Patents by Inventor Setsuo Kachi

Setsuo Kachi 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: 11614713
    Abstract: Provided is a timepiece including: hands being an hour hand, a minute hand and a second hand; a movement for driving the hands; a first dial; a first dial ring having upper and lower surfaces provided with an upper projection and a lower projection, respectively, the first dial ring being disposed on the first dial and positioned relative to the first dial by the lower projection; and a transparent second dial disposed on the first dial ring and positioned relative to the first dial ring by the upper projection, wherein one of the hands is disposed between the first dial and the second dial, while the others of the hands are disposed above the second dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Kuroda, Kazuki Tada, Yuya Matsushita, Setsuo Kachi
  • Publication number: 20200201257
    Abstract: Provided is a timepiece including: hands being an hour hand, a minute hand and a second hand; a movement for driving the hands; a first dial; a first dial ring having upper and lower surfaces provided with an upper projection and a lower projection, respectively, the first dial ring being disposed on the first dial and positioned relative to the first dial by the lower projection; and a transparent second dial disposed on the first dial ring and positioned relative to the first dial ring by the upper projection, wherein one of the hands is disposed between the first dial and the second dial. while the others of the hands are disposed above the second dial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiko KURODA, Kazuki TADA, Yuya MATSUSHITA, Setsuo KACHI
  • Patent number: 8686908
    Abstract: A wireless function watch includes an antenna for receiving a radio wave from outside; a housing for accommodating the antenna; a conductive projecting portion projecting in a planar direction from an inner wall of the housing toward the inside of a watch case; and an opening penetrating the conductive projecting portion vertically so as to improve receiving characteristics of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Inventors: Kouichi Kusunoki, Setsuo Kachi
  • Patent number: 8328415
    Abstract: A timepiece with a wireless function, in which the receiving sensitivity of an antenna is improved and the antenna can reliably receive a prescribed radio wave even in the case in which a watch case or the like made of a conductive metal is used. The timepiece is provided with an antenna that is stored in a housing to receive an external radio wave, a watch case that configures at least a part of the housing, that has at least one portion electrically conductive, and that is separated into a plurality of parts, and an insulating region disposed between at least two parts among the plurality of parts of the watch case to insulate the two parts one from the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Citizens Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Setsuo Kachi, Masahiro Mamiya
  • Publication number: 20100164818
    Abstract: A wireless function watch includes an antenna for receiving a radio wave from outside; a housing for accommodating the antenna; a conductive projecting portion projecting in a planar direction from an inner wall of the housing toward the inside of a watch case; and an opening penetrating the conductive projecting portion vertically so as to improve receiving characteristics of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kusunoki, Setsuo Kachi
  • Publication number: 20090316536
    Abstract: A clock with a wireless function, in which the receiving sensitivity of an antenna is improved and the antenna can reliably receive a prescribed radio wave even in the case in which a watch case or the like made of a conductive metal is used. The clock is provided with an antenna that is stored in a housing to receive an external radio wave, a watch case that configures at least a part of the housing, that has at least one portion electrically conductive, and that is separated into a plurality of parts, and an insulating region disposed between at least two parts among the plurality of parts of the watch case to insulate the two parts one from the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Setsuo Kachi, Masahiro Mamiya