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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:
Sep. 13, 1983
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fumio Nakajima, Tokorozawa, JP;
Assignee:
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318696 ; 318685 ; 368157 ;
Abstract
An electronic timepiece comprising a step motor composed of an electromagnetic coil excited by two phase alternating driving signals, characterized by comprising means for changing over the electromagnetic coil from a closed circuit condition to an open circuit condition and vice versa, means for detecting shocks, means for discriminating the shock direction, and means for controlling the driving signal.