EP1519457B1 - Adapter für ein tragbares elektronisches Gerät und Übertragungssystem zwischen diesen Bauteilen - Google Patents

Adapter für ein tragbares elektronisches Gerät und Übertragungssystem zwischen diesen Bauteilen Download PDF

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EP1519457B1
EP1519457B1 EP03021457A EP03021457A EP1519457B1 EP 1519457 B1 EP1519457 B1 EP 1519457B1 EP 03021457 A EP03021457 A EP 03021457A EP 03021457 A EP03021457 A EP 03021457A EP 1519457 B1 EP1519457 B1 EP 1519457B1
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Yvan Ferri
Yves Oesch
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Priority to TW093128445A priority patent/TW200515111A/zh
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
    • H01R33/945—Holders with built-in electrical component
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/22—Contacts for co-operating by abutting
    • H01R13/24—Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilient; resiliently-mounted
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/631—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances for engagement only

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  • the present invention relates generally to a system for transmitting electrical signals between a portable electronic instrument and an adapter, for example, between a watch and a charger, or between a watch and a communication interface connected to a unit. external communication, such as a personal computer.
  • the invention relates more particularly to the means for establishing an electrical connection between the portable electrical instrument and the adapter for transmitting electrical signals from and / or to the portable instrument.
  • the watch comprises a housing containing an electronic module controlled by means of at least one control member having electrical contact means accessible from outside the housing.
  • the control member is capable of occupying a first non-recessed position in which no electrical connection is established between the electrical contact means and the electronic module and a second recessed position in which an electrical connection is established between the means electrical contact and the electronic module.
  • the watch is powered by a rechargeable battery and comprises two control members for controlling watch functions, each of the control members being connected to a respective pole of the battery after pressing on these bodies.
  • the watch comprises an internal electronic unit and at least one control member for controlling a watch function, the control member being also used to transmit and / or receive data with an external communication unit such as a personal computer.
  • This communication interface comprises a support having a cavity for receiving the portable instrument.
  • the cavity is provided wider than the instrument and has, on one side, an elastic surface and, on the other side, a movable element operable manually to compress the portable instrument between the elastic surface and the element.
  • mobile In order to transmit data between the communication interface and the portable instrument, the mobile element is provided with connection elements which are plugged into terminals of the instrument provided specifically for this purpose.
  • connection terminals used are specifically provided for communications between the portable instrument and the interface, which imposes, on the one hand, constraints on the arrangement of the control members traditional and which poses, on the other hand, additional sealing problems at the housing of the portable instrument.
  • a solution that would consist in using the control members as described in documents EP 1 109 084 and EP 1 134 630 is undesirable insofar as it would require to provide an even more complex mobile element see several mobile elements following the distribution of the control organs.
  • a general object of the present invention is therefore to propose a system for transmitting electrical signals between a portable electronic instrument and a adapter for ensuring a simple electrical connection, not requiring special construction at the portable instrument, while ensuring a simple and inexpensive adapter construction, not requiring mobile connection means or arranged on an element mobile, to make this electrical connection.
  • the present invention thus relates to a system for transmitting electrical signals of the aforementioned type, the characteristics of which are set forth in claim 1.
  • the invention also relates to an adapter for such a system, the characteristics of which are set forth in claim 6.
  • the proposed solution for the transmission system is to provide, on the one hand, a portable instrument capable of transmitting electrical signals via its usual control members and, on the other hand, an adapter having a footprint sized to receive the instrument. portable so that the control devices used to transmit electrical signals are in the depressed position while providing an electrical connection between the instrument and the adapter, when the instrument is placed in the footprint.
  • the footprint of the adapter comprises one or more slots sized to receive the control members of the portable instrument.
  • These housings advantageously have from top to bottom, a guiding surface for bringing the watch into position, a bearing surface for bringing the control members into their depressed position and electrical contact means, preferably in the form of a flexible metal blade arranged in a cavity, for contacting the electrical contact means of the externally accessible control member.
