IP Library Granted Patent US 11,994,832
Granted Patent B2
US 11,994,832 · App. 17/385,019 · Granted May 28, 2024

Electronic watch

Inventor: Teruhiko Fujisawa (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
G04R20/04H01Q1/24H01Q1/273
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Patent No.
US 11,994,832
App. No.
17/385,019
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic watch includes an annular antenna base material including an upper surface, an outer circumferential surface, a bottom surface, and an inner circumferential surface, a first antenna element provided at the outer circumferential surface, and a second antenna element provided at the inner circumferential surface, wherein at least one of the first antenna element and the second antenna element includes a feed terminal coupled to a feed portion, and a distance between the first antenna element and the second antenna element is greater than 0 mm and less than or equal to 2 mm.

Claims (27)

1. An electronic watch comprising:

an annular antenna base material including an upper surface, an outer circumferential surface, a bottom surface, and an inner circumferential surface;

a first antenna element provided at the outer circumferential surface; and

a second antenna element provided at the inner circumferential surface, wherein

at least one of the first antenna element and the second antenna element includes a feed terminal coupled to a feed portion, and

a distance between the first antenna element and the second antenna element is greater than 0 mm and less than or equal to 2 mm.

2. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein

the distance between the first antenna element and the second antenna element is greater than 0 mm and less than or equal to 1.5 mm.

3. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein

a width of the first antenna element and the second antenna element is 0.5 mm or greater, and is less than or equal to a height of the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface.

4. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein

the inner circumferential surface includes a first inner circumferential surface provided continuously with the upper surface and a second inner circumferential surface provided between the first inner circumferential surface and the bottom surface,

the first inner circumferential surface is inclined in a direction so that a lower end thereof is closer to a central axis of the antenna base material than an upper end thereof is, the lower end being continuous with the second inner circumferential surface, the upper end being continuous with the upper surface, and

the second antenna element is provided continuously at the first inner circumferential surface and the second inner circumferential surface.

5. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein

a height dimension of the antenna base material is greater than or equal to a width dimension of the antenna base material.

6. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein

a material of the antenna base material is any of polyphenylene sulfide, liquid crystal polymer, or polycarbonate, and

the first antenna element and the second antenna element are formed by plating.

7. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , comprising a dial disposed inside the antenna base material, wherein

a concave portion, at which a fixing convex portion of the dial is to be disposed, is formed at the inner circumferential surface.

8. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein

the antenna base material has a relative permittivity of 7 or greater.

9. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , comprising a bezel disposed outside the antenna base material, wherein

at least a portion of the bezel is formed of an electrically conductive material.

10. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein

the antenna base material is covered by a dial ring made of synthetic resin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: FUJISAWA, TERUHIKO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-126167 · Jul 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220026858A1 · Jan 27, 2022