IP Library Granted Patent US 7,138,473
Granted Patent B2
US 7,138,473 · App. 10/276,870 · Granted Nov 21, 2006

Small portable instrument

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Patent No.
US 7,138,473
App. No.
10/276,870
Granted
Nov 21, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A miniature portable equipment in the present invention comprising a packing comprising a butyl rubber having a crosslinking structure composed of carbon to carbon bonds of the formula:

Claims (23)

1. A miniature portable equipment comprising a packing comprising a butyl rubber having a crosslinking structure composed of carbon to carbon bonds of the formula:

wherein the butyl rubber is a butyl rubber having a crosslinking structure wherein no sulfur is incorporated and is derived from a halogenated butyl rubber.

2. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the halogenated butyl rubber is a chlorobutyl rubber.

3. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the butyl rubber is contained in the packing in an amount of 45.0 to 65.0% by weight.

4. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the packing exhibits a compression set of 15% or less as measured under a compression ratio of 25% at 80° C. after 72 hr (according to testing method specified in Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) K6262).

5. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the packing exhibits a rubber hardness of A50 to A65 (as measured according to testing method specified in Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) K6253).

6. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 1 , which is a wristwatch.

7. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 6 , which is a wristwatch having a movement of long-life specification wherein use is made of a long-life battery or a solar cell, or having a movement of mechanical specification wherein no battery is needed.

8. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 1 , which is a miniature portable information equipment terminal.

9. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the butyl rubber is contained in the packing in an amount of 45.0 to 65.0% by weight.

10. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the packing exhibits a compression set of 15% or less as measured under a compression ratio of 25% at 80° C. after 72 hr (according to testing method specified in Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) K6262).

11. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the packing exhibits a compression set of 15% or less as measured under a compression ratio of 25% at 80° C. after 72 hr (according to testing method specified in Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) K6262).

12. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the packing exhibits a rubber hardness of A50 to A65 (as measured according to testing method specified in Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) K6253).

13. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the packing exhibits a rubber hardness of A50 to A65 (as measured according to testing method specified in Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) K6253).

14. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the packing exhibits a rubber hardness of A50 to A65 (as measured according to testing method specified in Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) K6253).

15. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 2 , which is a wristwatch.

16. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 3 , which is a wristwatch.

17. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 4 , which is a wristwatch.

18. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 5 , which is a wristwatch.

19. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 2 , which is a miniature portable information equipment terminal.

20. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 5 , which is a miniature portable information equipment terminal.

21. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 4 , which is a miniature portable information equipment terminal.

22. The miniature portable equipment as claimed in claim 5 , which is a miniature portable information equipment terminal.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 25, 2017
From: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
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