Portable device and portable timepiece
AssigneeSeiko Instruments Inc.
InventorsHideaki KOSHOJI, Haruki HIRANUMA
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Abstract
Provision of a portable device capable of improving waterproof property in a push-in operation portion with a simple structure. A wrist watch (portable device) 11 includes an outer case (device outer housing) 12, an operation member 41 and a holding ring 46. The outer case 12 includes a holding portion 35 in which an annular bearing surface 35a is formed. The operation member 41 is made of a soft material having waterproof performance. The operation member 41 includes an annular packing portion 42 to be seated on the bearing surface 35a and a push-in portion 43 integrally connected to the portion, to which push-in operation is performed from the outside of the device outer housing 12.
Claims19
A portable device comprising:
- a device outer housing including a holding portion in which a bearing surface is formed;
- an operation member including a packing portion to be seated on the bearing surface and a push-in portion integrally connected to the portion, to which push-in operation is performed from the outside of the device outer housing, which is made of a soft material having waterproof performance;
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- a holding ring including a presser portion sectioning an opening pierced by the push-in portion as well as contacting the packing portion, and a cylindrical portion integrally connected to the presser portion and arranged around the holding portion to attach the operation member to the device outer housing, which holds the operation member in a state of being attached to the device outer housing so that the presser portion and the bearing surface sandwich the packing portion in a state of being compressed in a thickness direction of the portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.