Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic timepiece with internal antenna
- Patent Title (中): 带内置天线的电子钟表
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Application No.: US13293183Application Date: 2011-11-10
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Publication No.: US08570838B2Publication Date: 2013-10-29
- Inventor: Teruhiko Fujisawa
- Applicant: Teruhiko Fujisawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2010-253429 20101112; JP2011-144253 20110629
- Main IPC: G04C11/00
- IPC: G04C11/00 ; H01Q13/10 ; G04R60/06 ; G04R60/12

Abstract:
An electronic timepiece with internal antenna maintains sufficiently high reception performance of circularly polarized waves even when having a metal external case. The timepiece has a cylindrical case; a crystal that covers the opening on the face side of the case; a drive mechanism that arranged inside the case; a metal antenna; and a dielectric. The antenna houses the drive mechanism and has a cylindrical side part, a bottom part that covers the opening on the back side of the side part, and an antenna electrode that contacts the inside of the side part. The back cover covers the back side of the case and is also the bottom part. The dielectric extends circumferentially to the side part, and contacts the antenna electrode in the face-back cover direction. A slot extending circumferentially is formed in the antenna electrode. Part or all of the slot is covered by the dielectric.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120120772A1 Electronic Timepiece with Internal Antenna Public/Granted day:2012-05-17
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