Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8064292 | Timepiece with stabilizing bezel A wrist-worn timepiece may have a case, a timing element, and a wristband. The case includes a body, a crystal, and a bezel. The body may define a depression and a channel. The timing element is positioned within the depression, and the channel is located to extend ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7961558 | Timepiece A timepiece having a movement, a substantially cylindrical case that houses the movement, a bezel that holds the outside edge part of a crystal and is fastened to the case, and a back cover that is fastened to the opposite side of the case as the side to which the b... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7443768 | Multifunctional timepiece including plural types of hand operating train wheels There is realized a multifunction timepiece constituted to be able to constitute a plurality of types of hand operating train wheels by only changing positions of integrating parts without changing dimensions and shapes of parts of a movement. A movement of a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433275 | Watch with hidden compartment A timekeeping apparatus having a hidden compartment. The compartment can contain permanent or removable psychological messages and/or printed messages, pictures or photographs. The apparatus has a timepiece which is pivotable relative to a backing. The backing has a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424316 | Body-worn personal communications apparatus In a body-worn personal communications apparatus, for example a wrist-carried wireless telephone, an antenna (102) is a helical or other physically-shortened electric antenna that makes use of the enhanced normal component of electric field close to the body.... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7414922 | Water-resistant portable apparatus comprising an electroacoustic transducer The present invention concerns a water-resistant portable apparatus including a case in which there is mounted an electroacoustic transducer separated from an inlet cavity in a water-resistant manner by a deformable membrane. This inlet cavity is arranged in said ca... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406004 | Clock with an insertion part A clock with an insertion part is provided to facilitate presenting various illustrations such as photographs, advertising copy, logos, etc., upon the front surface thereof after purchase by a customer. The insertion part is separately provided apart from the clock ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7394728 | Wristwatch A wristwatch is disclosed, which includes a watch body part in which a glass is engaged at an upper center portion of the same, a gemstone ring is engaged at an outer side of the same, an adjusting pin is engaged at one side of the same, and a back cover having a pl... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7385874 | Watch with metallic case including an electronic module for storing data, and electronic module for such a watch The watch with a metallic case including an electronic module for storing data, which is mounted in an external cavity in the back cover of a case. The module can communicate via broadcast signals with a read and/or write apparatus for said data. The module includes... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376053 | Use of non-magnetic paths for an electronic module intended for a timepiece The present invention proposes improving the yield of a microgenerator (1) used for operating a timepiece. Such a microgenerator operates on the basis of the phenomenon of electromagnetic induction, it is thus desirable to limit as far as possible the presenc... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364352 | Time measurement device and method A mechanism having at least a function of measuring an arbitrary elapsed time is provided, which disables the function from being reset after the function is started, and enables the function to be reset after the function is stopped. The function is continuously he... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359289 | Watch provided with push-buttons comprising a mechanism for actuating delocalised control elements of a clockwork The invention concerns a watch including a case having a middle part and housing a watch movement having a time-setting stem in a first peripheral region, said movement further including a first and a second control member which are arranged on either side of the ti... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359287 | Watch with a container The invention relates to a watch housing comprising a body made in two parts (2, 3), connected one to the other. The one of the two parts (2) guarantees the function of a watch whilst the second part (3), connected to the bracelet, comprises mea... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351985 | Portable watch with radiation monitor A wrist-wearable device combines timekeeping functions with monitoring of the radiation dosage to which the user is exposed and of radiation intensity. A Geiger-Muller counter is used as a radiation detector in a wristwatch. A voltage changer changes voltage from 1.... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345957 | Wave timepiece A wave timepiece has an antenna disposed within or on the side of a case. The antenna has a magnetic core member comprised of magnetic foils that are superposed and stacked one over the other in the radial or transverse direction of the case and laminated together t... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339856 | Clock with sports motif A novel device for displaying the correct time comprises a clock with interchangeable and attachable panels comprising decorative indicia or figures; a second hand with replaceable indicia or figures, minute hand, and hour hand; and means to drive said timing hands.... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336268 | Point-to-point display system having configurable connections An exemplary point-to-point display system comprises a host system, a timing controller, and a display. The host system is configured to provide data for display. The timing controller is configurable to provide data swapping, bus swapping, bit swapping, and combina... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333399 | Watch with hidden compartment A timekeeping apparatus having a hidden compartment. The compartment can contain permanent or removable psychological messages and/or printed messages, pictures or photographs. The apparatus has a timepiece which is pivotable relative to a backing. The backing has a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322742 | Timepiece with a striking mechanism comprising a single barrel The invention proposes a timepiece including a motion work (12) which drives analogue display means (14) and a strike train (16) which drives a striking mechanism (18), wherein the motion work (12) is driven in rotation by a barrel... