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US 12,353,174 B2Granted
Watch case comprising a near-field communication device
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsZoran Randjelovic, Jean-Daniel Etienne, Thierry Scordilis
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Abstract
A watch case including a middle and a hollow bezel provided with a near-field communication device including at least one microcircuit connected to an antenna, the bezel being removably mounted on the middle and formed by an assembly of two lining elements that could define a housing within which the near-field communication device is arranged, the first and second lining elements of the bezel being assembled together with a reversible fastening device.
Claims13
A watch case comprising:
- a middle;
- a hollow bezel;
- and
- a near-field communication device having at least one microcircuit connected to an antenna,
- wherein said bezel is removably mounted on said middle and formed by an assembly of a first and a second lining element that define a housing within which said near-field communication device is arranged,
- wherein said first and second lining elements of the bezel are assembled together with a reversible fastening device, the reversible fastening device includes a compressible seal tightening element,
- wherein the first lining element includes a reversible fastening area having an annular groove,
- wherein the annular groove extends into an outer peripheral wall of the first lining element such that a first portion of the outer peripheral wall of the first lining element is located on a first side of the annular groove and a second portion of the outer peripheral wall of the first lining element is located on a second side of the annular groove opposite the first side, and a base of the groove has a diameter smaller than a diameter of each of the first portion of the outer peripheral wall and the second portion of the outer peripheral wall,
- wherein an entirety of the compressible seal tightening element is positioned within the annular groove, and
- wherein the tightening element is positioned between the first lining element and the second lining element.
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