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US 4,044,542 AGranted
Watch module construction
AssigneeHughes Aircraft Company
InventorRoger A. Burke
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Abstract
Digital display is retained in upper spacer of watch module by means of screws and a spring having resiliently deflected fingers engaging the upper spacer. Resilient deflection at both the screw attached end and the spring finger end resiliently restrains the display and ensures contact of the display with an elastomeric type connector.
Claims4
A digital watch module comprising:
- a top spacer having a pocket therein for receipt of a digital display device and electrical contacts in said pocket for making contact with a display device in said pocket, said pocket having a bottom to serve as a limiting position of a display device in said pocket;
- a digital display device sized to fit within said pocket and being positioned within said pocket and resting on said bottom;
- a spring frame engaging over said display device and engaging in said top spacer for resiliently restraining said display device and retaining it in said pocket, said spring frame having first and second spring fingers thereon respectively engaging in first and second spring-finger recesses in said top spacer, said spring fingers being resiliently deflected to urge said spring frame downwardly on the said display device, said spring frame further having first and second tangs thereon and a screw through each of said tangs and into said top spacer for retaining said spring frame with a respect to said top spacer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.