# US 10,499,714 B2 · Fixing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,499,714 B2 - Document ID: US10499714B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/032,738 - Filed: 2018-07-11 - Published: 2019-01-24 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-21 - Assignees: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse - Applicants: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse - Inventors: Laurent Mouche; Pascal Lagorgette; Raphael Balmer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10499714B2 ## CPC - A44C 5/14: characterised by the way of fastening to a wrist-watch or the like - G04B 37/1493: {by means of a feather spring (Barette á ressort)} - G04G 17/06: Electric connectors, e.g. conductive elastomers - G04G 17/08: Housings - G04G 19/00: Electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces - A44C: PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS - 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 (spring- or weight-driven mechanisms in general F03G; electromechanical clocks or watches G04C; electromechanical clocks with attached or built-in means operating any device at pre-selected times or after predetermined time intervals G04C23/00; clocks or watches with stop devices G04F7/08) - G04G: ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES ## Abstract The invention relates to a portable electronic device including a case and a watchband link attached to said case, the case comprising a pair of horns, between which is disposed a female electrical connector, the link comprising a male electrical connector disposed at the end of the link and adapted to make an electrical connection with the female electrical connector when the link is mounted on the case. According to the invention, each horn comprises a bar intended to come to be housed in an opposite housing of the watchband, the bars engaging successively in a guide groove and then in a locking groove formed in the link, the device comprising a manual actuation member for moving the bars into a retracted position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable electronic device comprising: a case includes a female electrical connector between at least one pair of horns; a watchband link includes a male electrical connector disposed at an end of the watchband link, the watchband link being configured to connect with the female electrical connector electronically when the watchband link is mounted on the case; and a manual actuation member for detaching the watchband link from the case, wherein each horn includes a spring bar configured to be housed in an opposite housing of the watchband link when the watchband link is mounted, and wherein, when mounting the watchband link on the case, the spring bar is extended from the horn into a guide groove and a locking groove of the watchband link, and when detaching the watchband link from the case, the manual actuation member is configured to compress the spring bar into a retracted position and extract the spring bar from the guide groove and the locking groove of the watchband link. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the watchband link further includes a partition separating the guide groove and the locking groove. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the guide groove is a horizontal groove including a ramp for progressively loading the spring bar. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The portable electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the locking groove is a vertical groove. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein an end of the spring bar is spherical. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the actuation member includes two blades passing through respective bottom openings of the locking grooves formed under a lower face of the watchband link and the openings leading into respective locking grooves of the watchband link, a lower end of each blade including an inclined surface configured to cooperate with an end of the spring bar when compressing the spring bar. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the male electrical connector is disposed in a conduit of the watchband link, the conduit being placed on an exterior wall of the watchband link, the exterior wall being in contact with an exterior surface of the case when the watchband link is mounted. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The portable electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the conduit includes a seal at an exterior periphery of the conduit, the seal being configured to rest against the case when the watchband link is mounted. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the watchband link further includes a removably mounted insert, said removably mounted insert including the guide groove and the locking groove. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The portable electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the watchband link and the removably mounted insert are made of plastic material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the watchband link is made of plastic material.