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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
May. 28, 2003
Hisao Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Hisao Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments Inc., Chiba, JP;
Abstract
A thin timepiece having a module stably fixed therein has a case integrated with a wrist band and a case back, the case having an opening portion on a front surface side thereof, a module having a housing formed of a resin and a timepiece movement held by the housing, the module being removable retained in the opening portion of the case, and a cover glass for covering the opening portion of the case. The housing has at least one two-sided supporting beam integrally formed in a side surface therof and being deformable in a planar direction of the housing, and a fitting projection protruding from each two-side suporting beam, and the module is fixed in the opening portion of the case by inserting the fitting projection into a corresponding engaging recess formed in an inner side face of the case.