Battery holder
AssigneeCitizen Watch Co., Ltd.
InventorsTetuya Yasuda, Yoshio Iinuma
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Abstract
A holder unit of an electronic watch for holding a battery for the latter in position within the interior space of the casing of the watch, in which a holding member is attached to the watch casing, main portion of the holding member being arranged in a hollow cylinder enclosing with small idle gaps around said battery and mounted in the manner mechanically independent from the driven device.
Claims8
In a battery powered watch having a case on one side, a dial on an opposite side, a watch mechanism disposed between the case and dial, and a battery having a first pole and a second pole protruding from one side of the battery, the improved battery holder comprising:
- a. means attached to said case to attach said battery to said case wherein said battery is located on the side of said case facing the dial, such that said battery remains attached to the case upon removal of the case from the watch, said attachment means being in electrical contact with said first pole of said battery;
- b. first flexible terminal means electrically connecting said attachment means to said watch mechanism;
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- c. second flexible terminal means electrically connecting the second, protruding pole of said battery to said watch mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.