Abstract: A device (6) for autonomous adjustment of the active length of a spiral (5), for oscillators (4, 5) of the balance-spiral type, comprising a cock (12) mounted on a plate (13) of a horological movement (2) and in which a balance shaft pivots, the spiral (5) including an inner end secured to the balance shaft and an outer end secured to a balance spring stud (8) fastened to a balance spring stud holder (10), the balance spring stud holder (10) being pivotably mounted on the cock (12) concentrically to the balance shaft, and means for modifying the active length of the spiral (5).

Abstract: A corrector button for a watch case including a socket of axis of revolution having a threading arranged on the outer rim of a portion intended to be fitted by screwing onto a watch case, and having a cavity extending between a first end of the socket and a second end of the socket; a movable control rod engaged in the cavity of the socket and movable in translation along the axis of revolution, the movable control rod including a push-rod, having a rotation organ, and a push-button rigidly connected to the push-rod. The cavity has a portion of polygonal cross-section, and wherein the push-rod of the movable control rod includes a portion having a complementary polygonal cross-section in respect of the portion of polygonal cross-section of the cavity, such that the rotation of the push-rod via the rotation organ drives the rotation of the socket.

Abstract: An electrical connector, in particular a socket, having a housing (1) in which a first insertion opening (2) is formed, at least one contact carrier (15) for at least one electrical contact element (17), and a locking assembly (25, 26) for an inserted complementary connector. A locking arm (25) can be kept out of engagement with the complementary connector by an actuating element (26) which, starting from a passive position, can be moved manually into an active position. For the shortest possible design of the connector, the actuating part (32) is positioned at the outermost rear end of the actuating element (26) and no part of the actuating element (26) projects rearwardly over it.

Abstract: A connector includes an elastic foam core and a wrapping layer. An interior of the elastic foam core includes a plurality of foam pores. The wrapping layer wraps a periphery of the elastic foam core, and the wrapping layer includes at least one nanowire layer. The connector can be included in an electronic device.

Abstract: A housing has a tubular shape that is open forward, and includes a bottom wall to be placed on a circuit substrate, a ceiling wall opposing the bottom wall, and a back wall that links a rear end portion of the bottom wall to a rear end portion of the ceiling wall in the up-down direction. Each terminal fitting is shaped so as to pass through the back wall in the front-rear direction, and includes a terminal connection portion disposed inside the housing, and a substrate connection portion disposed outside the housing. The ceiling wall has a larger volume than the bottom wall and is overall thicker than the bottom wall in the up-down direction, and a terminal protruding surface, from which the substrate connection portion protrudes, on a rear surface of the back wall is disposed forward of a rear surface of the ceiling wall.

Abstract: A connector includes at least one contact, a connector housing that holds the contact inside thereof and that includes a fixing slot in one of outer surfaces thereof and an introduction opening that communicates to the fixing slot on a rear side in a mating direction of the connector, a lock member that is press-fitted and fixed to the fixing slot by being inserted from the introduction opening along the mating direction, and keeps a mated state with a mating connector when being locked to a portion to be locked of the mating connector, and a retaining member that is fixed to the introduction opening by being inserted from a direction different from the mating direction and prevents movement of the lock member rearward in the mating direction.

Abstract: The connector assembly includes a first connector having a first insulator and a first contact, a second connector having a second insulator and a second contact and being fitted to the first connector along a fitting direction, a contact spring member attached to the second contact and pressing the first contact against the second contact, a lever member held by the second insulator and being rotatable about a rotational axis between a first rotational position and a second rotational position, a rotational shaft member held by the second insulator to rotate about the rotational axis with rotation of the lever member and having a cam surface configured to elastically deform the contact spring member, and a fitting cam mechanism moving the first insulator and the second insulator relatively along the fitting direction in conjunction with rotation of the lever member.

Abstract: A terminal block includes a housing structure, a handle, a spring piece and an elastic element. The housing structure includes a shell and a terminal fixed in the shell. The handle is movably disposed in the shell. The spring piece is disposed in the shell and has a first fixed segment and a pressed segment. The first fixed segment is fixed in the housing structure. The pressed segment is capable of elastically swinging relative to the first fixed segment along a swing path. The elastic element is disposed in the shell and has a second fixed segment and a pressing segment. The second fixed segment is fixed in the housing structure. The pressing segment is disposed in the swing path and capable of elastically moving relative to the second fixed segment.

Abstract: An electrical connector configured to mate with a mating connector along a mating direction includes an electrically insulative unitary housing, pluralities of top and bottom contacts, and an electrically conductive unitary shield. The pluralities of top and bottom contacts are disposed in a central slot at a respective top surface and a bottom surface of the central slot for making contact with corresponding conductive terminals of a tongue of the mating connector. The shield is removably assembled to the housing along the mating direction from a rear side of the housing. The shield includes a base shield substantially covering an entire bottom surface of a bottom wall of the housing, and opposing side shields substantially covering opposing side walls of the housing. The shield leaves substantially an entire top surface of a top wall of the housing and the rear side of the housing exposed.

Abstract: A receptacle connector assembly includes a receptacle cage having shielding walls forming a module channel configured to receive a pluggable module. The front end has a port open to the pluggable module to receive the pluggable module. The receptacle connector assembly includes an EMI shield coupled to the receptacle cage at the front end. The EMI shield has a shield member including a base coupled to the shielding wall to electrically connect to the receptacle cage. The shield member includes spring fingers extending from the base to distal ends and including a panel interface configured to engage a panel surrounding the receptacle cage to electrically connect the EMI shield to the panel. The spring fingers have variable heights relative to each other.

