Patents by Inventor Tsunetoshi Sekiguchi

Tsunetoshi Sekiguchi 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: 4276629
    Abstract: A solar battery timepiece has a structure of a module, a base plate on the module, a solar battery cell on the base plate, an insulating flexible sheet provided with a print wiring and interposed between the base plate and the solar battery cell, and a dial ring attached to the peripheral edge of the base plate whereby the solar battery timepiece may be made with a reduced thickness, small in size, simple in construction, shock resistant and reliable in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1981
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Company Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Matsumura, Yutaka Kato, Tsunetoshi Sekiguchi, Ryo Namiki
  • Patent number: 4234948
    Abstract: A structure for fixing a watchglass of a watch case, which comprises a watchglass fixing member having a ring-shaped recess and a flange formed at an upper portion of said recess, a watchglass having an outer diametric surface formed with an inclined guiding surface below said outer diametric surface, and a synthetic resin ring disposed in said recess of said watchglass fixing member and sandwiched between said recess and said watchglass and having a protrusion formed when said watchglass is press fitted into said synthetic resin ring, said protrusion serving as means for retaining said watchglass in a fixed place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Maekawa, Tsunetoshi Sekiguchi, Masahiko Waki, Hiroshi Koide, Kisuke Watanabe, Osamu Matsumura, Hisao Yamagata
  • Patent number: 4165604
    Abstract: A solar battery timepiece has a structure of a module, a base plate on the module, a solar battery cell on the base plate, an insulating flexible sheet provided with a print wiring and interposed between the base plate and the solar battery cell, and a dial ring attached to the peripheral edge of the base plate whereby the solar battery timepiece may be made thin in thickness, small in size, simple in construction, shock resistant and reliable in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1979
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Matsumura, Yutaka Kato, Tsunetoshi Sekiguchi, Ryo Namiki
  • Patent number: 4152889
    Abstract: A push button device for a watch casing comprising a watch casing, a through hole formed on a side wall of the watch casing, through which a push button is inserted to be secured, a pipe fitted to the through hole and provided and a guide surface inside the outer edge thereof, the push button having a pushing portion at one end thereof and a groove at the other end thereof and an engaging ring elastically deformable and fitted to the groove. The engaging ring locks the button in position thereby providing useful and effective push button device for a watch casing which is easy to assemble and is low in cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1979
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsunetoshi Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 4083178
    Abstract: A watch case including external and internal case bands, crystal, and flexible packing wherein provision is made of a horizontal groove for a leaf spring and vertical groove for a lever and thereby being easily assembled and disassembled by means of the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunetoshi Sekiguchi, Tsutomu Noguchi