  • the invention proceeds, as already mentioned, from the general idea of connecting a portable electronic instrument (for example a wristwatch) to an external electrical or electronic device via at least one control device.
  • a portable electronic instrument for example a wristwatch
  • transmission of electrical signals it will be understood in particular the application of electrical signals for the purposes of recharging an accumulator with electrical energy as well as the communication of data to and / or from the portable electronic instrument.
  • the external device can thus be an electric charging device for an accumulator or a communication interface with an electronic communication device, such as for example a personal computer.
  • this electrical charging device and / or this communication interface, adapter will be named, insofar as the charger and / or the communication interface make it possible to adapt the portable electronic instrument to a device. other use than originally planned.
  • control organ (s) of the portable electronic instrument are configured to perform two functions, namely their first control function for the selection of functions of the portable electronic instrument (selection operating modes or information, update of data or parameters of the portable electronic instrument, e.g. time and / or date, etc.) and the additional function of means for transmitting electrical signals via electrical contact means accessible from outside the watch.
  • the transmission of electrical signals is established as soon as the control device or controllers configured for this purpose are brought into the depressed position.
  • the connection of the portable electronic instrument to the external electrical or electronic device will therefore be established by means of an adapter arranged to bring the relevant control members into the depressed position.
  • the present invention will be described with reference to a transmission system between a timepiece advantageously in the form of a wristwatch and an adapter advantageously in the form of a support for a wristwatch.
  • the invention applies identically to any portable electronic instrument whether or not it fulfills a watch function and to any adapter that it fulfills or not the support function.
  • FIG 1a shows a top view of an adapter generally designated by the reference numeral 100, according to a first preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • this adapter 100 is advantageously in the form of a support 101 for a wristwatch defining on its upper part a footprint 102 sized to receive the wristwatch (shown in Figure 1b).
  • Impression means a cavity preventing movement or rotation in the main plane of the portable instrument, once positioned in the cavity.
  • the support 101 is provided with two openings 103 and 104 disposed on either side of the recess 102, so as to let the wristband of the watch.
  • the impression preferably has a circular excavation 105 in which the bottom-middle of the wristwatch comes to fit.
  • the recess 102 also has two lateral surfaces 106 and 107 respectively comprising two and three housings, designated respectively by the numerals 108, 109, 110, 111 and 112, intended to each receive one of the five control members of the wristwatch. .
  • the number of control members which is provided with the wristwatch is given solely by way of example, and the number of corresponding housing provided in the footprint 102, the latter having to include at least one housing likely to receive the control organ (s) of the watch.
  • Each of the housings, 108, 109, 110 and 112, corresponding to a control member configured to perform two functions, has electrical contact means for providing the electrical connection between the adapter 100 and the wristwatch, contact means of which examples of realization will be detailed later.
  • the support 101 comprises inside the electric charging device and / or the electronic communication interface with a personal computer (both not shown in this figure).
  • the adapter 100 is provided with means indicating its operating state.
  • an indication relating to the state of charge of the battery of the watch can be provided by means of a first light-emitting diode 113 of a first color when the watch is charging and a second diode of a second color to indicate that the charge is complete (the watch being positioned on the support).
  • a single diode 113 passing in a flashing or extinguishing mode to indicate the end of the charge, or a two-color diode.
  • An indication of the data transfer state may be provided by means of a diode 114 which is lit when data is exchanged between the computer and the watch via the communication interface of the adapter (the watch being positioned on the adapter).
  • the adapter 100 will be presented as both a charger and a communication interface. Nevertheless, it will be understood that the following is also applicable to an adapter that may perform only one of the two functions.
  • FIG. 1b shows a plan view of a wristwatch intended to cooperate with the adapter of Figure 1a.
  • the wristwatch is designated overall by the reference numeral 200. It comprises in particular a housing 201 delimited in this example by a lower portion 202 forming middle and bottom, which comes to fit as mentioned above in the excavation 105 practiced in the footprint 102 of the adapter, and an upper portion 203 forming a bezel which also carries an ice 204.
