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Electronic timepiece

US4312059A · kind A · utility

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22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 20, 1978
Grant dateJan 19, 1982
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Expiry dateApr 20, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04C3/143
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an electronic timepiece, a motor is driven by a pulse having a shorter pulse width than the conventional driving pulse and afterwards, a detection pulse is applied to the motor coil so as to determine rotation of the rotor. If the rotor fails to rotate a correction is effected by driving the motor by a pulse having a pulse width greater than the normal driving pulse.

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