Portable device and portable timepiece

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10110072-B2
Application number	US-201715450589-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2017
Priority date	Mar 8, 2016
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

A portable timepiece includes a case, a power receiving coil accommodated on a rear surface side in the case, a bypass member configured to include a soft magnetic material, and a first band that is attached to the case, that is internally equipped with the bypass member, and that enables the bypass member to be disposed between the power receiving coil and a charging device when charging is performed using the charging device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable device comprising:
a case;
a power receiving unit accommodated in the case, wherein the power receiving unit includes an annular coil having a void area in a center thereof and a radius measured from the center to an outermost of the annular coil;
a plurality of bypass members made of a soft magnetic material; and
a belt rotatably connected to the case and folded to lie under the case, wherein the plurality of bypass members are arranged in the belt along a length of the belt, and relative distances among the plurality of bypass members and locations of the plurality of bypass members along the belt are defined such that one of the plurality of bypass members is located within a first imaginary tube extending through the void area in a thickness direction of the case, and another of the plurality of bypass member is located outside a second imaginary tube extending in the thickness direction of the case and having the radius to surround the annular coil.

2. The portable device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the power receiving unit includes a power receiving coil that is disposed on a surface along a facing surface which faces the charging device in the case, and that has an opening portion formed in the center, and
wherein when the charging is performed using the charging device, the accessory member enables the bypass member to be disposed at a position where the bypass member and the power receiving unit do not overlap each other when viewed in an axial direction orthogonal to the facing surface.

3. The portable device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the accessory member enables the bypass member to be disposed in the opening portion formed in the center of the power receiving coil and an outer edge portion of the power receiving coil.

4. A portable timepiece comprising:
a timepiece main body;
a power receiving unit accommodated in the timepiece body on a rear surface side of the timepiece main body, wherein the power receiving unit includes an annular coil having a void area in a center thereof and a radius measured from the center to an outermost of the annular coil;
a plurality of bypass members made of a soft magnetic material; and
a belt rotatably attached to the timepiece main body and folded to lie under the timepiece main body, wherein the plurality of bypass members are arranged in the belt along a length of the belt, and relative distances among the plurality of bypass members and locations of the plurality of bypass members along the belt are defined such that one of the plurality of bypass members is located within a first imaginary tube extending through the void area in a thickness direction of the timepiece main body, and another of the plurality of bypass member is located outside a second imaginary tube extending in the thickness direction of the timepiece main body and having the radius to surround the annular coil.

5. The portable timepiece according to claim 4 ,
wherein the accessory member is a pulling band that is pulled to a rear surface side in the timepiece main body, and that is internally equipped with the bypass member on a rear side of the timepiece main body.

6. The portable timepiece according to claim 4 ,
wherein the accessory member is a jacket band including a main body accommodation unit that accommodates the timepiece main body and that is internally equipped with the bypass member, and an accessory band that is disposed in the main body accommodation unit.

7. The portable timepiece according to claim 4 ,
wherein the accessory member is a free ring attached to a band so as to be movable along the band attached to the timepiece main body.

8. The portable timepiece according to claim 4 ,
wherein the accessory member is a clasp that is disposed in a connection band attached to the timepiece main body, and that connects the connection band to a connection target band attached to the timepiece main body.

9. The portable timepiece according to claim 4 ,
wherein the accessory member is a block connection band in which multiple band blocks are connected to each other and the band block is internally equipped with the bypass member.

10. The portable timepiece according to claim 4 ,
wherein the accessory member is a bow disposed in the timepiece main body.

11. The portable timepiece according to claim 4 ,
wherein the accessory member is a case back that closes an opening on a rear surface side of the timepiece main body.

12. The portable timepiece according to claim 4 ,
wherein the accessory member is a decorative member that is attachable to and detachable from each of a rear surface side of the timepiece main body and a portion of the timepiece main body, which excludes the rear surface side.

13. The portable timepiece according to claim 4 ,
wherein the power receiving unit includes a power receiving coil that is disposed on a surface along a facing surface which faces the charging device in the timepiece main body, and that has an opening portion formed in the center, and
wherein when the charging is performed using the charging device, the accessory member enables the bypass member to be disposed at a position where the bypass member and the power receiving unit do not overlap each other when viewed in an axial direction orthogonal to the facing surface.

14. The portable timepiece according to claim 13 ,
wherein the accessory member enables the bypass member to be disposed in the opening portion formed in the center of the power receiving coil and an outer edge portion of the power receiving coil.

Assignees

• Seiko Instr Inc

Inventors

• Kato Teruo
• Hara Yasunori
• Maesawa Tamotsu
• Terasawa Dai
• Okuda Hideki

Classifications

• G04B37/1486

  Arrangements for fixing to a bracelet (building watches into bracelets (montre marquise) G04B37/12; arrangements for hanging pocket- or other watches on chains G04B37/1446) · CPC title

• G04C10/00 Primary

  Arrangements of electric power supplies in time-pieces {(Mounting, assembling of components G04C3/008)} · CPC title

• G04G19/00

  Electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces · CPC title

• H02J7/70

  characterised by the mechanical construction · CPC title

• H02J7/025

  Electricity · mapped topic