  • the bezel 203 is adjusted in a conventional manner on the middle 202, a seal being interposed between these elements to seal the housing 201 .
  • Middle part 202 is traversed in this example by five pushbutton-type control members designated respectively by the reference numerals 208, 209, 210, 211 and 212.
  • the instrument comprises at least one control device configured as will be described hereinafter.
  • the five control members 208 to 212 together form a user interface with which the wearer can interact to select the various functions of the wristwatch 200.
  • control members 208 to 212 are placed here laterally on the middle part 202 in typical locations for a wristwatch, namely substantially at 2 h, 3 h, 4 h, 8 h and 10 h respectively. It goes without saying that the control members 208 to 212 could be arranged in other places.
  • control members 208, 209, 210 and 212 have a similar configuration, the control member 211 being instead configured as a conventional controller to fulfill only its control role.
  • This control member 211 could also be configured as a conventional crown rod for setting the time of the watch.
  • two control members 208 and 209 are used to be connected to the two charging terminals of the battery when in the depressed position.
  • Two other members 210 and 212 are used to establish communication with a two-wire bus, one serving as a clock terminal and the other as a data terminal, also when in the depressed position.
  • the last member 211 remains unused. Of course this last organ can be used when needed.
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b each show a partial sectional view of FIGS. 1a and 1b, taken at the level of the control member 210 along its designated operating axis XX and of the housing 110 corresponding to this member, representing the watch 200 respectively before and after its introduction into the cavity 102 of the adapter 100.
  • the adapter 100 In a first step, we will focus on the adapter 100.
  • the latter is essentially formed by the support 101 of the wristwatch 200 having a footprint 102 sized to receive the wristwatch.
  • the cut of the adapter 100 is shown at the housing 110, a preferred embodiment of which is described below.
  • the housing 110 comprises, in its upper part, guiding means in the form of a flared portion 117 to bring into position the watch 200 and in particular the corresponding control member 210. It will be noted this effect that advantageously the side walls 106 and 107 of the cavity 102 also have a flared portion to guide the watch during its introduction into the cavity.
  • the flared portion 117 has at its lower end a shoulder serving as retaining means for the control member 210 and thus the watch once introduced into the cavity 102.
  • the control member 210 is in its depressed position (ie the electrical connection is established), once the watch 200 introduced into the cavity 102, while on the other hand ensuring that sufficient clearance is left at the stroke of the control member 210 in order to disengage the watch 200 without excessive mechanical stress.
  • the flared portion 117 is followed by a bearing surface 118 against which the upper portion of the thrust face 213 of the control member 210 comes to rest when the watch 200 is in the recess 102. 110, ie the distance from the lateral surface 107 of the cavity (not visible on this section) to the bearing surface 118, is dimensioned so that the control member 210, once the watch introduced into the imprint, is in its depressed position.
  • each support surface compensates for the action of the control member coming to bear on the opposite bearing surface.
  • electrical contact means 119 are arranged in a cavity 120 made in the lower part of the housing 110.
  • These electrical contact means are preferably made by means of a flexible metal blade 119 having a return force opposite to that of the control member 210.
  • This blade 119 has in the zone in view of the lower part of the thrust face 213 of the control member a bent portion 121 slightly protruding from the vertical plane defined by the bearing surface 118. Alternatively this bent portion may be replaced by a portion stamped into boss shape as shown in Figure 3.
  • This arrangement of the blade 119 in the housing 110 not only ensures good electrical contact with the part conductive externally accessible control member, for example the thrust face 213, but also to avoid the application of strong mechanical stresses on the blade 119 during the introduction of the watch in the footprint.
  • Figure 3 shows a front view of the housing 110 according to a preferred embodiment.
  • the flared portion 117 under which is located the bearing surface 118 serving as a retaining surface of the corresponding control member of the portable instrument.
  • the dotted around the bearing surface 118 illustrates the thrust surface 213 of the controller when the instrument is placed in the impression.
  • the blade 119 is positioned in the cavity 120.
