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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8139445 | Stepping motor control circuit and analog electronic watch A stepping motor control circuit includes a rotation detecting means which detects an induced signal generated by rotation of a rotor of a stepping motor, and detects a rotation state of the stepping motor according to whether the induced signal exceeds a predetermi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8064294 | Analogue electronic clock and motor control circuit The present invention can rotationally drive a motor with main drive pulses corresponding to loads with the simple constitution without using a counter circuit. A control circuit, in driving a motor with a second main drive pulse, when a rotation detection signal wh... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7944778 | Motor drive control circuit, semiconductor device, electronic timepiece, and electronic timepiece with a power generating device A motor drive control circuit that operates using a primary power supply and controls driving a motor has a drive circuit that drives the motor, a power supply circuit that is disposed between the primary power supply and the drive circuit, and uses electrical energ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7929382 | Piezoelectric transducer, piezoelectric actuator, and portable device A piezoelectric transducer that excites longitudinal vibration has a piezoelectric element, and a reinforcing member that is laminated with and affixed to the piezoelectric element and has a first void part. The first void part includes the center part of a location... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7782718 | Analogue time display for motor vehicle The invention concerns an electronic watch including analogue display means formed of at least one hand (10) driven by a stepping motor (12), at least one time base (24, 26) for providing time data (h. m) to means (16) for controlling and... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7738323 | Arrangement for the mechanical interfacing of a MEMS micromotor with a clock wheel and timepiece comprising this arrangement The invention proposes an arrangement for the mechanical interfacing of a micromotor of the MEMS type with a toothed wheel in which the micromotor is produced in the upper layer of a plate made of crystalline or amorphous material and comprises at least one actuator... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7636277 | Drive device, particularly for a clockwork mechanism A drive device formed by etching a wafer. The drive device includes a drive element that can sequentially mesh with a driven element and an actuating element that can displace the drive element according to a hysteresis movement thereby driving the driven element. P... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7606116 | Analogue electronic clock and motor control circuit The present invention can rotationally drive a motor with main drive pulses corresponding to loads with the simple constitution without using a counter circuit. A control circuit, in driving a motor with a second main drive pulse, when a rotation detection signal wh... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7583564 | Piezoelectric actuator and electronic equipment with piezoelectric actuator To provide a piezoelectric actuator whereby impact resistance can be greatly improved without complicating the design or causing a reduction in drive efficiency. When a piezoelectric actuator 31 is incorporated into a main plate 14, an arm part ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7505373 | MEMS micromotor and timepiece equipped with this micromotor The invention proposes a MEMS micromotor produced in a plate made of crystalline or amorphous material, in particular based on silicon, which comprises a lower layer forming a substrate, and an upper layer in which at least one actuator and a rotor is etched, the ac... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7447119 | Drive module comprising an MEMS micromotor, process for the production of this module and timepiece fitted with this module The invention proposes a drive module intended to engage with a clock wheel having a plate made of crystalline or amorphous material comprising a lower layer, which forms a substrate, and an upper layer, into which an MEMS type of micromotor is etched, wherein the m... | 11/04/2008 |
| RE40370 | Electronic watch An electronic watch 400 which comprises a power supply 401 and a watch circuit 402. The watch circuit 402 comprises an oscillator circuit 403, a frequency divider circuit 404, a drive pulse generation means 405, a dri... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7332837 | Cooling and handling of reaction torque for an axial flux motor Methods and apparatus are provided for an axial electric motor. The apparatus comprises, a stator having coils thereon for producing a magnetic field, a rotor rotated by the magnetic field, an output shaft coupled to the rotor, and a ring incorporating a coolant cha... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333400 | Regulated low power control system for electrostatic actuators The invention concerns a control system for a servomechanism comprising a control member that can move between first and second positions defining a variable electric quantity respectively between a minimum quantity and a maximum quantity, characterized in that the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7283428 | Step motor drive unit and analog electronic timepiece To make it possible by a simple constitution to perform a forcible rotation drive by a correction drive pulse and obtain a demagnetization effect. In a case where a control circuit has judged on the basis of a detection signal from a rotation detection circuit 10... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7266051 | Method and construction for autocalibrating an actuation mechanism in an electronic device A method of calibrating a display hand in an electronic device. The preferred method comprises the steps of initializing a counter; stepping the rotor of the stepping motor a predetermined number of steps in a first direction and incrementing the counter; determinin... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7245061 | Micro-beam friction liner and method of transferring energy A micro-beam friction liner adapted to increase performance and efficiency and reduce wear in a piezoelectric motor or actuator or other device using a traveling or standing wave to transfer energy in the form of torque and momentum. The micro-beam friction liner co... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7193386 | Apparatus and method for driving a stepping motor The present invention relates to an apparatus for driving a stepping motor, including a plurality of push-pull circuits each of which is capable of controlling a push state in which a current is supplied to a terminal and a pull state in which a current is drawn thr... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7134783 | Device for adjusting a time indicator The device for adjusting a time indicator includes a gear train (1), the kinematic chain of which includes a sliding pinion (2) driven by a driving wheel set (3). The sliding pinion drives a driven wheel set (4) when the driving wheel set... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7110325 | Electronic timepiece To provide an electronic timepiece having a simple constitution, being excellent in durability in an electronic timepiece and made to change date display of date display means in accordance with rotation of a time hand. A 24 o'clock detecting switch detects 24 o' cl... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7057977 | Flexible bridge for a watch module A one-piece molded plastic bridge for use in a timepiece module that itself comprises a frame assembly, at least two stepping motors each comprising at least a stator and rotor, and a plurality of gears assemblies, is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the bridge ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7031230 | Starter for electricmagnetic converter, and timepiece A starter which applies a mechanical rotating force to a rotor of an electromagnetic converter, such as a power generator, for startup of the rotor. The starter includes a startup spring (60) having an engaging portion (63) engageable with a 6th | 04/18/2006 |
