Abstract: A whole body swingable clock wherein a clock body itself swings. This whole body swingable clock includes: a clock body swingably supported on a pendulum fulcrum and solidly secured thereto with a clock mechanism case housing therein a movement case; and a stationary receiving plate provided thereon with a magnet or a driving coil to be electromagnetically connected to a driving coil or a magnet provided on the movement case for generating a swinging driving force in the clock body. In this whole body swingable clock, the stationary receiving plate with the magnet or the driving coil is housed in a space formed in the movement case, whereby the clock body can swing with the stationary receiving plate with the magnet or the driving coil being hardly exposed to outside from the clock body.

Abstract: A clock movement comprises front and rear housing shells. A support plate is mounted within and between the shells. A gear movement is mounted on a rear side of the support plate and faces the rear shell. A hands movement is arranged on a front side of the support plate and is drivingly connected to the gear movement. A circuit board is connected to the support plate. A motor for the gear movement comprises a stator sheet and a coil bobbin. The stator sheet is fastened in engaging relationship to a rear side of the support plate adjacent a rotor opening in the stator sheet. The coil bobbin is mounted on the stator sheet and includes a plurality of pins which define coil terminals. The pins are soldered to a circuit of the circuit board. The circuit board is disposed in front of the support plate in spaced relationship therewith and is of arc-like configuration such that legs of the arc straddle the minute and hour wheels of the hands movement.

Abstract: A thin electronic watch is provided in which a battery for powering the watch is positioned to underlie one edge of the liquid crystal display which gives the visible time output. In this way the battery can be of sufficient capacity to give a satisfactory life even when a sound alarm is provided and optionally also a back light for the display. The display has also the edge overlapped by the battery a central region devoid of electrical contacts so as to prevent the battery from interfering with these electrical connections to the display. To give a sound alarm the glass front of the watch is used as a loudspeaker and is mechanically linked to a piezo-electric crystal which is bonded to a substrate. Then by applying an oscillating electrical signal across the piezo-electric crystal this will be caused to flex and the resulting movement transmitted to the glass front.

Abstract: The screws 8 which fix the printed circuit 1 to the plate 2 of the body of the movement extend through portions 4a of the copper layer 4 of the printed circuit located beneath openings 11 formed in the substrate 3 of the printed circuit. The portions 4a of the metallic layer 4 may be preformed into dished parts which engage in depressions 12 in the plate 2. As a result of this arrangement, the heads 8a of the screws 8 are recessed into the printed circuit board and countersunk into the thickness of the plate `, which avoids all risk of inadvertent contact with the negative pole of the battery 6 which supplies the movement or with the metal strip 7 in contact with this negative pole.

Abstract: A movement structure for an analog display type electronic watch powered by a coin-shaped lithium cell. The movement structure comprises a base plate of a synthetic resin. The base plate has an integral lug portion which engages with and support the battery cell in a fixed place.

Abstract: A watch comprising at least one electronic movement, and a first and a second display means 2, 3, mounted in a case 1. The case 1 is made in two parts 4, 5 each of which bears a display means 2, 3 and is articulated in such a way as to be able selectively to occupy a first position in which the display means are superimposed, with the first hiding the second, and a second position, in which the first display means becomes visible to the wearer.

Abstract: An improved structure is disclosed for the movement of an electronic quartz crystal controlled wristwatch of very small size, suitable for use as a ladies bracelet timepiece. The configuration of this structure is such that a relatively large capacity battery can be utilized, thereby ensuring satisfactory battery life, by positioning the battery such as to substantially cover the wheel train of the timepiece and by a special arrangement of shapes and positions for other components of the timepiece.

Abstract: A timepiece (1) contains a movement (2), topped by a dial (3) and housed in a casing (4) of a watch case. A crystal (5) is located over at least a portion of its periphery against the upper edge (6) of the casing. The edge (6) has a surface inclined (7) toward the inside of the case and defines with the opposite surface of the periphery of the crystal and with the outer edge of a riser (8) placed on the circumference of the dial (3) a housing in which a gasket (9) is deformably held.

