Patents Assigned to Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 12105478Abstract: A variation reduction mechanism of a stop position of a pointer includes a return gear that is driven in conjunction with a time display mechanism, a slip torque spring (friction member) that contacts the return gear to apply a friction force to the return gear to be driven, and a return spring (return spring member) that applies, to the slip torque spring, a torque of the return gear in a direction (dashed line arrow—R direction) opposite to a normal hand movement direction (arrow R direction).Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Imamura, Shoichiro Morita
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Patent number: 12090596Abstract: A control device for a machine tool comprises a control section controlling the relative rotation and feeding of a cutting tool and a material, performing cutting with vibration of the cutting tool relative to the material by combining a forward feed movement in the machining direction, and a return movement in the counter-machining direction. A return movement setting section sets a pulse-like signal including a command for moving a cutting tool in the machining direction and a command for the return movement. A forward feed setting section makes the cutting tool reach a change point by combining the movement in the machining direction on the basis of the return movement setting section and the forward feed movement. A pulse-like signal is formed in sine waveform with an inflection point, and a phase of the inflection point is set to a value different from a phase of the change point.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignees: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Sannomiya, Takaichi Nakaya
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Patent number: 12079656Abstract: A cooperation system includes a first terminal device and a second terminal device. The first terminal device acquires output information defined by a service block program or information for generating the output information from an external device in accordance with a trigger generated by a trigger generation unit of the second terminal device, and generates an action command for causing an action execution unit defined by an action block program to execute an action based on the acquired information. With this configuration, a service can be properly provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryutaro Uemura, Daisuke Matsuoh
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Patent number: 12073570Abstract: A subject who dances is motivated to participate in dancing by presenting an ideal dance video to the subject in the form of a virtual video of the subject.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventor: Hideki Shimizu
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Publication number: 20240255382Abstract: A pressure detection device 1 includes: an enclosure assembly configured to be mounted in a communication hole in an internal combustion engine; a diaphragm head 32 provided at one end of the enclosure assembly and configured to receive pressure of combustion gas from the internal combustion engine; and a buffer member 80 located at the diaphragm head 32 and configured to supply the combustion gas to the diaphragm head 32 while reducing the temperature of the combustion gas. Female threads formed on a first buffer member 81 of the buffer member 80 and male threads formed on a second buffer member 82 of the buffer member 80 are configured to threadably engage each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicants: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yujiro NAKAMURA, Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Motoki OBATA, Hiroshi NAKAGAWA
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Patent number: 12048959Abstract: To provide a rod member feeding device that reduces the load on a spindle chuck and a finger chuck when a rod member is positioned, as well as providing a machine tool provided with the rod member feeding device, and a control method for the rod member feeding device. A rod member feeding device includes: a feed rod for supplying a rod member to a spindle; a servomotor for moving the feed rod along the axial direction of the spindle; and a control device (exemplified with a motor control device and a control device) for controlling the driving of the servomotor. The control device calculates a deviation between a command position based on an advance amount of the feed rod and the actual position of the feed rod that has been actually advanced by the driving of the servomotor, and controls the driving of the servomotor based on the magnitude of the deviation.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignees: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiyohiko Watanabe, Takanori Shinohara, Kenji Shimizu
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Patent number: 12034104Abstract: A light emitting device has a substrate having a rectangular planar shape, one or a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on the substrate, a dam resin having a frame-like planar shape, arranged so as to surround the light emitting element, and having an inclined surface whose height increases as its distance from the light emitting element increases, and a seal resin arranged in an area surrounded by the dam resin and which seals the light emitting element, and the dam resin has a protruding portion extending and protruding from at least one side toward the opposite side.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Jo Kinoshita, Shiori Koike
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Patent number: 12032333Abstract: A time difference correction mechanism includes a cylinder index star wheel that includes teeth and is connected to an hour hand, a cylinder index gear that includes teeth and is connected to a minute hand, the cylinder index gear provided radially outward of the cylinder index star wheel on a same plane as the teeth, a cylinder index lever disposed in the cylinder index gear on a same plane as the cylinder index gear, and a cylinder index spring disposed in the cylinder index gear on the same plane as the cylinder index gear. The cylinder index lever is movable between an engaged position where a claw engages with at least one of the teeth and a disengaged position where the claw disengages with the at least one of the teeth . The cylinder index spring is configured to bias the cylinder index lever to the engaged position.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Shoichiro Morita, Kazuya Imamura
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Patent number: 12031204Abstract: A titanium member includes a first region where a plurality of first convex structural bodies extending in a first direction are arranged on the surface of the titanium member in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the first convex structural body has first convex portions arranged on an upper surface of the first convex structural body at an interval of several hundred nanometers along the first direction, and a height of the first convex portion is several ten nanometers. It is preferable that the first convex structural bodies adjacent in the second direction are arranged at an interval wider than the interval at which the first convex portions are arranged, and in the first convex structural bodies, a height including the first convex portion is higher than the height of the first convex portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Kotaro Takazaki, Masahiro Satoh
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Patent number: 12024764Abstract: A method for manufacturing a golden member includes a first heating step and a second heating step. The first heating step is a step of heating, in the atmosphere of mixed gas including nitrogen gas and water vapor, a raw material member including titanium or a titanium alloy at 670° C. or higher and 730° C. or lower for 150 minutes or more and 200 minutes or less. The second heating step is a step of heating, in the atmosphere of nitrogen gas or in the atmosphere of mixed gas including nitrogen gas and inert gas, the raw material member passing through the first heating step at 670° C. or higher and 730° C. or lower for 30 minutes or more and 120 minutes or less so as to obtain a golden member including titanium or a titanium alloy.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenya Karuishi