  • This electrically conductive blade has, according to this variant, a boss-shaped portion 121 embossed, or equivalently a bent portion as mentioned above in FIGS. 2a and 2b, making electrical contact with the thrust surface 213 of the control member.
  • the bearing surface 118 comes into contact with the entire thrust face 213 of the control member 210, bringing the control member into its position. when the watch 200 is inserted into the cavity 102.
  • the bearing surface is then covered with a metallization layer serving as electrical contact means. Nevertheless according to this variant, a strong friction is imposed between the thrust face 213 of the control member and the metallization layer, which can alter the quality of the contact after repeated use.
  • the bottom of the cavity advantageously has an excavation 105 whose cutting lines are preferably similar to those of the bottom-middle part 202 of the watch, which makes it possible to to nest the latter stably when introduced into the footprint.
  • the bottom of the impression may have other cutting lines, insofar as at least one abutment surface is provided to retain the vertical stroke of the watch so that the control members are in contact with the electrical contact means arranged in the housing.
  • the support 101 of the adapter further comprises the elements to ensure the function of charger and / or communication interface.
  • the adapter 100 is conventionally provided with a transformer 122 that can be connected to the home network, which circuit will preferably be associated with a current control circuit 123 in order to avoid any overcharging of the accumulator of the watch.
  • the transformer may be part of network connector of the power cable as this is well known for small portable devices connected to the network.
  • the adapter is provided with an interface module 124 between a communication bus and a communication port (parallel, serial ...) of a personal computer.
  • a communication bus for example, a two-wire bus may be used, where a transmission line is used to transmit a clock signal and the other transmission line is used to transmit data signals.
  • the first line may be used to transmit signals from the portable instrument and the other line to receive signals from outside the instrument.
  • Each of these transmission lines is connected to the communication module of the watch through a control member of the latter.
  • a solution advocating the use of a USB bus and a USB communication port has the advantage of being able to use the power of the USB bus to perform the charging operations, no adapter to the external sector being then no longer necessary .
  • the electrical contact means 119 arranged in the housing 110 are electrically connected to the transformer 122 and / or to the communication interface 124, for example by welding, via a printed circuit board 125, or PCB, supporting these elements. .
  • the control member 210 is movably mounted in a mounting hole 214 formed in the middle part 202 so as to have a stroke of translation along the axis of actuation XX.
  • the control member 210 is operable by pressure, like a conventional pusher, to be brought from a position not depressed, ie before its introduction into the cavity 102 of the adapter, as shown in Figure 2a, to a so-called depressed position, ie after its introduction into the cavity 102 of the adapter, illustrated in Figure 2b.
  • the control member 210 is mainly composed of a rod 215, of elongated shape, made of an electrically conductive material, preferably metal.
  • This rod 215 preferably, but not exclusively, has a cylindrical shape and passes through the middle part 202 from one side to the other. A first end of the rod 215 thus opens into the cavity formed by the middle part 202 while the second end of the rod 215 opens out of the middle part 202.
  • the sealing is ensured in a conventional manner by a or several O-rings 216 housed in one or more grooves 217 formed on the rod 215.
  • the rod 215 On its second end, the rod 215 is terminated by a head 218 of larger diameter, having an external thrust surface 213.
  • the rod 215 and the head 218 of the control member are made of a single electrically conductive part thereby providing an electrical contact means accessible from outside the housing. To fulfill the desired function of transmitting electrical signals, it will be understood that it is in any case to ensure electrical access to the rod 215 from the outside.
  • the middle part 202 is also made in a variant of an electrically conductive material, the rod 215 being consequently insulated from this middle part 202 by an insulating sleeve 219.
  • the middle part 202 is also worn, when in use. normal independent of the adapter, to a determined electrical potential, here the mass potential of the portable instrument.
  • the insulating sleeve 219 advantageously has a generally tubular shape with a shoulder 220 arranged to bear, from outside the middle part 202, on a corresponding shoulder 221 formed in the mounting hole 214. This insulating sleeve 219 is introduced. in the mounting hole 214 from the outside and is preferably secured to the middle part 202, for example by driving, screwing or gluing.