| 6975562 | Wearable electronic device with mode operation indicator A method for indicating that a wearable electronic device is operating in a selected mode, wherein the wearable electronic device comprises at least one hand operatively coupled to an actuation mechanism. The method comprises the steps of (a) moving the hand from a ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6946813 | Step motor control device and electronic timepiece equipped with step motor control device A step motor control device detects a rotational driving state of a step motor. In a first detection period immediately after termination of the rotational driving state of the step motor, selected switch elements are controlled so that a first detection signal is o... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943459 | Mobile electrical power source A portable power source (10) includes a housing (12), a stator component (20), a rotor component (18), a crank assembly (14), and a control system (24). The stator component (20) is secured to the housing (12),... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940786 | Electronic timepiece with stable IC mounting An electronic timepiece that maintains the mounting integrity of an electronic circuit substrate and an electronic circuit component mounted on the electronic circuit substrate. In a movement 1 including a main plate 2 composed of an electric insulting... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6934222 | Electronic timepiece including rotary weight and antenna The driving portion 4 is composed of multipolar motor 43. The multipolar motor 43 includes a coil 431 for multipolar motor 43, a stator 432 for multipolar motor 43, for transmitting a magnetic field from coil 431 | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932400 | Desktop bible carrying case A desktop bible carrying case 10 is provided with an enclosure 12 having a cavity 24 formed therein. A rectangular shaped support ridge 26 is coupled in the cavity 24 to inside portions of the enclosure 12. A flexible lid | 08/23/2005 |
| 6914855 | Circuit for driving motor coils in stepping motors A circuit for selectively driving n motor coils associated with a plurality of stepping motors, wherein only (n+1) motor coil drivers are needed. A timepiece that utilizes such a circuit is also provided. ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6914407 | Step motor control device and electronic timepiece equipped with step motor control device A control device detects a rotational driving state of a step motor having a coil. First and second switch elements are connected to each other in series, and a node of the first and second switch elements are connected to one side of the coil during use of the cont... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6904583 | Layout method of voltage division resistors With a layout method for voltage division resistors, employing a photolithographic system, resistors which are required to have relative accuracy are disposed in the center of a layout area so as to be adjacent with each other, and another resistor is divided, so th... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6879068 | Power generator, timepiece and electronic device having the same, and cogging torque adjustment method for the same Protrusions (260) for adjusting the cogging torque of a rotor (21) are formed on a stator (22) in a small-size power generator (20). Since the protrusions (260) are formed on an inner periphery of a rotor accommodation hole (230... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6831446 | Power generator, timepiece and electronic device having the same, and cogging torque adjustment method for the same Protrusions (260) for adjusting the cogging torque of a rotor (21) are formed on a stator (22) in a small-size power generator (20). Since the protrusions (260) are formed on an inner periphery of a rotor accommodation hole (230... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6829199 | Electronic apparatus, electronically controlled mechanical timepiece, methods of controlling them, program for controlling electronic apparatus, and storage medium An electronically controlled mechanical timepiece, which is an electronic apparatus, includes a generator driven by a mainspring to generate electrical energy, and a rotation controlling unit driven by the electrical energy to control the rotation rate of the genera... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6714487 | Watch movement with a microgenerator and method for testing watch movements Watch movement in which the rotor of a generator (10, 11, 13) is driven by a spring over a plurality of wheels (51, 61, 71) and pinions (50, 60, 70), the operation of the generator being regulated by an electronic regulating circuit (81).... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6515941 | Electronic watch An electronic watch which can be small-sized even with an additional mechanism such as a calendar mechanism. In the electronic watch, a rectangular piezoelectric oscillator 32 acting as a piezoelectric actuator is forced at its end face to contact with a ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6477116 | Rotation controller and rotation control method The present invention provides a rotation controller adjusting the speed of a rotary member (103). Phase difference compensating means (118) outputs a phase difference compensating signal (119) corresponding to a phase difference between a rotation signal... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6437466 | Monophase electromechanical transducer, in particular of the horological type, and electromechanical device including at least one such transducer The monophase electromechanical transducer (2) includes a stator (8) and a rotor (4) including a permanent bipolar magnet (6). The stator is formed of a planar structure (10) defining first and second magnetic stator poles (18,20) and a core (12) carrying... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6381198 | Clockwork movement fitted with a generator Clockwork movement fitted with a generator powering the circuit for regulating the rotation of the generator rotor. This generator is formed of at least one coil (11a, 11b, 11c) placed between magnets respectively secured to two flanges (8) mounted at the... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6339306 | Control device for stepper motor, control method for the same, and timing device A control device for stepping motor including a driving pulse supplying unit for supplying a plurality of driving pulses to a driving coil for driving a rotor. A rotation detecting pulse supplying unit supplies rotation detection pulses for detecting whet... | 01/15/2002 |
