ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,962, issued on March 17, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Device and electronic musical instrument" was invented by Mari Nakajima (Hino, Japan), Ryohei Kobayashi (Akishima, Japan), Yuuki Nakajima (Tachikawa, Japan), Kouji Oshima (Fussa, Japan), Naoto Imamura (Akishima, Japan) and Shingo Fukushima (Ome, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes: a frame-shaped support member that is configured to support an internal member; a fixing member that is inside a frame of the support member and is configured to fix the internal member; and a reinforcement member that is connected to the fixing member and with w...