  • An elastic return means 222 formed in this example of a helical spring, is placed between the shoulder 220 of the insulating sleeve 219 and the head 218 of the control member. During a pressure on the control member, this return means 222 is compressed between the shoulder 220 and the head 218 as shown in Figure 2b, thus exerting a restoring force tending to bring the organ control 210 from its depressed position to its not depressed position, illustrated in Figure 2a. Note that the shoulder 220 of the insulating sleeve also ensures that the head 218 of the control member, here conductive, does not come into electrical contact with the middle part 202.
  • the control member further comprises a retaining element 223 adapted to axially retain the rod 215 of the control member.
  • the retaining element 223 is made integral with the rod 215 and is placed on the inside of the middle part 202 in order to counteract the action of the return means 222 which tends to extract the control member from its orifice 214.
  • the retaining element 223 is advantageously configured as a traditional retaining key which is inserted into a groove 224 formed on the rod 215.
  • This retaining element 223 may also be made of an electrically conductive material.
  • middle part 202 defines an internal cavity in which a communication electronic module 205 (partially shown in FIG. 2a), comprising in particular a printed circuit board 206, or PCB, carrying various electrical components, takes place in a conventional manner. and electronics (not shown) including a data processing unit (eg a microcontroller or a microprocessor), storage means (eg EEPROM, FLASH or the like) and other components for carrying out the functions of the 200 wristwatch.
  • Watch components timebase, frequency divider, analog and / or digital display means, etc.
  • the reference 207 indicates an optional element forming a spacer disposed on the upper face of the PCB 206 and which in particular supports the display means of the electronic instrument.
  • a source of electrical energy 226 has also been partially shown, in particular to power the aforementioned electronic module 205. It can be a traditional battery or a rechargeable battery (which can be recharged for example by means of at least one of the control organs, as already mentioned).
  • the rod 215 is no longer electrically connected to the middle part 202 because of the axial displacement of the retaining element 223 which accompanies the movement of the rod 215, making possible the transmission electrical signals through the rod 215 then electrically connected to the communication module 205 of the watch.
  • the control member is able to function as a conventional pusher, which is achieved by means of a first conventional electrical contact and as an electrical signal transmission member, which is achieved by means of a second electrical contact. An embodiment of these two electrical contacts is detailed below.
  • the first electrical contact is conventionally embodied in the form of an electrical contact blade 225 comprising a base integral with the communication electronics module 205 (this base is here maintained between the PCB 206 and the spacer 207) and a flexible extension which cooperates with the end of the rod 215, this end being electrically insulated from the contact blade 225 by an insulating sheath 227 can be made of a material similar to that of the insulating sleeve 219.
  • the flexible extension of the contact blade 225 is arranged to be conventionally brought into contact with the other part of the first electrical contact (no shown in Figures 2a and 2b). In the case in point, it is a metallization formed on the edge of the PCB 206. Thus in the depressed position, the flexible extension of the contact blade 225 comes into contact with the metallization on the PCB 206.
  • the second electrical contact is made thanks to the retaining element 223 secured to the rod 215 and to a second electric contact blade 228 disposed tangentially to the rod 215 in the vicinity of its end covered by the insulating sheath 227.
  • This contact blade 228 is also maintained by its base between the PCB 206 and the spacer 207. In this way, in the not depressed position ( Figure 2a), the electric contact blade 228 is in contact with the insulating sheath 227 and, in position depressed (FIG. 2b), the electrical contact blade 228 is in contact with the rod 215.
  • An advantageous solution is to provide an automatic detection, for example by the communication module 205, of a simultaneous pressure on all the control members for a predetermined period of time, which essentially appears when the electronic instrument is placed on the control panel.
  • a function of activating a communication mode could be predefined in the range of functions of the electronic instrument and this function could be called and selected by means of the user interface of the instrument.
  • the presence of the portable electronic instrument on the adapter can be detected by setting a given potential of one of the transmission lines via one of the control members.