Abstract: A battery switch plate is disclosed having a U-shaped frame that receives and supports a timepiece battery and that also provides electrical contact between the positive battery terminal and the timepiece integrated circuit via a lead frame. The switch plate, which is received by an aperture in the rear pod of the timepiece module, holds the battery in position and permits the negative battery terminal to come into contact with another lead frame conducting member. Switching occurs to correct and change timekeeping function of the timepiece when switch contacts are independently forced into electrical contact with underlying leaf spring members that are attached to and extend oppositely outward from the ends of the U-shaped frame or when the leaf spring members are independently forced into electrical contact with underlying switch contacts.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece assembly interposed between a module and an exteriorly operable member and comprising a switch lower base including a plurality of electrically conductive portions connected to a contact pattern formed on the module and a switch upper plate including a plurality of terminal portions formed in correspondence with the conductive portions and a plurality of projections operable by means of the exteriorly operable member so as to be resiliently deformed and connect the terminal portions through the electrically conductive portions to the contact pattern formed on the module. A button box including a lower case and an upper cover is mounted in an opening in the front side of the timepiece case. The upper cover of the button box includes sound-emitting openings for the alarm and an opening for receiving a button which is arranged to engage a projection on the alarm oscillation plate.

Abstract: An electronic time keeping device has a stepping motor including a rotor, a stator and coils mounted in unitary fashion. Hands of the minimum unit of time are mounted directly to the shaft of the stepping motor. Gear mechanisms, electronic parts and the like are accommodated in a depressed portion on the upper surface of the time keeping device.

Abstract: A timepiece drive assembly is adapted to be mounted in a timepiece housing, e.g., a small designer desk clock. The assembly includes a movement casing equipped with a removable battery-receiving member in which battery contact terminals are releasably arranged. The contact terminals are connected by means of flexible connecting lines with the circuit board of the movement. The movement casing may be arranged in a cylindrical part of the clock housing, while the battery-receiving member is located in a pedestal provided underneath the cylindrical part. It is only necessary to equip the pedestal with fastening means for the battery-receiving member and not with the more expensive individual fastening means for the holding and contacting of the battery. Thus, substantially flexibility is obtained in the design of the timepiece housing because the battery-receiving member can be connected to the movement casing or spaced therefrom.

Abstract: An electronic wrist-watch of greatly reduced thickness has extremely thin me indicating discs for which a special driving and guiding system is employed. Further, a single-phase motor is provided with at least two stator windings for reducing the watch's thickness. A watch case comprises an integral case band in order to assure greater rigidity of this thin watch structure.

Abstract: An electronic device having an indicator element and a plurality of other electronic parts for electrically driving the indicator element compactly assembled one another, which includes, as fundamental structure, lead conductors for electrically connecting the indicator element and the electronic parts to one another, and resin member completely embedding the lead conductors except the electrical contact portions between each electronic part and the lead conductors and having sections for receiving the electronic parts. This invention may be applied to the module for an electronic wrist watch using the LCD indicator element to thereby enable easy and compact assembly of the indicator element and the other electronic parts into the module.

Abstract: A quartz crystal analog watch has a circuit block and mechanical elements on one side of a frame plate and the battery power source resting on an insulating plate on the other side of the frame plate. The diameter of the movement approximates the battery diameter.

Abstract: A display device structure comprising a casing, a display panel placed in the casing, a transparent covering and vibrating plate member on the front side of the display panel and an actuator for the plate member. The covering and vibrating plate member is carried on the casing through an elastic member interposed between the peripheral portion of the plate member and the casing. By this arrangement the plate member is capable of effectively generating sound outward upon reception of vibrating force from the actuator.

Abstract: A connector arrangement for an a-c. clock mechanism which includes a drive coil and drive train mounted in a housing formed of a plastic base plate and plastic cover member of shallow cup shape. The drive coil has a core and bobbin, the bobbin being secured by embossments in the housing so that the rear end thereof is spaced from the adjacent side wall to form a wide access space. A pair of vertically spaced axially extending prongs mounted on the edge of the bobbin and electrically connected to the drive coil project into the access space. An access opening in the adjacent side wall of the housing alined with the prongs on the bobbin provides entry into the access space. The access opening is of arbitrary cross sectional shape and small enough to preclude entry of a connector of conventional design. For supplying current to the drive coil the a-c. line cord has a connector with a tip portion cross sectionally fitted for snug reception in the access opening as well as a handle portion alined therewith.

