# US 12,216,433 B2 · Electronic time piece > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,216,433 B2 - Document ID: US12216433B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/458,583 - Filed: 2021-08-27 - Published: 2022-03-03 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-28 - Assignees: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Shoichiro Morita; Akira Kato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12216433B2 ## CPC - G04B 19/06: Dials ({moving discs G04B19/20; illuminated dials or hands G04B19/30;} for time-pieces without clockwork G04B49/04 {; machines and arrangements for the manufacture of dials or hands G04D3/0048}) - G04C 3/146: {incorporating two or more stepping motors or rotors} - G04G 17/06: Electric connectors, e.g. conductive elastomers - G04G 19/00: Electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces - G04G 21/00: Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces - 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) - G04C: ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES - G04G: ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES ## Abstract An electronic time piece includes a dial, a sub dial provided to the dial, a control circuit that controls operation of a function hand disposed on the sub dial, a plurality of terminal portions, a wire that electrically connects the plurality of terminal portions with the control circuit, a push button that receives operation by a user and switches an electrical connection state between one terminal portion of the plurality of terminal portions and the control circuit. The one terminal portion of the plurality of terminal portions and other terminal portion are electrically connected to the control circuit by a common wire. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic time piece comprising: a dial; a function display unit provided on the dial; a control circuit that controls operation of the function display unit; a plurality of terminal portions; a plurality of wires that electrically connect the plurality of terminal portions with the control circuit; an operating member that receives operation by a user and switches a state of electrical connection between a first terminal portion of the plurality of terminal portions and the control circuit, a movement integrally formed of a main plate, a circuit block, and a battery spacer; wherein the control circuit, the plurality of terminal portions, and the plurality of wires are provided on the movement, wherein the first terminal portion and a second terminal portion of the plurality of terminal portions are electrically connected with the control circuit through a common wire among plurality of wires, the movement is configured to be accommodated in an outer case at a plurality of disposing angles according to a shape of the outer case; and wherein each of the disposing angles indicates an angle of rotation of the movement in reference to the outer case. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic time piece according to claim 1, comprising: a switch member for electrically conducting between the control circuit and the first terminal portion in response to operation of the operating member by the user; and a disposing portion for disposing the switch member in accordance with a position of the terminal portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic time piece according to claim 2, wherein the disposing portion is provided according to a number of the plurality of terminal portions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electronic time piece according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of wires include: a first wire that electrically connects the control circuit with the terminal portion that is disposed to correspond to the switch member; and a second wire that electrically connects the control circuit with the terminal portion that is not disposed to correspond to the switch member, wherein the first wire and the second wire share a common part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The electronic time piece according to claim 2, wherein the disposing portion is a mounting portion on which the switch member is mounted. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The electronic time piece according to claim 2, comprising: at least one of the movement or the outer case includes a positioning portion that positions the movement with respect to the outer case so as to determine a position of the disposing portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic time piece according to claim 6, wherein there are a first number of positioning portions and a second number of disposing portions; and wherein the first number of positioning portions is provided according to the second number of the disposing portions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The electronic time piece according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of disposing portions are provided at intervals corresponding to a disposing angle of the movement to the outer case. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The electronic time piece according to claim 6, wherein the switch member is a flat spring, and the electronic time piece includes a switch spring that includes the flat spring and the disposing portion that is assembled with a substrate contained in the movement so as to dispose the flat spring according to a position of the terminal portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The electronic time piece according to claim 2, wherein the operating member includes at least a first operating member and a second operating member, the switch member includes a first switch member corresponding to the first operating member and a second switch member corresponding to the second operating member, the control circuit includes a first input unit in which a switch signal is input in response to operation of the first operating member by the user, a second input unit in which a switch signal is input in response to operation of the second operating member by the user, and a function setting unit that sets functions to be executed in response to the switch signals entered in the first input unit and the second input unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic time piece according to claim 10, wherein the first switch member and the second switch member are disposed so as to correspond to adjacent terminal portions of the plurality of terminal portions. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic time piece according to claim 11, wherein the wire that electrically connects the control circuit with the terminal portion that is disposed so as to correspond to the first switch member and the wire that electrically connects the control circuit with the terminal portion that is disposed so as to correspond to the second switch member, are not common. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The electronic time piece according to claim 2, comprising: an hour hand rotating around a hand shaft; and a vibration motor or a battery that is disposed so as not to overlap an area between the disposing portion and the hand shaft in a plan view. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The electronic time piece according to claim 1, wherein the function display unit includes at least a function hand. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The electronic time piece according to claim 1, wherein the function display unit includes a display screen for a digital display. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The electronic time piece according to claim 1 comprising a hand shaft to which a time hand is attached, wherein the function display unit is disposed such that a center of the function display unit does not overlap the hand shaft.