Patent · US Expired

Mode selecting assembly for a timepiece

US6896403B1 · kind B1 · utility

94Cited by

9References

6Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Timex Group B.V. · NL

Inventor

Siegfried Grau · Pforzheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 2002
Grant date	May 24, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 23, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG04C3/005
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The mode selecting assembly comprises a flexible hand, coupled to a frame in the casing, that has extending therefrom fingers that are sufficiently deflectable so as to deflect from first positions where they are not in contact with associated pads on a circuit board to second positions where they are in contact with their associated pads on the circuit board. A setting stem comprises an annular ring for selectively contacting and deflecting the fingers from their respective first positions to second positions, wherein the integrated circuit is operable in a selected modes depending on which finger is in the second position.

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