IP Library Granted Patent US 11,474,482
Granted Patent B2
US 11,474,482 · App. 16/352,914 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Electronic watch

Inventors: Shoichiro Morita (Saitama, JP); Kazuya Imamura (Nagano, JP); Takashi Hosaka (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
G04B43/007G04C3/12G04C3/14G04C10/00
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Patent No.
US 11,474,482
App. No.
16/352,914
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic watch including a movement, and the movement includes a movement main body, a plate manufactured by a ferromagnetic metal, and a hook having flexibility, and the plate includes an engagement part that protrudes from the rear surface of the plate and which is configured to accommodate one end part of the hook, and the one end part of the hook is configured to be accommodated by the engagement part by elastically deforming the hook, and the other end part of the hook is fixed to the movement main body.

Claims (45)

1. An electronic watch having a movement, the movement comprising:

a movement main body;

a plate manufactured by a ferromagnetic metal; and

a hook having flexibility higher than that of the plate, wherein

the plate includes an engagement part that protrudes from the rear surface of the plate and which is configured to accommodate one end part of the hook, and

the hook includes a first portion arranged at one end part of the hook and including a protruding part accommodated by the engagement part, a second portion arranged at the other end part of the hook and fixed to the movement main body, and a curved part having U-letter shape.

2. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein

the movement main body has a motor, and

the plate and at least a part of the motor of the movement main body are arranged in an overlapping manner when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the rear surface of the plate.

3. The electronic watch according to claim 2 , wherein the motor has a stator provided with a pair of slits, and the engagement part is arranged in a vertical direction to a line connecting between the pair of slits when viewed from a normal direction of the plate.

4. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the hook has flexibility higher than that of the engagement part.

5. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the plate supports a solar cell.

6. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the movement further comprises a spring member that electrically connects a circuit substrate of the movement main body and the plate.

7. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the other end part of the hook is sandwiched and fixed between two insulating members of the movement main body.

8. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the other end part of the hook is formed into one unit together with an insulating member of the movement main body.

9. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the movement main body includes,

a wheel train,

a wheel train bridge in which a hole that transmits light is formed and which holds the wheel train,

an oscillation circuit that generates a reference frequency signal indicating a reference frequency,

a motor that drives the wheel train based on the reference frequency signal generated by the oscillation circuit,

an accommodation member accommodating the oscillation circuit and that does not transmit light.

10. The electronic watch according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a battery that supplies power to the oscillation circuit, wherein the oscillation circuit is arranged so as to overlap none of the motor and the battery when viewed in a plan view.

11. The electronic watch according to claim 10 , wherein

the movement main body further includes a winding stem driving the wheel train, and

the oscillation circuit is arranged so as not to overlap the winding stem when viewed in a plan view.

12. The electronic watch according to claim 9 , wherein

the oscillation circuit includes a quartz crystal oscillator and a semiconductor circuit that generates the reference frequency signal based on oscillation of the quartz crystal oscillator as well as supplying a current to the quartz crystal oscillator, and

both the quartz crystal oscillator and the semiconductor circuit are accommodated by the accommodation member.

13. The electronic watch according to claim 9 , wherein on the surface of the wheel train bridge, a reflection suppression layer is formed by surface processing with one of black nickel plate, black ruthenium plate, DLC coating.

14. The electronic watch according to claim 1 , wherein the movement main body includes,

a wheel train,

a wheel train bridge that holds the wheel train, and

a hand position detection mechanism having a position detection gear in which a transmission part that transmits light is formed and which rotates in response to the wheel train being driven, a light emitting element that radiates light to the transmission part, and a light receiving element that receives light radiated from the light emitting element via the transmission part, wherein

in the wheel train bridge, a hole that transmits light is not formed in an overlap part that overlaps the position detection gear when viewed in a plan view and the hole is formed in a portion other than the overlap part.

15. The electronic watch according to claim 14 , wherein on the surface of the wheel train bridge, a reflection suppression layer is formed by surface processing with one of black nickel plate, black ruthenium plate, DLC coating.

16. The electronic watch according to claim 15 , wherein the reflection suppression layer is formed by surface processing with the black plate.

17. An electronic watch comprising a movement,

wherein the movement has:

a movement main body;

a plate manufactured by a ferromagnetic metal; and

a hook having higher flexibility than that of the plate,

the plate includes an engagement part that protrudes from the rear surface of the plate and which is configured to accommodate one end part of the hook

the one end part of the hook is configured to be accommodated by the engagement part by elastically deforming the hook and the other end part of the hook is fixed to the movement main body, and

the other end part of the hook is fixed between a circuit substrate and an insulating member of the movement main body, and the hook is adjacently arranged so as to contact with the insulating member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2019
From: MORITA, SHOICHIRO; IMAMURA, KAZUYA; HOSAKA, TAKASHI
To: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048592/0430 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP JP2018-046678 · Mar 14, 2018 · national
JP JP2018-174853 · Sep 19, 2018 · national
JP JP2018-174856 · Sep 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190286061A1 · Sep 19, 2019