EP1154339A1 - Mit einer Drucktaste versehene tragbare elektronische Vorrichtung, insbesondere eine Uhr - Google Patents

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EP1154339A1
EP1154339A1 EP00201685A EP00201685A EP1154339A1 EP 1154339 A1 EP1154339 A1 EP 1154339A1 EP 00201685 A EP00201685 A EP 00201685A EP 00201685 A EP00201685 A EP 00201685A EP 1154339 A1 EP1154339 A1 EP 1154339A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C3/00—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means
    • G04C3/001—Electromechanical switches for setting or display
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    • 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
    • G04B37/10—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems
    • G04B37/106—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits of winding stems of push buttons

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  • the present invention relates to a push button whose use is suitable very well in an electronic watch or in any other electronic device relatively small dimensions.
  • the case of a watch is an essential element.
  • the case contains, between others, a rechargeable battery or accumulator, as well as a quartz oscillator which provides, via a frequency divider circuit, a time base to a control for controlling a digital liquid crystal display or operate a stepper motor capable of driving a train and a switch classics. It is therefore essential that the case is waterproof and moisture proof.
  • Push buttons must nevertheless pass through these boxes. Some rare exceptions (capacitive keys for example), these pushers are, in the state of the art, essential to be able to control the functions watchmakers required, for example, to trigger a chronograph or by resetting the watch.
  • the pushers are buttons that protrude from the middle of the watch. In pushing them with a finger, the desired watch function of the watch is activated. AT For this purpose, the pusher brings the positive pole of the battery or accumulator into contact with the negative pole of the electronic control module which contains, in particular, the time reset program. Depending on the nature of the impulse, the hands or the time indication provided by the liquid crystal display, either minute in minutes (short pulse), or one hour (long pulse). When the pressure stops, the push buttons return to their original place.
  • buttons are most often quite complex. They generally consist of a pusher head which can be chased or glued on a push rod.
  • the push rod is slidably arranged at the interior of a housing formed in the middle of the watch which must be produced with great precision.
  • the push rod moves axially in this housing against the return force of a spring when a thrust is applied to the pusher head.
  • the return spring is usually arranged in a housing formed in the pusher head and bears axially on the bottom of a cavity provided in the middle.
  • a contact flange which has elastic properties acts as a return spring and prevents the rod to escape from the housing in which it slides.
  • seals are used. Unfortunately, in the long run, these joints become clogged and harden, which causes leaks which may compromise the proper functioning of the watch.
  • the pushbuttons protrude of the middle part of the watch. They therefore form growths which detract from the appearance. aesthetics of the watch.
  • these pushbuttons protruding from the middle of the watch, can be handled accidentally, for example by clinging to the sleeve of the wearer's shirt or jacket, which can cause unexpected activation of a function of the watch or the disruption of the latter.
  • Such a pusher head must have a large enough diameter that the head be flexible. This is possible in the case of the cited document because the pushers are located on an upper face of the box. However, they could not find on the side wall of the box (the part called the middle part), because the height is generally very limited. In addition, the repeated flexions of the head flexible plastic material may in time take off the skirt or crack it, thus affecting the tightness and functioning of the pusher. We can also note that the pusher head protrudes from the upper surface of the box. It therefore harms the aesthetic appearance of the watch and can be activated inadvertently.
  • the main object of the present invention is therefore to remedy the drawbacks of the aforementioned prior art as well as still others by proposing a pusher economically feasible by a method of injecting a plastic material of such so that the pusher cannot be activated unintentionally.
  • the present invention relates to a portable electronic device such that, in particular, a timepiece, comprising a case made of a material plastic bounded by a bottom and a side wall called the middle part, characterized in that this electronic device comprises at least one means intended, under the effect of a push, to control at least one electronic function such as a function watchmaker of said electronic device, this means, directed towards the inside of the case, being made in one piece with said housing and being set back from the surface exterior of the latter, said means being operable using an element pointed like the tip of a pen.
  • the present invention provides a means or control member which can be made of the same plastic as the housing, which makes it possible to manufacture it, for example by injection or by molding, at the same time time that said housing. This results in substantial cost savings Manufacturing.
  • this control member is set back compared to the external surface of the case, the aesthetics of the electronic device according to the invention such as, for example, a watch, is greatly improved.
  • the control member is indeed completely embedded in the housing, so that said housing is released from any protuberance or protuberance.
  • the organ of control can no longer be activated inadvertently. There is therefore no longer a risk of unintentionally triggering a chronograph, for example, unnecessarily exhaust the battery or accumulator.
  • settings such as, for example example, that of the current time or of an alarm time, cannot be modified without user intervention.
  • control means includes a rod connected to the box by a flexible part which exerts on said rod a elastic restoring force.
  • the rod is small, which allows it to be placed in one place any of the case, for example on the middle or in the bottom of said case.
  • Else part the flexible part exerts on the rod an elastic restoring force under the effect of which said rod, when the pressure exerted on it is released, returns to its initial position. It is therefore no longer necessary to provide a return spring or housing with always complex shapes in which said spring would be housed. Thanks to its very simple construction, the control member according to the invention is therefore not very expensive to manufacture.
  • the present invention proceeds from the general inventive idea which consists in provide a push button made in one piece with the housing of an electronic device, set back from the outer surface of this housing.
  • the present invention will be described with reference to a timepiece of the wristwatch type. It goes without saying, however, that the present invention may apply to any type of electronic device of relatively small dimensions such as that, for example, a mobile phone, whose electronic functions can be controlled by one or more push buttons according to the invention.
  • the timepiece according to the invention can be, for example, a wristwatch. It is shown schematically in Figure 1 and designated in its together by the general reference number 1.
  • the timepiece 1 conventionally comprises a case 2 provided with a middle 4 and a bottom 6 which delimits the housing 2 in its lower part.
  • the bottom 6 is made in one piece with the middle part 4. It will however of itself that the present invention applies in the same way to a box which would not be monocoque and which would include a back separate from the middle.
