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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2017
Applicant:
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Inventors:
Yvan Ferri, Lausanne, CH;
Loic Curchod, Lausanne, CH;
Assignee:
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04G 21/04 (2013.01); G04R 60/08 (2013.01); C22C 29/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04G 21/04 (2013.01); C22C 29/00 (2013.01); G04R 60/08 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract
An external element of a timepiece or a piece of jewelry includes a body made of an insulating ceramic material, the body including a housing, a wireless communication system disposed in the housing, and at least one part of a surface of the external element includes a layer of metallic visual appearance, the layer being obtained by carburization, nitridation, or a combination of carburization, nitridation.