Cover Connection Patents (Class 368/312)
  • Timepiece, in particular a pocket watch, equipped with at least one cover
    Patent number: 11415944
    Abstract: A timepiece including a device for opening a cover including a fixed pendant mounted inside a middle part and a movable pendant for sliding within the fixed pendant towards the center of the case, the movable pendant having a guide element for moving along an axial guide groove, then in a circumferential guide groove into which the axial guide groove opens out and which is delimited by a boundary, such that, when the movable pendant is pushed, this movable pendant can be firstly displaced axially, then pivoted by an angle defined by the place at which the guide element abuts against the boundary, the movable pendant having a helical groove which comes into contact with at least one pin arranged with a clearance between the movable pendant and the locking spring and which is axially displaced towards the locking spring when the movable pendant is pushed, then pivoted, such that the pin presses against the locking spring and releases the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventor: Olivier Silvant
  • Structure for holding battery of electronic timepiece
    Patent number: 6890682
    Abstract: A battery holding structure for an electronic timepiece has a battery frame having an opening for receiving a battery. The battery frame has a plurality of fittings each having a tapered overhang extending toward the opening for holding the battery in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Takahashi, Takayuki Satodate, Yuichi Shino
  • Multifunction wrist watch with electronic device
    Patent number: 6464390
    Abstract: A wristwatch with a usable dial, fitted with keys, includes an electronic device to form a multifunctional wrist worn device. The structure of the wristwatch is such that there is enough space to regularly actuate each key with a finger. The part of the multifunctional device providing the time can be shifted to free up the device's body. In particular, this device is characterized by the fact that the device's body, freed up in this way by the shift of the watch, contains, on its periphery, a number of keys that make it possible to easily actuate the electronic device with a finger. This simple device makes it possible to cover and to mask the electronic device's keys when the latter are not being used, the device according to the invention then having the general appearance of a wristwatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Baroche