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US 12,070,108 B2Granted
Band device, wristwatch, and end piece
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKentaro Matsunaga, Tatsuhito Aono
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Abstract
There is provided a band device that includes an annular band portion that forms a hollow portion, and the annular band portion includes a sensor module, a buckle portion, and an engaging portion detachably engaged with a plurality of end pieces to which a watch head is attached. The buckle portion includes a central blade, a first movable blad, and a second movable blade.
Claims8
A band device, comprising:
- an annular band portion;
- and
- a plurality of end pieces attachable to and detachable from the annular band portion, wherein
- the annular band portion includes:
- a sensor module;
- a first engaging portion which includes a plurality of pairs of recesses;
- a second engaging portion;
- the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are detachably engaged with the plurality of end pieces, wherein
- a watch head is attached to the plurality of end pieces,
- a first end piece of the plurality of end pieces is engaged with the annular band portion at a first position based on an engagement of the first end piece with a pair of recesses of the plurality of pair of recesses of the first engaging portion,
- a second end piece of the plurality of end pieces is engaged
- an interval between the first position and the second position is adjustable, wherein
- the interval is adjusted based on the first end piece being attachable and detachable with each of the pair of recesses of the plurality of pair of recesses of the first engaging portion;
- and
- a buckle portion include a central blade, a first movable blade, and a second movable blade,
- the first moveable blade includes a first link and a second link, the second movable blade includes a third link and a fourth link, the first link of the first movable blade is connected to a first end of the central blade via a first joint,
- the third link of the second movable blade is connected to a second end of the central blade via a second joint,
- the first link is connected to the second link via a third joint, and the third link is connected to the fourth link via a fourth joint, and in a closed state of the buckle portion,
- the first movable blade is folded on a first side of the central blade and the second movable blade is folded on a second side of the central blade which is opposite to the first side of the central blade, and
- an interval portion is between the first movable blade folded on the central blade and the second movable blade folded on the central blade.
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A wristwatch comprising:
- a band portion including a sensor module, and a buckle portion, wherein
- the band portion includes a first engaging portion which includes a plurality of pair of recesses, and a second engaging portion,
- the buckle portion includes a central blade, a first movable blade, and a second movable blade,
- the first movable blade includes a first link and a second link,
- the second movable blade includes a third link and a fourth link, the first link of the first movable blade is connected
- the third link of the second movable blade is connected to a second end of the central blade via a second joint,
- the first link is connected to the second link via a third joint,
- the third link is connected to the fourth link via a fourth joint, and
- in a closed state of the buckle portion,
- the first movable blade is folded on a first side of the central blade and the second movable blade is folded on a second side of the central blade which is opposite to the first side of the central blade, and
- an interval portion is between the first movable blade folded on the central blade and the second movable blade folded on the central blade;
- wherein
- the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are detachably engaged with the plurality of end pieces,
- a first end piece of the plurality of end pieces is engaged with the band portion at a first position baded on an engagement of the first end piece with a pair of recesses of the plurality of pair of recesses of the first engaging portion,
- a second end piece of the plurality of end pieces is engaged with the band portion at a second position, and
- an interval between the first position and the second position is adjustable,
- wherein
- the interval is adjusted based on the first end piece being attachable and detachable with each of the piar of recesses of the plurality of pair of recesses of the first engaging portion;
- and
- a watch head attached to the plurality of end pieces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.