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US 12,329,250 B2Granted
Connector, band and timepiece
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshiki Nakatsuka
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Abstract
A connector including a cylindrical member which has a stopper provided on an end and an opening provided in an outer circumferential surface while extending to the end along an axial direction, a slide member arranged in the cylindrical member, and an operation member attached to the slide member through the opening of the cylindrical member.
Claims18
A connector comprising:
- a cylindrical member that extends along an axial direction,
- wherein a cutout is provided at an end of the cylindrical member in the axial direction, and
- wherein an opening is provided on the cylindrical member to extend along the axial direction towards the end of the cylindrical member;
- a stopper provided on the end of the cylindrical member, wherein an inner diameter of the stopper is less than an inner diameter of the cylindrical member;
- a slide member comprising:
- a large-diameter portion configured to be slidably arranged within the cylindrical member and to come in contact with the stopper;
- and
- a small-diameter portion, wherein at least a portion of the small-diameter portion is configured to be retractably protruded past the stopper;
- and
- an operation member attached to the large-diameter portion of the slide member through the opening of the cylindrical member,
- wherein a joint portion of the operation member is welded to an outer surface of the large-diameter portion of the slide member, and
- wherein a length of the cutout in a circumferential direction perpendicular to the axial direction is sized such that an entire circumference of the joint portion of the operation member welded to the outer surface of the large-diameter portion of the slide member extends past the cutout in a direction radially away from the axial direction to be exposed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.