EP2784607A1 - Armbanduhr, die einen Glasrand umfasst - Google Patents

Armbanduhr, die einen Glasrand umfasst Download PDF

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EP2784607A1
EP2784607A1 EP20130161515 EP13161515A EP2784607A1 EP 2784607 A1 EP2784607 A1 EP 2784607A1 EP 20130161515 EP20130161515 EP 20130161515 EP 13161515 A EP13161515 A EP 13161515A EP 2784607 A1 EP2784607 A1 EP 2784607A1
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Emmanuel Fleury
Pascal Lagorgette
Jean Laconte
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Priority to JP2014061440A priority patent/JP5898717B2/ja
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G17/00—Structural details; Housings
    • G04G17/02—Component assemblies
    • G04G17/06—Electric connectors, e.g. conductive elastomers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G17/00—Structural details; Housings
    • G04G17/02—Component assemblies
    • G04G17/04—Mounting of electronic components
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G21/00—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G21/00—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
    • G04G21/08—Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces

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  • the present invention relates to a watch comprising a flange. More specifically, the present invention relates to a watch comprising electrical connection means between an electronic device arranged under the watch glass and a printed circuit board housed in the watch case.
  • the electrical connection between the structured touch keys on the underside of the glass and the printed circuit board is made by means of elastomeric connectors, also known under the trade name Zébra® connectors.
  • These elastomeric connectors consist of an alternating succession of conductive layers and insulating layers typically made of elastomer. These elastomeric connectors that provide high density connections of electrical paths are typically arranged between the middle part of the watch and a flange that covers the edge of the dial and that hides the elastomeric connectors with respect to the wearer of the watch when the wearer examines his watch. by the side.
  • Two components namely an elastomeric connector and a flange, are therefore necessary to ensure the electrical connection between the touch keys and the printed circuit board.
  • the present invention aims to overcome these and other disadvantages by providing a watch comprising means for the electrical connection between an electronic device and a circuit board which are simpler and which are few (or not) visible through the ice of the watch.
  • the present invention relates to a watch comprising a caseband which delimits with an ice a watch case, the ice comprising an upper face oriented on the side of a user, and a lower face oriented on the side of the watch case, an electronic device being arranged on the lower face of the glass, a printed circuit board being arranged in the watch case, under the electronic device and at a distance from it, the watch being characterized in that it comprises a flange disposed between the ice and the printed circuit board and which carries means for providing the electrical connection between the electronic device and the printed circuit board.
  • the present invention provides a watch comprising a flange on which are arranged means for electrically connecting an electronic device fixed under the ice of the watch and a printed circuit board housed in the watch case. It is therefore possible, by means of a single component, to combine the functions which, in the prior art, were provided by two separate components. Furthermore, the connection means are little or not visible through the watch glass, thanks to which it is not essential to have a bezel or a layer of opaque ink to cover the peripheral edge of the ice. The apparent opening of the watch glass is thus little or not affected at all, so that one can use virtually the entire surface of the dial of the watch, which allows to display the information according to dimensions larger, either to display more such information.
  • the present invention proceeds from the general inventive idea of providing an escutcheon of a watch with means for establishing an electrical connection between an electronic device arranged on a lower face of a watch crystal and a printed circuit board housed in a watch box.
  • the flange serves to transfer electrical contacts from the electronic device arranged under the window of the watch to the circuit board disposed under and away from the electronic device. It is therefore possible, by means of a single component, to combine the functions which, in the prior art, were provided by two distinct components.
  • the top of the flange is virtually invisible to the user, so that, if necessary, it is sufficient for example to print a narrow strip of opaque ink along the edge of the ice to hide this flare. This avoids having to reduce excessively the apparent aperture of the watch glass, which makes it possible to make full use of the surface of the watch face to display the necessary information.
  • the present invention provides a watch comprising a flange on which are arranged means for electrically connecting an electronic device fixed under the ice of the watch and a printed circuit board housed in the watch case. It is therefore possible, by means of a single component, to combine the functions which, in the prior art, were provided by two separate components. Moreover, the connection means are little or not visible through the watch ice, whereby it is not essential to take measures to cover the peripheral edge of the ice to hide the connection means. The apparent opening of the watch glass is thus only slightly affected, so that one can use virtually the entire surface of the dial of the watch, which allows to display the information in more dimensions. large, either to display more such information.
  • the figure 1 is a sectional view of a watch according to the invention. Designated as a whole by the general numerical reference 1, this watch comprises a middle part 2 which delimits with a mirror 4 a watch case 6.
  • the window 4 comprises an upper face 8 directed towards the side of a user of the watch 1, and a lower face 10 directed towards the side of the watch case 6.
  • an electronic device On the lower face 10 of the window 4 is arranged an electronic device.
