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Portable electronic device such as, in particular, a timepiece, fitted with a push-button

US6605791B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 8, 2001
Grant dateAug 12, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04C3/001
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention concerns an electronic device such as, in particular, a timepiece (1), including a case (2) made of a plastic material delimited by a back cover (6) and a lateral wall (4) called the middle part, characterised in that this electronic device includes at least one means (36, 38) intended, via the effect of an application of pressure, to control at least one electronic function such as a horological function of said electronic device, this means (36, 38), directed towards the interior of the case (2), being made integral with said case (2) and being set back with respect to the outer surface of the latter, said means (36, 38) being activated using a pointed element such as the tip of a pen.

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