  • the housing 2 is made of a plastic material according to techniques, for example injection molding, well known.
  • the timepiece 1 also includes a horometric movement 8 supplied with current by a battery or an electric accumulator 10 which can, if necessary if necessary, be recharged after exhaustion.
  • the stack 10 shown schematically in FIG. 2, typically presents the shape of a pellet housed in the bottom 6 of the shows 1.
  • the battery 10 is accessed via a removable cover 12 rendered sealed by a seal 14.
  • the housing 2 is delimited by a glass 16 covering means 18 for displaying time information.
  • these display means 18 consist of a dial 20 above which an hour hand 22 moves, a hand minutes 24 and a second hand 26. So these are analog means time display. It could also be digital display means consisting of a liquid crystal cell.
  • the housing 2 has at its upper periphery a notch 28 in which is engaged a bezel 30 which secures the glass 16 on the housing 2.
  • the bezel 30 is fixedly mounted on the housing 2, for example by gluing or welding by ultrasound or by hunting.
  • the glass 16 is sealed against the case 2 through the use of a seal 32 wedged between the glass and the case.
  • clockwork movement 8 carried by a printed circuit (not shown), comprises, among others, a time base circuit, a frequency divider circuit supplied by the time base, an electronic control module connected to the divider circuit and the display system 18 controlled by the electronic control module.
  • the electronic control module performs various functions. he maintains in particular the oscillations of the quartz oscillator of the time base circuit, divides the frequency of the quartz, corrects the running of the watch and operates a stepper motor capable of driving a train 34 and the switch formed by the hour hand 22, the minute hand 24 and the second hand 26 described above.
  • the control module also manages special functions such as that the date, the chronograph, the alarm, the time zones, and allows correct certain indications and set the time.
  • watch 1 includes, for example, two control members 36 and 38 conforming to the present invention each intended to control at least one watch function of watch 1.
  • a push on the command 36 allows the watch 1 to be reset to the time
  • a push on the organ 38 allows you to start a chronograph. More specifically, by a short press on the control member 36, the minute hands are advanced in minutes, while pressing the hands forward for one hour. Similarly, a first press on the control member 38 puts with the chronograph running, a second press stops the operation the chronograph and measure the elapsed time interval, and a third press resets the chronograph to zero.
  • the number of organs command worn by the watch is not limited to two, and is only determined by the number of watch functions that one wishes to control.
  • control members 36 and 38 are arranged in the bottom 6 of the case 2 of the watch 1. Although heard, due to their small dimensions, the control members 36 and 38 can be placed anywhere on watch 1, for example on the middle 4 or on the bezel 30.
  • control members 36 and 38 are identical and each consist of a rod 40 preferably having a shape cylindrical, slightly conical or prismatic, oriented towards the inside of the housing 2 of watch 1.
  • the end 42 of the rods 40 located outside the housing 2 is disposed recessed relative to the surface of the bottom 6 of said housing 2.
  • a housing 2 is provided which is free of any protuberance or protuberance, which considerably improves the aesthetic appearance of the watch 1.
  • the control members 36 and 38 are completely submerged in the case 2, the risk of actuating them involuntarily is nonexistent.
  • control members 36 and 38 are made in one piece with the case 2 of watch 1, which allows manufacture them, for example by injection or by molding a plastic material, same time as said housing 2.
  • the costs of manufacturing such a housing comprising two control bodies coming from material with it are, we understand easily, very reduced.
  • the rods 40 of the control members 36 and 38 are linked to the housing 2 by a part 44 thin enough to be slightly flexible and allow thus a longitudinal stroke of the rods 40 and serve as a return spring for said rods 40. It will be noted that the recall of the rods 40 is ensured solely by the elasticity of the plastic from which case 2 is made. Consequently, it is no longer necessary to provide return spring or housing in which this spring would be arranged, which, here too, allows a substantial reduction in the costs of manufacturing.
  • the part 44 by which the rod 40 is connected the housing 2 is in the form of a circular skirt which opens inwards of the housing 2 at an angle which is chosen so as to give said skirt 44 a well adapted elasticity.
  • the skirt 44 is connected directly to the housing 2 and surrounds the rod 40 completely, thus achieving perfect sealing of the organs of controls 36 and 38 according to the invention.
  • the end 46 of the rod 40 has a surface front 48 which may have any suitable form for cooperating with contacts electrical 50 and 52 connected, respectively, to the positive pole of battery 10 and to an input of the electronic control module.
  • the front surface 48 can be metallized or receive a metal strip 54.
  • the present invention is also very suitable in a device flexible electronics for developing and displaying information such as that described in international application WO 99/67702 on behalf of Viztec, Inc.
  • the portable device includes a flexible display cell and a flexible strap that form the body of the device.
  • the bracelet allows to fix the device around the wrist of a person for example.
  • the portable device has light and flexible elements which allow to follow the shape of a given contour and to present a flat profile. The device can thus withstand without damage the deformations to which a shows, for example, is submitted during normal physical activity.
  • Such a device due to its flexibility, is subject to constraints important as well as many contacts. If it is fitted with push buttons that protrude from its outer surface, the risks are great to see these push buttons be activated accidentally, which will cause activation involuntary function of the watch or the disruption of the latter. It is why it is very advantageous to equip such a device with one or more organs control according to the present invention. Drowned in the thickness of the body flexible, these control elements do not harm the aesthetic appearance of the device portable and cannot be operated inadvertently. Furthermore, as they are made of the same plastic material as the flexible body, they can be made of same time as the latter. This results in substantial savings in terms of manufacturing costs.
  • control members according to the invention can also be used in connection with data entry keys, for example capacitive or resistive.
  • data entry keys for example capacitive or resistive.
  • a first solution the simplest, would be to leave these keys constantly energized data input, pending the use of these keys by the wearer of the watch. Besides the fact that these keys could then be unexpectedly activated by simply touching one of these buttons with a the user, this solution is not very economical from the consumption point of view electric.
  • a more advantageous solution therefore consists in ordering the activation and disabling these data entry keys by means of the control according to the invention.
  • a first press on one of the organs of command will turn on the corresponding data entry key.
  • the user can then, by means of said data entry key, correct or modify any of the information processed and displayed by the portable device.
  • a second press on the same control unit will then deactivate again the data entry key.

