EP0074006B1 - Montre électronique articulée et procédé de fabrication de la garniture d'étanchéité de ladite montre - Google Patents

Montre électronique articulée et procédé de fabrication de la garniture d'étanchéité de ladite montre Download PDF

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EP0074006B1
EP0074006B1 EP82107708A EP82107708A EP0074006B1 EP 0074006 B1 EP0074006 B1 EP 0074006B1 EP 82107708 A EP82107708 A EP 82107708A EP 82107708 A EP82107708 A EP 82107708A EP 0074006 B1 EP0074006 B1 EP 0074006B1
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Pierre Jeannet
Raymond Froidevaux
Claude-André Gygax
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G17/00—Structural details; Housings
    • G04G17/08—Housings
    • G04G17/083—Watches distributed over several housings
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/08—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits
    • G04B37/084—Complete encasings for wrist or pocket watches without means for hermetic sealing of winding stem or crown
    • G04B37/086—Complete encasings for wrist or pocket watches without means for hermetic sealing of winding stem or crown for shaped watches

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  • the invention relates to an articulated electronic watch comprising a first and a second case connected by an articulation each of said cases comprising a bottom, a middle part and a seal placed between the bottom and the middle part, the two seals being connected l to each other at the location of the joint by a connection integral with them to form a seal in one piece and to a method of manufacturing said seal.
  • An articulated watch is already known from DE-U-1 974 325 which describes a bracelet whose links may include a mechanical watch and counter. More recent embodiments show wristwatches comprising a main case and links which contain push buttons or even a battery.
  • GB-A-1 574730 describes an electronic watch provided with hollow links containing keys and a battery. These links are made of plastic and are molded in one piece with the middle part of the main case itself closed by a crystal and a back. A conductive film connects the keys and the battery to the circuits of the watch passing inside the articulations located between the middle part and the first link and between the links themselves, these articulations being formed by a thinning of the plastic material. this place. This construction, if it has the merit of ensuring a good seal between the housing and the links, is not able to present a satisfactory aesthetic appearance due to the apparent use of plastic.
  • US-A-3,971,207 describes a gasket comprising a first elastic seal ensuring the tightness of the watch case and a connection to the outside thereof made of an elastic and flexible conductive material.
  • the seal described in the cited patent is not made in one piece from the moment we want to insulate the conductors metal parts of the various components of the watch case (see Figures 8 and 9 of the cited document).
  • the proposed construction makes it impossible to use a printed circuit with multiple conductors which can be soldered directly to the internal components of the watch.
  • the connections which are moreover limited to two, are made by pressing contact pieces on the current leads which are elastic. This form of connection is undesirable, especially for the supply from the battery because it causes a significant voltage drop.
  • the advantageous construction which will be described here and illustrated in particular by FIGS. 2a and 2b is not described or even suggested in the cited patent.
  • the present invention proposes to remedy the drawbacks cited by describing in claims 1 and 5 respectively an articulated electronic watch with gasket and a method of manufacturing said gasket which ensures a sealed passage of conductors from a housing. to the other of an articulated watch.
  • the articulated watch object of the present invention is shown in exploded view in Figure 1. It essentially consists of three main parts.
  • Part A is an arrangement of three boxes arranged one after the other.
  • Case 1 contains one or more batteries to supply power to the watch.
  • the central box 2 contains a mechanism allowing the analog display of the time with the circuits necessary for this display such as quartz, frequency dividers, time reset circuits, stepping motor, etc.
  • the housing 3 contains a liquid crystal display system and the circuits typically required for this display, such as the decoding circuits for example.
  • Part B constitutes the back of the watch.
  • the bottoms 4, and 6 are screwed into the middle parts of the housings 1, 2 and 3 respectively by means of screws 7.
  • the figure also shows that the bottoms 4, 5 and 6 are articulated to each other by means of the hinges 8.
  • this trim is made up of three seals 9, 10 and 11 which are pinched between the backs 4, 5 and 6 and the middle parts of cases 1, and 3 when the backs are screwed onto the middle parts for ensure complete sealing of the various compartments.
  • the seals are connected together at the location of the joint by a passage which is in the form of an isthmus 12.
  • FIG. 2a shows in a plan view the seal object of the invention.
  • the isthmus 12 connect the joints and serve as passages for the electrical conductors as can be seen in FIG. 2b, which is a section on a 2x scale according to A-A in FIG. 2a and where a tunnel 14 is shown.
  • Figure 2c is a section on B-B of Figure 2a and shows that the thickness of the seal 10 is the same as that of the isthmus 12, at least in the embodiment shown here.
  • this packing is made in one piece and can be molded in a single operation.
  • rubber or any suitable plastic material will be used.
  • To shape the opening 14, a drawer will be placed in the mold as is generally known in molding techniques. Once the drawer is removed, we will be in the presence of the desired tunnels.
  • the flexible printed circuit 13 in one piece is then introduced through the tunnels 14 of the isthmus 12 from the interior of the seal 10 through the isthmus 12, each end of the circuit then emerging in good place in the frames formed by the seals 9 and 11, as can be seen if we refer again to FIG. 1.
  • Another method of manufacturing the lining C could be used by directly overmolding the latter on a network of conductors 26 forming a grid and placed directly in the mold. If such a method is used, it will be understood that the conductors 26 will be trapped in the isthmus 12.
  • Figures 3a and 3b are longitudinal sections made in the articulated watch shown in Figure 1 of which only the housing 3 and a part of the housing 2 have been shown.
  • the seal 11 is sandwiched between the bottom 6 and the middle 15 of the housing 3.
  • the seal 10 is pinched between the bottom 5 and the middle 16 of the housing 2
  • the seals 10 and 11 are connected together by the isthmus 12 which the flexible printed circuit 13 crosses.
  • FIG. 3a shows the boxes 2 and 3 arranged in the extension of one another.
  • the isthmus 12 due to its flexibility, is mounted on the back of a donkey as shown.
  • FIG. 3b on the contrary, the housings 2 and 3 are inclined relative to each other, the angular travel being limited by the nozzles 17 and 18 practiced respectively in the bottoms 5 and 6.
  • the isthmus takes the rounded position shown in the figure.
  • the two figures show that the boxes are closed by the glass 19 and 20, that under the glass 20, at location 21, can be accommodated an analog display gauge and that under the glass 19, at location 22, a digital display module can be accommodated.
  • Currure 15 includes a device 25 which will be used to attach a bracelet (not shown).
  • the articulated watch described here is not limited to the combination which has been illustrated. We could imagine many others which would include other links which could include, for example, a sound diffuser, push buttons, a calculator, a temperature sensor, a compass, etc. The essential remains however that to carry out such a construction, a safe and reliable solution must be found to electrically link the various links to ensure a perfect seal.
  • a safe and reliable solution must be found to electrically link the various links to ensure a perfect seal.
  • Such a solution has just been described which uses a sealing gasket composed of air seals sealing connected together by isthmus, said lining ensuring both the sealing of the cases used in the composition of the watch at the same time as it allows a sealed passage of the electrical conductors from one case to another.

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EP82107708A 1981-08-25 1982-08-23 Montre électronique articulée et procédé de fabrication de la garniture d'étanchéité de ladite montre Expired EP0074006B1 (fr)

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