IP Library Granted Patent US 11,474,480
Granted Patent B2
US 11,474,480 · App. 16/359,321 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Timepiece

Inventors: Ryo Hattori (Chiba, JP); Yasunori Hara (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
G04B19/14
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Patent No.
US 11,474,480
App. No.
16/359,321
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A timepiece includes a display plate, a movement which rotatably supports the display plate about an axis in a plate thickness direction and is installed in an axial direction, a straight pin which is erected in the movement in the axial direction, an opening portion which is provided in the display plate, into which the straight pin is inserted, and which includes a width decreasing portion having a width decreasing toward one side of the axis in a circumferential direction, and a rotation mechanism which rotates the display plate to the other side in the circumferential direction to cause the straight pin to be clamped by the width decreasing portion.

Claims (38)

1. A timepiece comprising:

a plate member;

an installation portion which rotatably supports the plate member about an axis in a plate thickness direction and is installed in an axial direction;

a pin which is erected in the installation portion in the axial direction;

an opening portion which is provided in the plate member, into which the pin is inserted, and which includes a width decreasing portion having a width decreasing toward one side of the axis in a circumferential direction; and

a rotation mechanism which rotates the plate member to the other side in the circumferential direction to cause the pin to be clamped by the width decreasing portion,

wherein the rotation mechanism includes

a taper pin which is erected in the installation portion in the axial direction and has a diameter decreasing toward a tip, and

a wall portion which is provided in the plate member and with which a peripheral surface of the taper pin on the other side in the circumferential direction comes into contact when the pin is inserted into the opening portion.

2. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein the taper pin is detachable from the installation portion.

3. The timepiece according to claim 2 , wherein the wall portion is an inner peripheral surface of an opening formed in the plate member.

4. The timepiece according to claim 2 , wherein the wall portion is a surface extending in a direction intersecting the circumferential direction of a notch formed on an outer periphery of the plate member.

5. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein the wall portion is an inner peripheral surface of an opening formed in the plate member.

6. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein the wall portion is a surface extending in a direction intersecting the circumferential direction of a notch formed on an outer periphery of the plate member.

7. A timepiece comprising:

a plate member;

an installation portion which rotatably supports the plate member about an axis in a plate thickness direction and is installed in an axial direction;

a pin which is erected in the installation portion in the axial direction;

an opening portion which is provided in the plate member, into which the pin is inserted, and which includes a width decreasing portion having a width decreasing toward one side of the axis in a circumferential direction; and

a rotation mechanism which rotates the plate member to the other side in the circumferential direction to cause the pin to be clamped by the width decreasing portion,

wherein the rotation mechanism includes

an eccentric pin which is erected in the installation portion in the axial direction, and

a wall portion which is provided in the plate member and with which an outer peripheral surface of the eccentric pin is capable of coming into contact, and

wherein a rotation range of the eccentric pin includes a first rotation range spaced apart from the wall portion, and a second rotation range being in contact with the wall portion.

8. The timepiece according to claim 7 , wherein the wall portion is an inner peripheral surface of an opening formed in the plate member.

9. The timepiece according to claim 7 , wherein the wall portion is a surface extending in a direction intersecting the circumferential direction of a notch formed on an outer periphery of the plate member.

10. A timepiece comprising:

a plate member;

an installation portion which rotatably supports the plate member about an axis in a plate thickness direction and is installed in an axial direction;

a pin which is erected in the installation portion in the axial direction;

an opening portion which is provided in the plate member, into which the pin is inserted, and which includes a width decreasing portion having a width decreasing toward one side of the axis in a circumferential direction; and

a rotation mechanism which rotates the plate member to the other side in the circumferential direction to cause the pin to be clamped by the width decreasing portion,

wherein the rotation mechanism includes

a mounting member which is mounted on an upper surface of the plate member and includes a taper pin having a diameter decreasing toward the installation portion,

an engagement hole which is provided in the installation portion and with which the taper pin is engaged, and

a wall portion which is provided in the plate member, and with which a peripheral surface of the taper pin on the other side in the circumferential direction comes into contact when the pin is inserted into the opening portion and the taper pin is inserted into the engagement hole.

11. The timepiece according to claim 10 , wherein the wall portion is an inner peripheral surface of an opening formed in the plate member.

12. The timepiece according to claim 10 , wherein the wall portion is a surface extending in a direction intersecting the circumferential direction of a notch formed on an outer periphery of the plate member.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 17, 2024
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
To: SEIKO WATCH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069183/0051 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2019
From: HATTORI, RYO; HARA, YASUNORI
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 048653/0011 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-052936 · Mar 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190294111A1 · Sep 26, 2019