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GB2077506A (en) 1980-04-15 1981-12-16 Citizen Watch Co Ltd Pushbutton switch for electronic timepieces
US4511260A (en) * 1982-07-06 1985-04-16 Rene Pasquier Improved quartz watch having a semi-rigid watch case bottom and a time setting system using an electrical contact
EP0452254A1 (de) * 1990-04-11 1991-10-16 Fabrique D'ebauches De Sonceboz S.A. Funktionssteuerungsvorrichtung im Boden eines Uhrengehäuses
EP0959393A1 (de) * 1998-05-20 1999-11-24 Eta SA Fabriques d'Ebauches In mehreren Richtungen bedienbarer Drückschalter
US6000842A (en) * 1996-05-17 1999-12-14 Smh Management Services Ag Assembly comprising a hard plastic watch case and at least one push button, and method for manufacturing such an assembly
WO1999067702A1 (en) 1998-06-24 1999-12-29 Viztec, Inc. Wearable device with flexible display

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GB2077506A (en) 1980-04-15 1981-12-16 Citizen Watch Co Ltd Pushbutton switch for electronic timepieces
US4511260A (en) * 1982-07-06 1985-04-16 Rene Pasquier Improved quartz watch having a semi-rigid watch case bottom and a time setting system using an electrical contact
EP0452254A1 (de) * 1990-04-11 1991-10-16 Fabrique D'ebauches De Sonceboz S.A. Funktionssteuerungsvorrichtung im Boden eines Uhrengehäuses
US6000842A (en) * 1996-05-17 1999-12-14 Smh Management Services Ag Assembly comprising a hard plastic watch case and at least one push button, and method for manufacturing such an assembly
EP0959393A1 (de) * 1998-05-20 1999-11-24 Eta SA Fabriques d'Ebauches In mehreren Richtungen bedienbarer Drückschalter
WO1999067702A1 (en) 1998-06-24 1999-12-29 Viztec, Inc. Wearable device with flexible display

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