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Pedometer stop watch

US4741001A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
4References
7Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 2, 1986
Grant dateApr 26, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 2, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C22/006
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The substantial structure of this invention consists of an intensive mechanical swing device and a group of electronic circuits situated in a small-size box body. The swing device features a highly balanceable and sophisticated pendulum designed to absorb the natural swing energy of a human body during running. While the pendulum is swinging, a microswitch will turn on or off to transmit every signal to an IC where precise number of running steps is calculated. In the surface of the box body, a hanging ear is equipped so that the device can be hung on the waist. On the face of the box body is a display and four control keys are equipped to control and lay out all the designed functions of this invention.

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