Patents by Inventor Kuniharu Natori

Kuniharu Natori has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5617376
    Abstract: A gear train structure of an electronic watch which is high in hand indication accuracy and which eliminates the occurrence of stopping of the watch due to dust, nap or the like. The electronic watch gear train structure includes a second wheel 13 having a minute hand attached thereto, and a braking wheel 15 for applying to the second wheel 13 a rotary torque of a reverse direction to a direction of rotation of the second wheel 13. The braking Wheel 15 includes a gear adapted to mesh with the second wheel 13, a spring 21 having one end thereof fastened to a shaft of the gear, and a balance spring frame 23 having a circumferential wall surface for contacting with the free end side of the spring 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toyoshige Honzawa, Kuniharu Natori, Nobuhiro Koike
  • Patent number: 5506820
    Abstract: A gear train structure of an electronic watch which is high in hand indication accuracy and which eliminates the occurrence of stopping of the watch due to dust, nap or the like. The electronic watch gear train structure includes a second wheel 13 having a minute hand attached thereto, and a braking wheel 15 for applying to the second wheel 13 a rotary torque of a reverse direction to a direction of rotation of the second wheel 13. The braking Wheel 15 includes a gear adapted to mesh with the second wheel 13, a spring 21 having one end thereof fastened to a shaft of the gear, and a balance spring frame 23 having a circumferential wall surface for contacting with the free end side of the spring 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toyoshige Honzawa, Kuniharu Natori, Nobuhiro Koike
  • Patent number: 4761771
    Abstract: An electronic timekeeping apparatus includes a temperature value generating circuit for generating a temperature value, a temperature value converting circuit including a slope adjusting circuit which provides a slope corrected output in accordance with a frequency versus temperature characteristic of the apparatus in response to the temperature value, a pace compensation data circuit for producing pace compensation data corresponding to the slope corrected output, and a pace compensating circuit for compensating pace of the apparatus in accordance with the pace compensation data. An offset adjustment circuit may operate on said temperature value or said slope corrected output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Moriya, Hitomi Aizawa, Kuniharu Natori, Kazumi Kamoi, Hiroshi Yabe