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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:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Fujita, Chiba, JP;
Jun Hirotomi, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02B 1/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02B 1/26 ;
Abstract
An information device to be worn on the wrist of a user has a case, a circuit block disposed in the case, and a first electrode terminal disposed in the case and electrically connected to the circuit block. A band is pivotally connected to the case for undergoing pivotal movement within a range of angular positions relative to the case. A second electrode terminal is disposed in the band for contacting the first electrode terminal in accordance with a relative angular position between the band and the case.