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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1978
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takehiko Sasaki, Yamatokoriyama, JA;
Hidetoshi Maeda, Tenri, JA;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
58 2 / ; 200D / ; 200D / ; 58 2 / ; 58 5 / ; 58 855 ; 307116 ;
Abstract
A thin-film transparent electrode is provided on the front glass of an electronic wristwatch to form a part of a switching mechanism cooperation with a metal frame provided at the back of the wristwatch. The metal frame is maintained in contact with the operator's wrist in an operative condition. When the operator touches the thin-film transparent electrode, the switching mechanism in its ON condition provides a signal for controlling an operation mode of the electronic wristwatch, for example, a display condition.