Timepiece and timepiece case

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12314012-B2
Application number	US-202418654655-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2024
Priority date	Jun 9, 2021
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

A timepiece includes: a casing; a light transmission part; a function part; and a glue adhering the light transmission part to the casing. The casing includes: a projection projecting from an inner circumferential surface and extending along a circumferential direction; and a protrusion protruding from the inner circumferential surface and determining a position of the light transmission part. A lateral surface of the light transmission part is adhered to the inner circumferential surface. A peripheral part of a bottom surface of the light transmission part is adhered to a top surface of the projection. An outer circumferential surface of the function part extends along an inner surface of the projection. A space is present in a facing region where the projection faces the function part along the light transmission part. The space is wider in a specific section including the protrusion than in a section different from the specific section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A timepiece comprising:
a casing that has an open first end;
a light transmission part disposed at the first end;
a glue that adheres the light transmission part to the casing,
wherein the casing includes
a projection that projects from an inner circumferential surface of the casing toward an inside of the casing and that extends along a circumferential direction and
a protrusion that protrudes from the inner circumferential surface toward the inside of the casing,

wherein at least one of adhesion of a lateral surface of the light transmission part and the inner circumferential surface, or adhesion of a peripheral part of a bottom surface of the light transmission part and a top surface of the projection is performed by the glue,
wherein a space is present in a facing region of the projection along the light transmission part,
wherein in the facing region, a capacity of the space is larger in a specific section including a position of the protrusion than a capacity of the space in a section different from the specific section.

2. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein a capacity of the space in the specific section is greater than a volume of the corresponding protrusion.

3. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein
the light transmission part includes a thin film layer along an adhesion surface adhered to the top surface of the projection, and
the glue adheres the thin film layer to the top surface of the projection.

4. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein the glue is colored.

5. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is disposed between the projection and the first end.

6. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein the timepiece includes two or more protrusions each of which is the protrusion.

7. The timepiece according to claim 1 , wherein a chamfered portion is included in a bottom edge of a lateral surface of the light transmission part.

8. A timepiece case comprising a casing that has an open first end,
wherein the casing includes:
a projection that projects from an inner circumferential surface of the casing toward an inside, that extends along a circumferential direction, and that supports a light transmission part on a top surface of the projection, the light transmission part covering the first end; and
a protrusion that protrudes from the inner circumferential surface toward the inside,

wherein a facing part of the projection along the light transmission part is thinner in a specific section including a position of the protrusion than in a section different from the specific section.

9. A timepiece manufacturing method comprising:
performing at least one of adhesion of a lateral surface of a light transmission part and an inner circumferential surface of a casing or adhesion of a peripheral part of a bottom surface of the light transmission part and a top surface of a projection that projects from the inner circumferential surface of the casing toward an inside of the casing and that extends along a circumferential direction by the glue, and disposing a light transmission part at an open first end of the casing,
wherein a protrusion that protrudes from the inner circumferential surface toward the inside of the casing is formed in the casing,
wherein a space is present in a facing region of the projection along the light transmission part, and
wherein in the facing region, a capacity of the space in a specific section including a position of the protrusion is formed to be larger than a capacity of the space in a section different from the specific section.

10. The timepiece manufacturing method according to claim 9 , further comprising determining a position of the light transmission part with respect to the inner circumferential surface by using the protrusion.

11. The timepiece manufacturing method according to claim 9 , wherein,
the function part is disposed inside the casing; and
the space of the specific section is formed in the facing portion where the projection faces the function part along the light transmission part.

12. The timepiece manufacturing method according to claim 11 , wherein the space of the specific region is a chipped portion of the function part.

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tajima Chieko
• Iguchi Hajime
• Kobayashi Kazuma

Classifications

• G04B37/00 Primary

  Cases {(cases with a special shape G04B45/0069; ornamentation of the case G04B47/04; cartridges A45C11/00 - A45C11/38)} · CPC title

• G04B37/08

  Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits {(covers or protecting devices which can be directly removed, or by sliding or turning G04B37/005; hermetic sealing of watch or crystal with special pieces G04B39/02; hermetically-sealed electrical switches H01H23/06)} · CPC title

• G04B39/025 Primary

  without special sealing parts · CPC title