  • the electronic device can be of any type. It can be a digital display device, for example liquid crystal, or (see figure 1 ) first conductive tracks 12 made of a transparent electrically conductive material such as tin-indium oxide, better known under the name Anglo-Saxon Indium-Tin Oxide or ITO. These first conductive tracks 12 are intended to materialize on the surface of the ice 4 tactile keys sensitive to variations in capacity and allowing the user by means of a finger 14 to introduce instructions in an electronic circuit 16 for managing touch keys.
  • This electronic management circuit 16 is mounted on a printed circuit board 18 housed in the watch case 6, under and away from the conductive tracks 12. The assembly is completed by an electronic circuit 20 which controls the execution of a function watchmaker or other according to the instructions provided by the electronic management circuit 16.
  • the conductive tracks 12 define first electric contact pads 22 that it is necessary to transfer from the lower face 10 of the lens 4 to the printed circuit board 18.
  • the printed circuit board 18 has second electrical contact pads 24 corresponding to the first electrical contact pads 22 and which are connected to the electronic management circuit 16.
  • a flange 26 of generally circular shape disposed under the window 4 of the watch 1.
  • This flange 26 is made of a non-electrically conductive material and comprises means which must make it possible to ensure the connection between a first and second electrical contact pad 22 and 24.
  • these electrical connection means consist of second conductive tracks 28 which come into contact with the first pads. electrical contact 22 on the one hand, and with the second electrical contact pads 24 on the other.
  • the assembly is completed by a dial 30, for example metal, supported by the flange 26.
  • the second conductive tracks 28 may be made for example by photolithographic structuring of an ITO layer.
  • the second conductive tracks 28 may also be made for example of copper, silver or aluminum by means of a method such as a laser treatment method making it possible to obtain a device known under the Anglo-Saxon name Molded Interconnect Device or MID. Subsequently, the second conductive tracks 28 are structured by an electroplating process. Alternatively, it is also possible to structure the second conductive tracks 28 at the surface of the flange 26 by printing an electrically conductive ink. It is also conceivable to achieve the flange 26 by a bi-injection method of a plastic material and a conductive material followed by an electroplating step.
  • contact pads or bumps 32 may be structured on the lower surface 34 of the flange 26. It may also be envisaged to mount the movement (not shown ) of the watch 1 prestressed so that this movement slightly forces the flange 26 towards the ice 4 of the watch 1. Similarly, the flange 26 itself can be mounted elastically prestressed to promote electrical contact between the second conductive tracks 28 and the first contact pads 22.
  • FIG. 2 An alternative embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the figure 2 attached to this patent application. It may indeed be that the first electrical contact pads 22 defined by the first conductive tracks 12 under the surface of the glass 4 are in large numbers, for example sixteen. It can then be difficult to directly contact the sixteen conductive tracks 28 of the flange 26 with the second electric contact pads 24 structured on the printed circuit board 18. This is why it is expected to mount directly on the flange 26 the circuit management electronics 16 to the input of which are connected the sixteen conductive tracks 28 of the flange 26.
  • the electronic management circuit 16 comprises at most four or five ports, namely two ports for power and two or three ports for the multiplex bus, it is easier to connect the outputs of this electronic management circuit 16 rather than the conductive tracks 28 to the second ranges of electrical contact 24 of the printed circuit board 18.
  • the electrical connection between the outputs of the electronic management circuit 16 and the second electric contact pads 24 is typically made by means of mechanical electrical contact elements 36 which can be integrally formed with the printed circuit board 18.
  • the electrical connection means carried by the flange 26 to provide the electrical connection between the first conductive tracks 12 which define touch keys on the surface of the glass 4 and the second conductive tracks structured on the surface of the printed circuit board 18 consist of connectors 38 made of elastomer. These elastomeric connectors 38 which extend between the glass 4 and the printed circuit board 18 are guided and held by the flange 26.
  • the flange 26 comprises grooves 40 through which the elastomeric connectors 38 pass.
  • the electronic device arranged on the lower face 10 of the lens 4 may be a digital display device such as a liquid crystal display cell.
  • a liquid crystal display cell comprises a front substrate and a rear substrate extending parallel and at a distance from one another and joined together by a sealing frame which delimits a sealed volume for the confinement of the crystal. liquid.
  • the two front and rear substrates are arranged between a first and a second polarizer whose polarization directions are crossed.
  • the assembly formed by the two substrates and the two polarizers is glued by means of an optical adhesive layer on the lower face 10 of the ice 4 of the watch 1.
  • the electronic device arranged on the lower face 10 of the ice 4 may also be a solar cell, for example formed of thin strips of amorphous silicon sufficiently thin and spaced apart so as not to be perceptible to the naked eye.

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EP13161515.5A EP2784607B1 (de) 2013-03-28 2013-03-28 Armbanduhr, die einen Glasrand umfasst
US14/196,426 US9170566B2 (en) 2013-03-28 2014-03-04 Watch including a flange
JP2014061440A JP5898717B2 (ja) 2013-03-28 2014-03-25 フランジを含む腕時計
CN201420148088.7U CN203870405U (zh) 2013-03-28 2014-03-28 包括凸缘的表
CN201410121260.4A CN104076681B (zh) 2013-03-28 2014-03-28 包括凸缘的表
HK15103181.6A HK1202657A1 (en) 2013-03-28 2015-03-30 Watch including a flange
JP2016015858A JP6148361B2 (ja) 2013-03-28 2016-01-29 フランジを含む腕時計

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