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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2011
Haruki Hiranuma, Chiba, JP;
Kazutaka Imai, Chiba, JP;
Haruki Hiranuma, Chiba, JP;
Kazutaka Imai, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Abstract
A timepiece is equipped with a movement (module), a solar cell panel, a ring member, and a dial (timepiece display plate). The panel is fixed to the module. The ring member is fixed to the peripheral portion of the movement. The ring member has, at a plurality of positions thereof, recesses, and a pair of engagement protrusions protruding upwardly from the bottom of each recess. The recesses are respectively open in an upper surface and the outer peripheral surface of the ring member. The pair of engagement protrusions form a gap G between them, and are capable of elastic deformation. A proximal portion of each engagement protrusion is situated below the upper surface of the ring member. The dial has cutouts at a plurality of positions of its peripheral portion. Each of these cutouts is engaged with each pair of engagement protrusions to cover the panel, and the dial is mounted to the ring member such that the peripheral portions of the cutouts cover the recesses.