EP0718910A1 - Armbanduhr mit Hochfrequenzsender - Google Patents

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EP0718910A1
EP0718910A1 EP95810622A EP95810622A EP0718910A1 EP 0718910 A1 EP0718910 A1 EP 0718910A1 EP 95810622 A EP95810622 A EP 95810622A EP 95810622 A EP95810622 A EP 95810622A EP 0718910 A1 EP0718910 A1 EP 0718910A1
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Breitling Montres SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G21/00—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
    • G04G21/04—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces using radio waves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04R—RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME-PIECES
    • G04R60/00—Constructional details
    • G04R60/06—Antennas attached to or integrated in clock or watch bodies
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    • G04—HOROLOGY
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    • G04R60/00—Constructional details
    • G04R60/06—Antennas attached to or integrated in clock or watch bodies
    • G04R60/10—Antennas attached to or integrated in clock or watch bodies inside cases
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
    • H01Q1/273—Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals

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  • the subject of the present invention is a wristwatch comprising, in addition to a time measurement and display device, a high-frequency transmitter, a current source for supplying this transmitter, a switch for setting on the transmitter and an extendable antenna in the form of a wire wound in a housing of the watch before use, one end of which is fixed to the watch and the other end is secured to a plug removably fixed to the shows before using the transmitter, the antenna being deployed by pulling on the plug, this deployment also having the effect of closing the switch and switching on the transmitter.
  • Such a watch has already been produced by the applicant. It is described in patent CH No. 673 748.
  • This prior watch comprises two superimposed cases, the upper case containing a clockwork and the lower case a capsule used simultaneously as a container for the transmitter and as a rotary drum for the winding of the antenna wire.
  • a pull on the plug connected to the antenna has the effect of driving the capsule in rotation and of establishing contact between a supply battery and the transmitter.
  • Such a watch is intended to be used as a distress beacon and it is essential that the range of the transmitter is sufficient for the distress signal to be received.
  • the main object of the present invention is to increase the radiation power of the transmitter, without increasing the consumption of electrical energy, so as not to reduce the duration emission of the distress signal emitted as long as the battery delivers sufficient current.
  • the wristwatch according to the invention is characterized in that it is equipped with a counterweight antenna of the same type as the main antenna and also wound before use in a watch housing and one end of which is also integral a plug removably attached to the watch before use, this counterweight antenna being arranged so that it can be deployed in a direction opposite to that of the main antenna.
  • the addition of a counterweight antenna has the effect of significantly amplifying the radiation power of the transmitter without additional energy consumption.
  • the transmitter, the switch and the antennas are arranged in the same case as the clock movement, which makes it possible to reduce the thickness of the watch.
  • the antennas are made of ductile material, for example nickel, and the plugs are fixed to the antennas in such a way that they detach when the tensile force on the plug has exceeded the force necessary for the complete deployment of the antennas.
  • the antennas released from the weight of the plug do not flex but remain rectilinear.
  • the antennas are wound in a helix, which allows them to be housed in cylindrical housings made in the middle of the watch.
  • FIG. 1 represents a sectional view thereof at 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or I-I of FIG. 2.
  • Figure 2 is a sectional view along II-II of Figure 1 showing the antennas wound in the housing.
  • Figure 3 is a view similar to the view shown in Figure 2, but after complete deployment of the main antenna and the counterweight.
  • FIG. 1 we recognize a watch case consisting of a middle-bezel 1 coming from a part with a back 2 and a crystal 3.
  • the middle-bezel 1 is provided with two pairs of horns 4 and 5 for attaching a bracelet.
  • the upper part 6 of the watch case is intended to receive a timepiece movement surmounted by a dial.
  • the lower part 7 of the box houses a high-frequency transmitter mounted on a printed circuit 8.
  • two parallel cylindrical housings 9 and 10 are formed in the mass of the middle part.
  • the housing 9 slightly encroaches on the inside the case, while the housing 10, of smaller diameter, is entirely surrounded by the material of the middle part.
  • a tube 11 made of synthetic material in which is wound helically in tight turns a nickel wire 12 one end of which is fixed to the bottom 13 of the tube 11 and the other end is fixed to a collar 14 -Even fixed on a plastic tip 15.
  • the end piece 15 is screwed into the collar 14 with a left-hand thread.
  • the end piece 15 is extended by a cylindrical hollow part 16 at the bottom of which is formed an annular groove 17 (FIG. 3).
  • This hollow part 16 is forcibly attached to a mushroom 18 formed at the bottom of a hollow cylindrical plug 19 having a threaded part 20 by which it is screwed to the right in one end of the housing 9.
  • the plug 19 is further provided with a safety ring 21 made of plastic material mounted in a groove of the stopper and provided with a lug 22 fixed to the middle part of the bezel and ensuring the stopper 19 against unintentional unscrewing.
  • the seal is ensured by a gasket 23 mounted between the end of the plug and a bearing formed in the housing 9.
  • the other end of the wire 12 is connected to a terminal 24 fixed to the bottom 13 of the tube 11 by a screw 25.
  • the terminal 24 is itself electrically connected to the circuit 8 of the transmitter.
  • the tube 11 has a peripheral shoulder 26 cooperating on the one hand with a stop 27 to limit the stroke of the tube 11 and on the other hand with a switch 28 having the function of ensuring the supply of power to the transmitter
  • the other end of the cylindrical housing 9 is closed by a non-removable plug 29, fixed for example by gluing, a gasket 30 ensuring sealing at this level.
  • the wire 31 is also wound helically in tight turns in its housing .
  • One end of the wire 31 is fixed, for example by welding, to a metal disc 32 driven hard in a bore formed at one end of the housing 10. This bore is itself closed by a plug 33 fixed permanently, for example by gluing.
  • the other end of the wire 31 is fixed to a plug 34 screwed to the end of the housing 10.
  • the fixing of the wire 31 to the plug 34 is carried out in the same way as the fixing of the wire 12 to the plug 19, the collar 14 ' being screwed onto the end piece 15 'fixed on a mushroom 18' of the plug 34.
  • the transmitter frequency is for example 121.5 MHz
  • L 'antenna 12 is then deployed by a pull unceremoniously on the plug 19.
  • the antenna is fully deployed, as shown, from a certain traction.
  • the connection of the end-piece 15 to the mushroom 18 of the plug is such that the plug 19 is detached from the end-piece 15 for a traction included in a previously defined range.
  • the wire 12 thus does not risk being torn from the tube 11 and the switch 22 does not risk being damaged.
  • the wire 12 is released from the weight of the plug 19 which tends to bend the antenna.
  • the pull on the wire 12 has the effect of driving the tube 11 and actuating the switch 28.
  • the transmitter is then supplied.
  • the deployed wire 31 constitutes the counterweight of the main antenna 12.
  • the electrical connection between the counterweight 31 and the transmitter is provided by the middle-bezel 1.
  • the antenna lengths have been established experimentally.
  • the size of the antennas 12 and 31 is adapted to the value of the frequency.
  • the invention is of course not limited to all the improvements appearing in the embodiment described above, but it also extends, for example, to a wristwatch as described in patent CH No. 673 748 supplemented by a counterweight antenna wound in a coil spring or on a drum.
EP95810622A 1994-12-20 1995-10-04 Armbanduhr mit Hochfrequenzsender Expired - Lifetime EP0718910B1 (de)

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CH3842/94 1994-12-20
CH384294 1994-12-20
CH03842/94A CH686990B5 (fr) 1994-12-20 1994-12-20 Montre-bracelet avec emetteur haute-frequence.

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CH686990GA3 (fr) 1996-08-30
JPH08233961A (ja) 1996-09-13
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