  • FIG. 4 represents a view from above of an adapter generally designated by the reference numeral 300, according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • This adapter 300 is in the form of a support 301 for wristwatch defining on its upper part a footprint 302 sized to receive the wristwatch (not shown).
  • the support 301 is provided with a first and second openings 303 and 304 disposed on either side of the impression 302 so as to allow the watch strap and a third lateral opening to pass through.
  • 305 capable of receiving a connecting element with an external communication unit, such as the sector or a personal computer, depending on whether the adapter is used respectively as charger or communication interface.
  • the impression 302 preferably has a circular excavation 306 in which the bottom-middle of the wristwatch comes to fit.
  • An opening 308 is made in the bottom of this excavation, opening 308 through which electrical contact means 309 protrude so as to establish an electrical connection between the communication interface of the adapter and a terminal of the accumulator or the communication module of the watch via the metal bottom of the latter.
  • the impression 302 also has a housing 310 similar to that described in the context of Figures 2a and 2b. It will be noted that in the same way, electrical contact means 311, preferably in the form of a flexible conductive blade, are arranged in the housing. This housing 310 is preferably located at a position corresponding to 3h on the wristwatch intended to be introduced into the footprint.
  • the charger function or the communication interface function can be performed using the control member and the bottom of the watch as charging terminals of the accumulator or respectively as data transfer terminals.
  • any other type of control member may also be used, insofar as it has two distinct positions respectively enabling coupling or decoupling of the input / output terminals.
  • the displacement of the connecting element could also follow a displacement other than translation.
  • the nature of the electronic communication unit with which it is desired to establish a link through the input / output terminals may be variable. It can be a processor unit as described, a memory unit only or a unit whose operating characteristics would be adjusted (for example a frequency divider circuit, a sensor, etc.).

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  1. System zum Übertragen elektrischer Signale zwischen einem tragbaren elektronischen Instrument (200) und einem Adapter (100), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es umfasst:
    - ein tragbares elektronisches Instrument, das ein Gehäuse (201) aufweist, das ein elektronisches Modul (205) enthält, das über wenigstens ein erstes Steuerorgan (208 bis 211) gesteuert wird, das erste elektrische Kontaktmittel (213) besitzt, die von außerhalb des Gehäuses zugänglich sind, wobei das erste Steuerorgan eine erste nicht eingerückte Position, in der keine elektrische Verbindung zwischen den ersten elektrischen Kontaktmitteln und dem elektronischen Modul hergestellt ist, und eine zweite eingerückte Position, in der eine elektrische Verbindung zwischen den ersten elektrischen Kontaktmitteln und dem elektronischen Modul hergestellt ist, einnehmen kann, und
    - der Adapter ausgebildet ist, um eine Verbindung mit dem Instrument herzustellen und die Übertragung elektrischer Signale zu ermöglichen, wobei dieser Adapter einen Träger (101) aufweist, der eine Vertiefung (102) aufweist, die bemessen ist, um das Instrument aufzunehmen, wobei die Vertiefung wenigstens eine erste Aufnahme (108 bis 112) umfasst, in der zweite elektrische Kontaktmittel (119) angeordnet sind, wobei die erste Aufnahme bemessen ist, um das erste Steuerorgan in der Weise aufzunehmen, dass einerseits das erste Steuerorgan in die eingerückte Position gebracht wird und andererseits die ersten und zweiten elektrischen Kontaktmittel in Kontakt gebracht werden, wenn das Instrument in die Vertiefung eingesetzt ist.
  2. Übertragungssystem nach Anspruch 1, in dem das elektronische Modul durch einen wiederaufladbaren Akkumulator (226) versorgt wird, der einen ersten und einen zweiten Ladeanschluss besitzt, und in dem das Instrument ein erstes Steuerorgan (208) und ein zweites Steuerorgan (209) umfasst, die in ihrer eingerückten Position mit dem einen bzw. dem anderen der Ladeanschlüsse verbunden sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Adapter Lademittel (122) umfasst und dass die Vertiefung eine erste Aufnahme (108) und eine zweite Aufnahme (109) umfasst, die dem ersten bzw. dem zweiten Steuerorgan entsprechen und dann, wenn das Instrument in die Vertiefung eingesetzt ist, eine elektrische Verbindung zwischen dem Akkumulator und den Lademitteln herstellen, um die Ladung des Akkumulators zu ermöglichen.
