Shock resistant wristwatch module
AssigneeFairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
InventorsJames V. Barnett, II, Ernest F. Mayer, James W. Pfeiffer, Larry D. Wickwar
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Abstract
A new and improved shock-resistant electronic watch module is provided, which comprises a case, a frame of electrically insulating material mounted in the case, a lens plate of an electrically insulating material being flexibly mounted on a first side of the frame, a substrate mounted to the lens plate, a frequency standard, a frequency divider, an electro-optical display means, and means for driving the display, all being mounted to the substrate, and, a battery removably mounted on a second side of the frame and being electrically coupled to the substrate.
Claims9
An electronic wristwatch comprising:
- a case;
- a cup-shaped module frame of electrically insulating material having a plurality of retainers with tab receiving openings located on the periphery thereof;
- a lens plate of an electrically insulating material including a corresponding plurality of flexible tabs disposed on the periphery thereof for engaging corresponding ones of said retainers on said frame, thereby flexibly suspending said lens plate in said frame;
- a substrate mounted to said lens plate and having rigidly mounted thereto a frequency standard, a frequency divider, an electro-optical display means, and means for driving said display, said substrate including printed electrical circuit means for coupling the constituent components of the circuit forming said electronic watch;
- at least one battery mounted in an opening in said frame and having a terminal thereof electrically coupled to the printed means on said substrate;
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- means for securing said at least one battery in said frame and for coupling a second terminal of said battery to circuitry on said substrate.
For use in an electronic wristwatch having a case and a watch module therein, said module including a frequency source, frequency divider and logic means, display means, driver means for said display means, and battery means;
- a shock-resistant support for retaining said watch module within said case comprising:
- a cup-shaped frame of electrically insulating material having a peripherial lip and a plurality of retainer clips with tab receiving openings located in the peripherial lip of said frame, and having at least one opening therein for receiving a battery;
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- a lens plate assembly including a lens plate and a substrate supporting the electronic components of the wristwatch, said lens plate having a plurality of flexible tabs disposed on the periphery thereof for engaging corresponding ones of said retainer clips in said frame such that said lens plate assembly is flexibly suspended in said cup-shaped frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.