Abstract: A Dewar device (1) for mechanical and/or functional components 5 of a watch (10), comprising a casing (2) provided with an enclosure (4) wherein a case (12) of said watch (10) can be removably arranged, said case being provided with a display device capable of displaying information relating to time indications or to functions implemented by the watch (10), said display device being arranged opposite a crystal (6) of said casing (2), the Dewar device (1) comprising a system (3) for dynamically adjusting the contrast of the display device of the watch (10) comprising said variable luminosity crystal (6) and a control unit (8) configured to control the contrast of said display device of the watch (10).

Abstract: An electronic device including: a housing configured to be worn on a user's body and including a rear surface and a front surface, with the rear surface configured to contact the user's body; at least one sensor module provided in the housing and configured to receive light incident into the housing through the rear surface; and an electrophoretic element provided at least partially between the rear surface and the at least one sensor module, where the electrophoretic element is configured to receive an electrical signal and transmit or block at least a portion of the light incident into the housing.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing that includes a first part and a second part. The electronic device also includes a shield part as well as a printed circuit board that is placed between the shield part and the first part of the casing. The electronic device also includes at least one connecting element that is connected to the printed circuit board. The connecting element includes a connecting head that cooperates with a complementary fastener that is formed on the shield part so that the connecting element is fixed on the shield part.

Abstract: A device (6) for autonomous adjustment of the active length of a spiral (5), for a balance-spiral type oscillator (4, 5), including a cock (12) mounted on a plate (13) of a horological movement (2) and in which a balance shaft pivots, the spiral (5) including an inner end secured to the balance shaft and an outer end secured to a balance spring stud (8) fastened to a balance spring stud holder (10), the balance spring stud holder (10) being pivotably mounted on the cock (12) concentrically with the balance shaft, and means for modifying the active length of the spiral (5).

Abstract: The timepiece calendar system (200) includes a date mobile (4) which is displaceable step by step relative to a frame (199), a first drive finger (21) for driving the date mobile (4). a first tooth (51) for driving the date mobile (4), the first tooth (51) being mounted on the date mobile (4) so as to be displaceable between a deactivated, or retracted, position and an activated, or drive, position, an activation system (6, 7) for activating the first tooth (51); the first drive finger (21) and the first tooth (51) being arranged such that a single action of the first drive finger (21) on the first tooth (51) can displace the date mobile (4) through N steps, N being an integer such that N>1, notably N=2 or N=3.

Abstract: The movement transmission system (90), notably for a timepiece calendar system (200), includes a driving includes a driving mobile (4) pivoted about a first axis (A4) and has a driving toothset (42) distributed over a curved profile (43); a driven mobile (7) pivoted about a second axis (A7) and having a driven toothset (72); an intermediate pinion (8) pivoted about a third axis (A8) and having a toothset (81) driven by the driving toothset (42) and driving the driven toothset (72): the toothset (42), the curved profile (43), the driven toothset (72) and the toothset (81) being arranged at a same level or in a same plane, and the driving mobile (4), the driven mobile (7) and the intermediate pinion (8) being arranged so that the driving mobile (4) moves the driven mobile (7) via the intermediate pinion (8) through 1/m steps for at least some steps of the driving mobile (4), m being a real number greater than 1, and so that the driving mobile (4) can define an angular position, with minimum play, of the driven

Abstract: There is provided a wearable device comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the wearable device at least to perform: obtaining a starting time of a latest sleeping period; obtaining an ending time of the latest sleeping period; displaying, on a display of the wearable device, a first line illustrating an average starting time of a sleeping period calculated based on a plurality of sleeping periods over a plurality of days; displaying a second line illustrating an average ending time of a sleeping period calculated based on the plurality of sleeping periods over the plurality of days; and displaying the latest sleeping period graphically as a bar such that a first end of the bar indicates the starting time and a second end of the bar indicates the ending time, wherein the first end and the second end are displayed relative to the first line and the seco

Abstract: A power outlet includes a case, a contact device, an operation member, a moving mechanism, a return spring, and a holding mechanism. The contact device includes a fixed contact, a movable contact, and a movable piece. The moving mechanism moves the movable piece in response to operation of the operation member. The moving mechanism includes a movable member and a return spring. The movable member is movable between a closed position in which the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact and an open position in which the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact. The return spring urges the movable member toward the open position. The holding mechanism is configured to hold the movable member at the closed position, and releases a holding state in which the movable member is held at the closed position in response to operation of the operation member.

Abstract: A horology component (1) for a timepiece, wherein the component includes a first portion (10) and a second portion (20), the first portion (10) including a part that is made from at least one opaque material at least partially superposed on top of the second portion (20), this second portion (20) including a material capable of emitting at least one emission light wave if excited by at least one excitation light wave, and the part of the first portion (10) including structuring (13) allowing an emission light wave emitted by the second portion (20) to be transmitted at least partially toward the outside of the horology component so that the horology component exhibits at least a first appearance by day and at least one different second appearance by night where the first portion (10) is backlit by an emission light wave emitted by the second portion (20).

Abstract: A connector device (A) is provided with a pair of circuit boards (11, 21) including board transmission paths (13, 23) and arranged to face each other, a pair of connectors (14, 24) to be mounted on the pair of circuit boards (11, 21), a plurality of adapters (60) including relay outer conductors (63) and configured to connect the pair of connectors (14, 24), and an electrically conductive member (40) made of metal to make a plurality of the relay outer conductors (63) conductive. The board transmission paths (13, 23) are arranged outside an inclusion region (R) including the plurality of adapters (60) on a virtual projection plane (S) parallel to the circuit boards (11, 21). The electrically conductive member (40) is arranged only within the inclusion region (R) on the virtual projection plane (S).