  3. Übertragungssystem nach Anspruch 1, in dem das Instrument ein erstes Steuerorgan (210) und ein zweites Steuerorgan (212) umfasst, die in ihrer eingerückten Position mit dem elektronischen Modul verbunden sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Adapter eine Kommunikationsschnittstelle (124) zwischen dem elektronischen Modul des Instruments und einer externen Kommunikationseinheit aufweist und dass die Vertiefung eine erste Aufnahme (110) und eine zweite Aufnahme (112) aufweist, die dem ersten bzw. dem zweiten Steuerorgan entsprechen und eine elektrische Verbindung zwischen dem elektronischen Modul und der externen Kommunikationseinheit herstellen, um Daten von und/oder zu dem Instrument zu übertragen.
  4. Übertragungssystem nach Anspruch 1, in dem das elektronische Modul durch einen wiederaufladbaren Akkumulator (226) versorgt wird, der einen ersten und einen zweiten Ladeanschluss besitzt, und in dem das Instrument ein erstes Steuerorgan (208) und ein zweites Steuerorgan (209) umfasst, die in ihrer eingerückten Position mit dem einen bzw. dem anderen der zwei Ladeanschlüsse verbunden sind, und ein drittes Steuerorgan (210) und ein viertes Steuerorgan (212) aufweist, die in ihrer eingerückten Position mit dem elektronischen Modul verbunden sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Adapter Lademittel (122) und eine Kommunikationsschnittstelle (124) zwischen dem elektronischen Modul des Instruments und einer externen Kommunikationseinheit aufweist und dass die Vertiefung eine erste Aufnahme (108), eine zweite Aufnahme (109), eine dritte Aufnahme (110) und eine vierte Aufnahme (112) umfasst, die den Steuerorganen entsprechen und dann, wenn das Instrument in die Vertiefung eingesetzt ist, eine erste elektrische Verbindung zwischen dem Akkumulator und den Lademitteln herstellen, um das Laden des Akkumulators zu ermöglichen, und eine zweite elektrische Verbindung zwischen dem elektronischen Modul und der externen Kommunikationseinheit herstellen, um Daten von und/oder zu dem Instrument zu übertragen.
  5. Übertragungssystem nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Instrument Mittel umfasst, um die normalen Funktionen der Steuerorgane zu deaktivieren, wenn das Instrument in die Vertiefung eingesetzt ist.
  6. Adapter (100; 300), der ausgebildet ist, um eine elektrische Verbindung mit einem tragbaren elektronischen Instrument (200) herzustellen und die Übertragung elektrischer Signale zu ermöglichen, wobei das Instrument über wenigstens ein erstes Steuerorgan (208 bis 212) gesteuert wird, das erste elektrische Kontaktmittel (213) besitzt, die von außerhalb des Instruments zugänglich sind, wobei das erste Steuerorgan eine erste nicht eingerückte Position und eine zweite eingerückte Position einnehmen kann, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Adapter einen Träger (101; 301) umfasst, der eine Vertiefung (102; 302) aufweist, die bemessen ist, um das Instrument aufzunehmen, wobei die Vertiefung wenigstens eine Aufnahme (110; 310) aufweist, in dem zweite elektrische Verbindungsmittel (119, 311) angeordnet sind, wobei die Aufnahme bemessen ist, um das erste Steuerorgan aufzunehmen, derart, dass einerseits das erste Steuerorgan in die eingerückte Position gebracht wird und dass andererseits die ersten und die zweiten elektrischen Kontaktmittel in Kontakt gebracht werden, wenn das Instrument in die Vertiefung eingesetzt wird.