Abstract: A sound emitting device for an electronic timepiece comprising a disk-shaped permanent magnet; a first yoke and second yoke introducing magnetic flux produced by the magnet and forming, outside the periphery of the magnet, a magnetic gap having the magnetic flux in the vertical direction of the perimeter of the magnet and in the horizontal direction of the disk surfaces of the magnet; a diaphragm carrying, within the magnetic flux of the magnetic gap, a moving coil wound at right angles to the magnetic flux and adapted to be vibrated in response to sound signal currents sent to the moving coil; and a support member supporting the permanent magnet, the yokes as well as the diaphragm at the diaphragm peripheral portion and removably secured at the support frame peripheral portion to a case.

Abstract: An electric quartz clock has a clockwork provided with a contact plate which forms a peripheral flange about a rear part of the clockwork, the outer periphery of the flange being engaged by detents which extend rearward from a clock housing whose front cover is provided with a viewing window. The periphery of the front cover carries several pushbuttons aligned with resilient contact members which overhang the flange of the contact plate and can be selectively pressed thereagainst to close a circuit for the control of the clockwork. The contact plate may be permanently secured to the body of the clockwork or may be attached thereto by coacting formations, specifically by lugs on the plate engaging the clockwork body or lugs on a surrounding annular element engaging the rim of a central aperture of the contact plate; the latter lugs could also hold an ancillary rear member such as a spacer ring or an end plate.

Abstract: Extra-flat electromechanical watch, in which the dial is situated substantially at mid-height of the watch. The elements of the movement are situated, in a radial direction, beyond the space of the passage of the hands (26) and, in elevation, partially at the level of the passage of the hands. This arrangement permits the realization of a watch the thickness of which is about 2 mm, for example.

Abstract: The invention provides a very thin electronic watch having a casing with a front wall provided with a glass, a rear wall and a side wall connecting the front and rear walls. In the casing there is a spindle substantially perpendicular to the front and rear walls and mounted pivotally with respect to the casing, a toothed transmission wheel secured to the spindle, a "minutes" disc perpendicularly secured to the spindle and provided with a tooth arrangement on its periphery, and an "hours" disc pivotally mounted on the spindle, substantially parallel to the "minutes" disc and provided with a tooth arrangement on its periphery, the "minutes" and "hours" discs being disposed between the glass and the toothed transmission wheel. The casing further has an electric motor, a supply source, a first gear train engaging the rotor of the electric motor and the "minutes" disc and a second gear train engaging the "hours" disc and the transmission wheel.

Abstract: A battery is placed in a recess in the plate of an electronic wrist watch movement. The battery cover presses against a spring contact fixed to a plate bearing a printed circuit. An insulating sheet insulates the battery from an inner flange of the movement plate. Disposed on the bottom of the battery casing is a pressure bracket having arms which resiliently grip the sidewall of the casing. Resilient radial tongues of the bracket are bent so as to be in contact with the back of the watch case which presses against the assembly at the time of casing-up so as to hold the battery in place. The connection to ground is established by a contact part and a screw, as well as by the contact between the battery casing and the movement plate and via the back of the watch case.

Abstract: A thin timepiece comprising a flattened casing, a display unit, a diaphragm having its peripheral portion carried by the casing to generate sound, a piezoelectric element mounted on the diaphragm and a module for driving the display unit and the piezoelectric element. The diaphragm and the piezoelectric element are formed ring-like so that the space in the central hole of the ring-like diaphragm and piezoelectric element is used for a part of the occupation space of the electric cell in the casing and that renewal of an electric cell is facilitated by the provision of the space for the cell in the diaphragm and the piezoelectric element.

