IP Library Granted Patent US 10,409,225
Granted Patent B2
US 10,409,225 · App. 15/374,461 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

Dial and timepiece

Inventors: Junichiro Suzuki (Kunitachi, JP); Kazuma Kobayashi (Fuchu, JP)
Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
G04B19/166G04B19/12G04G3/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,409,225
App. No.
15/374,461
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dial including: a rotating body which is provided to be rotatable; and a dial main body which includes a covering section that covers a peripheral portion of the rotating body.

Claims (25)

1. A dial comprising:

a rotating body which is provided to be rotatable; and

a dial main body which includes a covering section that covers a peripheral portion of the rotating body,

wherein:

a ring-shaped protecting section which protects a visible-side surface of the covering section from damage is provided on the visible-side surface,

the rotating body slopes so as to be highest at a central portion which is a center of rotation and so as to lower toward the peripheral portion, and an outermost peripheral portion of the rotating body is a flat plate,

the covering section covers the flat plate, and

an opening is provided in the dial main body, and the central portion of the rotating body is exposed from the opening to a visible side of the dial main body.

2. The dial according to claim 1 , wherein the rotating body is formed by molding a resin.

3. The dial according to claim 2 , further comprising a hand which is rotatable above the rotating body, wherein the hand is disposed on the visible side with respect to the dial main body.

4. The dial according to claim 1 , further comprising a hand which is rotatable above the rotating body, wherein the hand is disposed on the visible side with respect to the dial main body.

5. The dial according to claim 4 , wherein the ring-shaped protecting section is provided only at a position corresponding to an end of the hand.

6. A timepiece comprising:

a dial including:

a rotating body which is provided to be rotatable; and

a dial main body which includes a covering section that covers a peripheral portion of the rotating body,

wherein a ring-shaped protecting section which protects a visible-side surface of the covering section from damage is provided on the visible-side surface; and

a case which contains the dial,

wherein:

the rotating body slopes so as to be highest at a central portion which is a center of rotation and so as to lower toward the peripheral portion, and an outermost peripheral portion of the rotating body is a flat plate,

the covering section covers the flat plate, and

an opening is provided in the dial main body, and the central portion of the rotating body is exposed from the opening to a visible side of the dial main body.

7. The timepiece according to claim 6 , wherein the rotating body is formed by molding a resin.

8. The timepiece according to claim 6 , further comprising a hand which is rotatable above the rotating body, wherein the hand is disposed on the visible side with respect to the dial main body.

9. The timepiece according to claim 8 , wherein the ring-shaped protecting section is provided only at a position corresponding to an end of the hand.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2016
From: SUZUKI, JUNICHIRO; KOBAYASHI, KAZUMA
To: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-037131 · Feb 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170248920A1 · Aug 31, 2017