the screw mesh together, and the surface of the wooden component that comes into contact with the to-be-fastened component is 1 mm to 15 mm inclusive.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fastening structure comprising a to-be-fastened component, a single wood component, and a screw, for fastening the to-be-fastened component to the wood component by using the screw, wherein
the wood component is made of wood having a specific gravity of 0.08 g/cm 3 to 0.85 g/cm 3 inclusive;
the screw has a nominal diameter of 0.8 mm to 3.5 mm inclusive and comprises a head portion and a shaft portion, the shaft portion including a male screw portion and a cylindrical portion provided between the head portion and the male screw portion, the cylindrical portion having no screw thread and no screw groove;
the distance between an intermediate position in a longitudinal direction of an effective screw portion, which effective screw portion is the portion where the wood component and the male screw portion of the screw mesh together, and a contact surface of the wood component with the to-be-fastened component is 1 mm to 8 mm inclusive;
the cylindrical portion has a length in the longitudinal direction longer than a length of the to-be-fastened component in the longitudinal direction adjacent the cylindrical portion when the to-be-fastened component is fastened to the single wood component by using the screw;
the single wood component has a maximum thickness, wherein a tip of the screw is contained within the maximum thickness of the wood component when the to-be-fastened component is fastened to the wood component; and
wherein a distance between a to-be-pressed surface where the to-be-fastened component is pressed from the head portion of the screw and the contact surface is 2 mm or less.

2. The fastening structure according to claim 1 , wherein the area of the contact surface is 100 mm 2 or less.

3. The fastening structure according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of projections are provided on at least one surface of the wood component and the to-be-fastened component that are facing each other.

4. The fastening structure according to claim 1 , wherein the wood component is formed with portions of dark rings and light rings, the effective screw portion being entangled with at least one dark ring portion of the wood component.

5. The fastening structure according to claim 1 , wherein a to-be-pressed surface of the to-be-fastened component entirely encircles a seat surface of the head portion of the screw, an entirety of the seat surface receiving a direct force from the to-be-pressed surface encircling the seat surface when the screw is tightened.

6. The fastening structure according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between a to-be-pressed surface of the to-be-fastened component and the intermediate position is 10 mm or less.

Assignees

• Yamaha Corp

Inventors

• FUJISHIRO Kaoru
• Osuga Ichiro

Classifications

• G10C3/12

  Keyboards; Keys · CPC title

• F16B25/0036 Primary

  characterised by geometric details of the screw · CPC title

• G10C3/16

  Actions · CPC title

• F16B5/00

  Joining sheets or plates {, e.g. panels,} to one another or to strips or bars parallel to them ({F16B17/00 takes precedence;} by sticking together F16B11/00; dowel connections F16B13/00; pins, including deformable elements F16B19/00; covering of walls E04F13/00; fastening signs, plates, panels or boards to a supporting structure, fastening readily-detachable elements, e.g. letters to signs, plates, panels, or boards, G09F7/00) · CPC title

• F16B5/02 Primary

  by means of fastening members using screw-thread ({F16B5/0004 takes precedence}; construction of screw-threaded connections F16B25/00 - F16B39/00) · CPC title