Abstract: An improved quartz crystal wristwatch having an analog display and a reduced thickness is provided. The wristwatch includes a battery for powering a circuit and driving coil of a step motor for operating a gear train which are all arranged on a main plate so as not to overlap in plan view. The battery is disposed adjacent to a winding stem which is provided in the longitudinal direction of a diameter or line bisecting the main plate. A center wheel bridge is mounted on the main plate and a pillar-shaped member having a tubular region and a perpendicular disc-shape region is mounted in an opening in the center wheel bridge for supporting the cannon pinion which passes through the main plate about the tubular portion of the pillar-shaped member.

Abstract: An alarm device for a watch mounted in a recess provided in an upper portion of the watch case, for example in the upper portion of the band connecting portion of the watch case. The alarm device comprises a vibration plate secured to the bottom of the recess, a watertight sealing member, a cover for the vibration plate and securing means such as a screw for fixing the vibration plate to the recess through the watertight sealing member.

Abstract: An electronic device having an indicator element and a plurality of other electronic parts for electrically driving the indicator element compactly assembled one another, which includes, as fundamental structure, lead conductors for electrically connecting the indicator element and the electronic parts to one another, and resin member completely embedding the lead conductors except the electrical contact portions between each electronic part and the lead conductors and having sections for receiving the electronic parts. This invention may be applied to the module for an electronic wrist watch using the LCD indicator element to thereby enable easy and compact assembly of the indicator element and the other electronic parts into the module.

Abstract: A snap-together electronic watch module frame and assembly includes a plastic front pod member having a first recess to receive and locate the electrooptical display, a rear pod member having a second recess to receive the timepiece battery, and an intermediate pod member sandwiched therebetween adapted to carry and position a printed circuit board with an integrated circuit chip, oscillator, capacitor, conductors and the like thereon in preselected relation to the display and battery. The module assembly is held together by resilient gripping arms molded into either the front or rear pod member snap-fitted onto shoulders molded on the other pod member. The intermediate pod member is molded to include on or more depending alignment legs adapted to fit in alignment holes molded in the rear pod member to properly position the circuit board components relative to the display and battery.

Abstract: An electronic wristwatch has electrical contact terminals accessible on the bottom side of the watch housing. The contact terminals are set in the bottom side of the housing in an electrically insulated matter and are supported elastically inside against a clock module contact surface. The contact terminals are accessible from the outside by means of a connector cap having counter contacts for engaging the terminals and connectors for engaging an auxiliary instrument which may be of the type which supplies data or power to the watch or which receives data from the watch. Instead of employing an auxiliary instrument separate from the connector cap, the connector cap itself may contain detection or measuring sensors so as to itself constitute the auxiliary instrument.

Abstract: A system for fastening the coil of a step-by-step motor in an electric or an electronic watch.It is characterized by the fact that one or both pole pieces 4 and 4' of the coil 2 have extrusions 10 and 11 of cylindrical shape which extend perpendicular to the plane of the pole piece 4 and are intended to be introduced into corresponding boreholes in the substrate of the printed circuit 1.This arrangement is advantageous since the extrusions can be produced by stamping before the heat treatment of the pole pieces, which eliminates the stresses which might, upon the mounting of the coil, destroy the magnetic qualities of the materials.

Abstract: An electronic clock movement structure in which pressure to the contact plates by attachment of the upper case to the lower case does not electrically connect the contact plates with the circuit base plate but also holdingly attaches the gear train combination to the lower case.

Abstract: A timepiece module having a liquid crystal display read-out is supported on one face of a rectangular face plate, the read-out being visible from an opposite face of the face plate through an aperture therein. A mounting clip for supporting the face plate includes first and second flanges for engaging opposed edges of the face plate. An adhesive element attached to an outer surface of the support clip permits the mounting clip and timepiece module supported thereby to be attached to any smooth object surface.

Abstract: A structure for coupling a back cover with a case band in a wrist watch which comprises a case band having a long groove on the outer wall of a band attaching portion, a spring member being fitted in said long groove of the case band so as to outwardly project a protruded portion of said spring member and a part thereof being fixed to said case band, a back cover having a side wall with a long hole bored at the position corresponding to that of said spring member, and an elastic member for energizing and engaging said back cover with said case band along the axial direction thereof so as to cover a module. According to this structure, a compact, thin and highly waterproof wrist watch can be assembled, while disassembly thereof can be effected by merely pushing a portion of said spring member protruded from said long hole thereinto.

