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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Siegfried Grau, Pforzheim, DE;
Inventor:
Siegfried Grau, Pforzheim, DE;
Assignee:
Timex Group B.V., , NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B027/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The mode selecting assembly comprises a flexible hand, coupled to a frame in the casing, that has extending therefrom fingers that are sufficiently deflectable so as to deflect from first positions where they are not in contact with associated pads on a circuit board to second positions where they are in contact with their associated pads on the circuit board. A setting stem comprises an annular ring for selectively contacting and deflecting the fingers from their respective first positions to second positions, wherein the integrated circuit is operable in a selected modes depending on which finger is in the second position.