Patents by Inventor Osamu Kamisawa

Osamu Kamisawa 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: 6181648
    Abstract: An electronic watch is formed of a case body having a display window, a movement situated in the case body, a light transmitting digital display disposed above the movement in the case body to be observed from an outside through the display window, and a solar cell unit. The solar cell unit is interposed between a part of the light transmitting digital display and the movement, and a reflecting plate is disposed under another part of the light transmitting digital display adjacent to the solar cell unit. Also, a light transmitting material is interposed between the part of the light transmitting digital display and the solar cell unit. Thus, light is supplied to the solar cell unit from the outside through the light transmitting digital display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Mafune, Osamu Kamisawa
  • Patent number: 4236238
    Abstract: An electronic digital timepiece having standard timekeeping, stopwatch, and timer functions, and a weekdays display section composed of a plurality of display segments selectively activated to indicate the day of the week in the standard timekeeping display mode, and which are rapidly and sequentially activated in a predetermined direction when operation is performed in a stopwatch mode, and are rapidly and sequentially activated in the opposite direction when operation is performed in the timer mode of operation, to indicate the type of operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1980
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Company Limited
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Komiyama, Osamu Kamisawa