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Patent number: 12000783Abstract: A detection device of a substance to be measured according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is intended to conveniently detect a bio-related substance such as a bacteria or a fungus. The detection device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, a container that contains solution and a composite particle combining a substance to be measured and a magnetic labeling substance, a magnetic field applying unit that applies a magnetic field to a predetermined region so as to collect the composite particles, wherein spatial light is incident to the predetermined region other than lower region of the container, an imaging unit for imaging the composite particles collected in the predetermined region where the spatial light is incident, a detection unit that detects the composite particles based on the image captured by the imaging unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Kana Wada, Takaaki Nozaki
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Patent number: 11977363Abstract: A machine tool and a control device therefor, wherein vibration cutting of a workpiece is carried out by means of a tool and wherein, after the vibration cutting, finish-cutting is carried out for cutting a finishing allowance of the workpiece by means of the tool, without relative vibration between the workpiece and the tool, by relatively rotating the workpiece and the tool and relatively moving them in the feed direction. According to the invention, before the vibration cutting, a finishing allowance calculation means calculates a finishing allowance remaining on the workpiece after vibration cutting has been completed, and a determination means determines whether or not the finishing allowance as calculated by the finishing allowance calculation means is less than, or equal to a predetermined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Noguchi, Hitoshi Saito
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Patent number: 11975414Abstract: A tool rest has a base, a tool holder rotatably supported on the base, and rotatably holding a tool, a rotational mechanism rotating the tool holder, a plurality of flexible linear members in which one ends of the plurality of linear members are connected with the tool holder and a winding device connected with the other ends of the plurality of linear members, and winding up the plurality of linear members by rotating when the tool holder is rotated by the rotational mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignees: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Kyota Kotake
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Patent number: 11921464Abstract: A timepiece according to an embodiment enables a crown to be rotated even when it is locked, using a structure that does not cause constraints of design. The timepiece includes an outer case having a movement therein, the outer case having a crown hole through a portion thereof, an engagement member connected to the outer case, and a crown. The crown includes a shaft part inserted into the crown hole and connected to the movement, an operation part holding the shaft part movably along an axial direction of the shaft part and enabling the shaft part to rotate in a circumferential direction, and an engagement part disposed between the engagement member and the operation part and restricting movement of the operation part in the axial direction when engaged with the engagement member, the engagement part rotatably holding the operation part whether or not engaged with the engagement member.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuji Yahara
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Patent number: 11919093Abstract: A machine tool includes a plurality of modules, and a control means for controlling operation of the modules, wherein the plurality of modules include a fixed module and two movable modules. The control means includes a restriction means for restricting the movement of the two movable modules for allowing only one of the movable modules to be moved to a facing position facing the fixed module; and a determination means for determining the movable module to be moved to the facing position. The control means is configured to control the operation of the plurality of modules so that, when the operation under cooperation of the fixed module and one of the movable modules has been completed, the restriction means releases the restriction of the movement of the other movable module to the facing position.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Shuichi Watabe
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Patent number: 11892479Abstract: A magnetic field sensor element 1 includes a light emitter 10 emitting a first linearly polarized light, a first optical element 20 emitting a first linearly polarized wave and the second linearly polarized wave in response to a first linearly polarized light incident, and emitting a second linearly polarized light in response to a third linearly polarized wave and the a linearly polarized wave incident, at least one pair of magnetic field sensor elements 50 capable of disposing in a predetermined magnetic field across the measured conductor, having a light transmissive, changing the phase of transmitted light in accordance with the magnetic field, and fixing a relative position therebetween, an optical path 30 including a first optical path propagating the first linearly polarized wave and the fourth linearly polarized wave, and a second optical path propagating the second linearly polarized wave and the third linearly polarized wave, and connected to the first optical element and the magnetic field sensor eType: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., SHINSHU UNIVERSITYInventors: Mitsunori Miyamoto, Toshiya Kubo, Toshiroh Sato, Makoto Sonehara
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Patent number: 11880168Abstract: A timepiece according to an embodiment enables a crown to be rotated even when it is locked, using a structure that does not cause constraints of design. The timepiece includes an outer case having a movement therein, the outer case having a crown hole through a portion thereof, an engagement member connected to the outer case, and a crown. The crown includes a shaft part inserted into the crown hole and connected to the movement, an operation part holding the shaft part movably along an axial direction of the shaft part and enabling the shaft part to rotate in a circumferential direction, and an engagement part disposed between the engagement member and the operation part and restricting movement of the operation part in the axial direction when engaged with the engagement member, the engagement part rotatably holding the operation part whether or not engaged with the engagement member.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuji Yahara
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Patent number: 11855244Abstract: A light emitting device has a substrate having a rectangular planar shape, one or a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on the substrate, a dam resin having a frame-like planar shape, arranged so as to surround the light emitting element, and having an inclined surface whose height increases as its distance from the light emitting element increases, and a seal resin arranged in an area surrounded by the dam resin and which seals the light emitting element, and the dam resin has a protruding portion extending and protruding from at least one side toward the opposite side.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd., Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jo Kinoshita, Shiori Koike
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Patent number: D1019418Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshihiko Kita
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Patent number: D1043371Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hisaya Enomoto