Abstract: A movement construction of a thin, quartz wristwatch with the movement having a thickness less than 2.5 mm, in which a flat coil is adopted as the driving coil of a stepping motor, and a wheel train is disposed in an approximate concentric relationship with said coil.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece comprising a module composed of four constitutional elements, i.e. a liquid crystal cell, a liquid crystal cell position determining member, a circuit substrate and a protective cover is disclosed. To the protective cover are secured switch parts each having one end connected to a contact on the circuit substrate and the other end connected to an electrically conductive portion of a push button.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thin water-proof timepiece case designed for digital electronic timepieces which employ panel-type display device such as liquid crystal display device. A glass cover, a panel cover which conceals the periphery of the display panel, and a coupling member for anchoring the screw on the back surface of the panel cover, are formed as a unitary structure. The glass cover and the case are water-tightly coupled together by the coupling member and a screw member which penetrates through the case.

Abstract: A timepiece module having a liquid crystal display cell, a housing for supporting the liquid crystal display cell, a printed circuit substrate carrying thereon an LSI chip and various electronic components, a battery cell and a cover plate in which said battery cell and LSI chip are disposed on the same side on said printed circuit board.

Abstract: An electronic watch movement is formed from a flexible substrate which is enabled to fit the relief of the watch movement frame by openings formed therein. A conductive metal coating is affixed on the substrate covering the openings, and portions of the coating are removed to form an electric conductor grid with some coating sections left over some openings. The coating support the substrate between the openings and mount the substrate in the frame by bending so that the coating supports sections to conform to the frame relief.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece has a variable capacitor for adjustment of the rate of the timepiece by varying the oscillation frequency of an oscillator of the timepiece. One of the electrodes of the variable capacitor is constituted by an area of one of the conductive tracks of a printed circuit of the timepiece. The other electrode of this capacitor is constituted by a layer of a conductive material carried by an insulating pellet secured to the end of a metal arm pivotally mounted on the printed circuit substrate and which is electrically connected to the earth or "ground" of the timepiece circuit. The capacitance of the capacitor formed in this manner varies with the position of the pellet with respect to said area providing said one electrode.

Abstract: An electronic watch module structure adapted to be disposed and supported by a case body of the watch. The module structure comprises a plastic base which has a first axial recess formed on one side of the plastic base, a second axial recess formed on the other side of the plastic base, a circuit board disposed in the first axial recess, an electro-optical display cell disposed on one side of the circuit board, and retaining means for retaining the display cell in a fixed place relative to the circuit board.

Abstract: An electronic module for a timepiece and comprises a display cell and an electric control circuit including contact means for operation by at least one push-button. The contact means includes at least one contact and release spring in order to close a control circuit by acting on a circuit board forming part of said circuit. The contact spring is constituted by a single piece of a metallic frame of the display cell, the spring a cut-out of such frame which is electrically connected to one pole of a source of electrical energy.

Abstract: In order to simplify the production of electronic watches, there is provided a family of standardized movements whose members can be housed within a variety of watch cases of different size and shape. All movements in the family are identical but for their mounting plates which differ in size, and in some instances also in shape, to render the movements receivable in differently-configured cases. The standardized movements in the family include batteries of different size which take advantage of the space made available by the plates of different size to afford optimum battery life.

Abstract: A drive arrangement within a small electric instrument, especially a battery-operated electronic clock, includes a circuit board. Mounted on the circuit board, in addition to the electronic circuitry, are at least the static components of a motor which can be mounted on the circuit board prior to its installation. The circuit board and such static components can thus be inserted as a unit into the clock housing and into suitably designed receiving elements. The receiving elements position the circuit board, as well as the components arranged thereon, into the proper locational relation to the other parts of the motor or clock. The circuit board is held in place after its insertion into the housing by a battery contact spring which is designed in the form of a knife-edged contact and which presses laterally against the circuit board, thus holding the board in its inserted position without the need for additional fastening means.

