US 12,216,433 B2
Electronic time piece
Shoichiro Morita, Kawagoe (JP); and Akira Kato, Tokorozawa (JP)
Assigned to CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/458,583.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-144787 (JP), filed on Aug. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0066392 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G04B 19/06 (2006.01); G04G 19/00 (2006.01); G04G 21/00 (2010.01)
CPC G04B 19/06 (2013.01) [G04G 19/00 (2013.01); G04G 21/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic time piece comprising:
a dial;
a function display unit provided on the dial;
a control circuit that controls operation of the function display unit;
a plurality of terminal portions;
a plurality of wires that electrically connect the plurality of terminal portions with the control circuit;
an operating member that receives operation by a user and switches a state of electrical connection between a first terminal portion of the plurality of terminal portions and the control circuit,
a movement integrally formed of a main plate, a circuit block, and a battery spacer;
wherein the control circuit, the plurality of terminal portions, and the plurality of wires are provided on the movement, wherein
the first terminal portion and a second terminal portion of the plurality of terminal portions are electrically connected with the control circuit through a common wire among plurality of wires,
the movement is configured to be accommodated in an outer case at a plurality of disposing angles according to a shape of the outer case; and
wherein each of the disposing angles indicates an angle of rotation of the movement in reference to the outer case.