  7. Adapter nach Anspruch 6 für ein tragbares elektrisches Instrument, in dem das erste Steuerorgan Rückstellmittel (222) aus der zweiten eingerückten Position in die erste nicht eingerückte Position umfasst, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zweiten elektrischen Kontaktmittel in Form eines flexiblen metallischen Plättchens (119) verwirklicht sind, das eine Rückstellkraft besitzt, die zu jener des Steuerorgans entgegengesetzt ist.
  8. Adapter nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Aufnahme eine Abstützoberfläche (118) aufweist, gegen die sich wenigstens ein Teil einer Schubfläche (213) des Steuerorgans abstützt, wenn das Instrument in die Vertiefung eingesetzt ist, derart, dass das Steuerorgan in die eingerückte Position gebracht wird.
  9. Adapter nach Anspruch 8 für ein tragbares elektronisches Instrument, wobei die ersten elektrischen Kontaktmittel die Schuboberfläche aufweisen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Aufnahme unter der Abstützoberfläche einen Hohlraum (120) aufweist, in der das Plättchen angeordnet ist, das einen gebogenen oder gestanzten Abschnitt (121) in Form eines Höckers aufweist, der in Bezug auf die vertikale Ebene, die durch die Abstützfläche definiert ist, vorsteht, und dass der gekrümmte Abschnitt mit einem Teil der Schuboberfläche in Kontakt ist, wenn das Instrument in die Vertiefung eingesetzt ist.
  10. Adapter nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Aufnahme eine Abstützoberfläche (118) aufweist, gegen die sich wenigstens ein Teil der Schuboberfläche (213) des Steuerorgans abstützt, wenn das Instrument in die Vertiefung eingesetzt ist, derart, dass das Steuerorgan in die eingerückte Position gebracht wird, und dass die zweiten elektrischen Kontaktmittel in Form einer Metallisierungsschicht verwirklicht sind, die auf die Abstützoberfläche aufgebracht ist, derart, dass sie mit einem elektrisch leitenden Teil der Schuboberfläche einen Kontakt herstellt.
  11. Adapter nach einem der Ansprüche 6 bis 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Aufnahme in ihrem oberen Teil Führungsmittel (117) aufweist, um das Steuerorgan (210) in seine Position zu bringen.
  12. Adapter nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Führungsmittel in Form eines erweiterten Abschnitts verwirklicht sind.
  13. Adapter nach Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erweiterte Abschnitt an seinem unteren Ende Mittel zum Halten des Steuerorgans aufweist, wenn das Instrument in die Vertiefung eingesetzt ist.
  14. Adapter nach einem der Ansprüche 6 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vertiefung wenigstens eine Anschlagoberfläche aufweist, um die vertikale Bewegung des Instruments anzuhalten, derart, dass das Steuerorgan mit den zweiten elektrischen Kontaktmitteln in Kontakt gelangt.
  15. Adapter nach einem der Ansprüche 6 bis 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Boden der Vertiefung eine Höhlung (105; 306) aufweist, in die der Boden des Instruments eingepasst wird.
  16. Adapter nach Anspruch 15 für ein tragbares elektronisches Instrument, das einen metallischen Boden besitzt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in der Höhlung eine Öffnung (308) ausgebildet ist, durch die dritte elektrische Kontaktmittel (309) vorstehen, derart, dass ein elektrischer Kontakt mit dem Boden des Instruments hergestellt wird.
  17. Adapter nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 10 für ein tragbares elektronisches Instrument, das wenigstens vier Steuerorgane (208, 209, 210, 212) aufweist, die paarweise diametral einander gegenüber angeordnet sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vertiefung wenigstens vier Aufnahmen (108, 109, 110, 112) aufweist, die den Steuerorganen entsprechen, und dass die Abstützoberfläche (118) jeder dieser Aufnahmen außerdem als Oberfläche zum Halten des Steuerorgans dient, das sich auf der diametral gegenüberliegenden Abstützoberfläche abstützt.
  18. Adapter nach einem der Ansprüche 6 bis 17, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Adapter ein Träger für eine Armbanduhr ist.
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