Abstract: A wristwatch includes a module, and a display section overlying the module. The module has a recess which surrounds the display section and which accommodates a solar cell unit having a window therein for accommodating the display section. The unit is located by the co-operation of the edge of the window with projecting portions on the module. The upper surfaces of the display section and the solar cell unit are substantially flush. Support members for supporting the display section are electrically connected with a battery of the watch and have spring portions which are electrically connected to the solar cell unit.

Abstract: A watch movement construction has a time dial and a base plate having its one surface fixedly supporting the time dial and including a central region and first and second marginal regions. A wheel train mechanism is disposed in the central region of said base plate substantially in the same plane as the base plate. An electro-mechanical transducer is disposed in the first marginal region of the base plate substantially in the same plane as the wheel train mechanism. An electronic circuit section includes a circuit substrate and a plurality of electronic components disposed in the second marginal region of the base plate substantially in the same plane as the wheel train mechanism and the electro-mechanical transducer.

Abstract: A miniature electronic device, an example of which being an electronic watch, includes a printed circuit board which is mounted in a case and which has an aperture. A battery extends into the aperture forming a substantially coplanar assembly of exceptionally small thickness. The printed circuit board also features the use of circuit paths disposed on the peripheral edge to connect selected circuit paths which are disposed on upper and lower surface of the printed circuit board. An alternative embodiment of the printed circuit board features the use of a digit drives chip mounted directly on top of an integrated circuit watch clip with wire bonds leading from selected pads on the digit drives chip to selected pads on the integrated circuit watch chip and to selected circuit paths on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An electronic watch module and method of manufacturing the module. The module is formed from a flexible film by forming a set of appropriately located, sized and shaped component openings in the film, forming a second set of terminal lead bonding openings for the components, securing a metallic foil to said film, removing portions of said foil to form a pattern of interconnection leads for said components leaving portions over said bonding openings, locating the components in the respective openings with the component leads in registry with their respective interconnection leads, and bonding the foil leads to the component leads through the bonding openings.

Abstract: The small-sized electronic timepiece comprises a casing susceptible to turn ntirely on itself in a support in order to expose in a first position an analog display and in a second position a digital display. The support is constituted by a rectangular plate two opposed edges of which have upwardly extending wing portion, the wristband or any other fastening system being fixed in the neighborhood of said wing portions. The casing is adapted to slide parallel to said wing portions from one edge to the other of the plate and to effect its turning movement in at least a third extreme position, the latter permitting an easier replacement of an energy source.

Abstract: A non-reversible battery and mounting assembly for an electrically powered watch includes a battery having a casing defining a generally cylindrical configuration with an annular radially extending shoulder adjacent one end thereof for engaging an inwardly directed shoulder on a battery cavity of a component housing. The shoulder within the component housing being positioned such that the battery will fit within the cavity in only one orientation with a retaining ring engaging the flange on the battery case for retaining the battery within the housing. The back of the battery also serves as the back of the watch case eliminating the need for a separate back therefor. The retaining ring is provided with a hole for receiving the point of a ballpoint pen or similar object for use in removing the retainer ring.

Abstract: A solid state watch module construction has a ceramic substrate on which an integrated circuit chip is mounted to provide drive signals for causing an electro-optical display means to indicate the time. The ceramic substrate is interposed between a battery supporting frame and a cell supporting frame which positions the electro-optical display means with respect to the substrate. The battery supporting frame holds a battery in place, which is retained by a battery retaining member. A connector member is disposed between the ceramic substrate and the electro-optical display means to provide electrical connection therebetween. A plurality of tubes are used for fixedly connecting the battery supporting frame and the cell supporting frame.

Abstract: A connection terminal construction for connecting a driving coil terminal of an electro-mechanical converter such as a step motor or the like of electronic timepieces to an output terminal of a wiring circuit is disclosed. The construction comprises a terminal base formed of a flexible print substrate and provided at least one of upper and lower surfaces thereof with connection patterns. The terminal base is extended toward a circuit substrate substantially in alignment therewith and secured thereto by means of a screw.