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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2018
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Sawada, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Provided is technology that suppresses increasing the thickness of the electronic timepiece when a member is provided to obscure the area where the solar battery is not located above the antenna. An electronic timepiece has: an optically transmissive dial; a solar battery having a photovoltaic solar cell; an antenna disposed relative to the dial in the direction in which the external light is emitted, and configured to receive radio signals; and a cover member having a first part disposed between the dial and the antenna. In plan view, the antenna has a part that does not overlap the solar cell; the first part has a part that does overlaps the part of the antenna that does not overlap the solar cell; and in section view perpendicular, has an overlap between the first part and the solar battery.