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324410 | Watch with special back A pocket or wrist watch has a unique back member that is constructed to hold a disc by adhesive means. The disc may impart special importance to the watch. It may be constructed from a gaming chip. The watch movement may be housed in another portion of a gaming chip... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7307921 | Wristwatch with movable movement case A watch design that has a movable case that keeps the face of the watch visible regardless of the position of the wrist. In this way, a user can quickly see the watch face in the proper orientation so that the time can be quickly and correctly determined. There are ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7292290 | Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel, a frame, and an adhesion base. The panel includes a substrate holding an electro-optical material, a side of the electro-optical panel for displaying an image having a display area and a non-display area. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278782 | Analog electronic clock having reset current conductive structure To provide a reset current conductive path between a reset lever and an overhang of a printed circuit board without using a conductive part such as a metal pin and without bending a distal end portion of the reset lever. When a movement is assembled, an overhang pat... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277360 | Ratchet assembly device for fitting a back cover and/or a bezel onto a watch case middle An elastic assembly joined to at least one side face of one of the members to be assembled is engaged by elastic deformation with a ratchet fastening element fixedly connected to the other member to be assembled. These elastic assemblies are constituted by an elonga... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261460 | Interchangeable clock having the appearance of a floor clock and kits for providing same The present invention provides an interchangeable clock and clock kits for making an interchangeable wall clock that has the appearance of being a free-standing floor clock. The interchangeable wall clock includes a mounting member, an interchangeable main body port... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7229323 | Device plug and electronic instrument socket particularly for use in recharging instrument battery A device is described for establishing an electrical connection between a portable electronic instrument and an external device, the portable electronic instrument comprising a casing provided with a socket in which a plurality of electrical contact elements is disp... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230885 | Wrist watch case, wrist watch with auto time adjusting function by electric wave, and wrist mountable electric device case A wrist mountable electronic device case such as a wrist watch case includes: a main body of a synthetic resin, in and on which a housing portion and a pair of band attaching portions are formed, one attaching portion being formed with an antenna containing area; a ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7215600 | Antenna arrangement for an electronic device and an electronic device including same A wristworn device comprising a radio communication device for receiving from and/or transmitting signals to a radio communication device external to the wristworn device. In at least one embodiment, the casing comprises a metallic watchcase having a slot, and where... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206260 | Interval timer An interval timer that is constructed of a polygonal shaped housing which has a time display screen and a pressure activating button within one surface of the housing and another surface of the housing includes a mode selection switch, time increment button and seco... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196972 | Mediwatch Mediwatch is an alarm watch that opens into a pillbox. The face of the watch is on a hinge with a secure safety closure. There are three or four pill compartments inside the base of the watch, thus allowing the wearer to carry a full day's supply of medication. The ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192183 | Device with housing and damped, motion to extended position Devices comprising a multi-piece housing which move from a first configuration wherein an item is at least partially disposed within a housing to a second configuration wherein more of the item is disposed outside of the housing. Upon the selective actuation of a re... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190638 | Electronic timepiece with radio communication function A photoelectric generating means (6) is disposed proximally to the surface of the dial (21) on the back cover (3) side, and the dial (21) is made of a magnetic, optically transparent material. The support substrate (62) of the phot... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177234 | Wristwatch with removable face A wristwatch including a casing having top and bottom parts and a movement therein, an upper housing, a replaceable watch face and a means for releasably securing the upper housing to the top part of the casing. The upper housing is formed as an integral unit, and i... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170827 | Timepiece, having bearing portion formed of resin and wheel train The invention relates to a timepiece which has a resin bearing section. Moreover, the invention relates to a wheel train apparatus which has a resin bearing section. The invention is constituted by the timepiece provided with a gear wheel and supporting members whic... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167420 | Timepiece including base plate formed of resin and wheel train The invention relates to a timepiece which has a resin substrate, rotors, and wheel trains, and relates to a wheel train apparatus which has a resin substrate, bearing members, gear wheel, and the like. The invention is constituted by a timepiece comprising; a gear ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158449 | Electronic timepiece and electronic apparatus An electronic timepiece includes a radio wave receiving antenna (8) for receiving radio waves, electromagnetic motors (61, 65) for driving a time display part, a battery (5), and a body case for receiving the antenna (8), electromagnetic ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153143 | Circuit carrier and production thereof A circuit carrier includes a substrate with two oppositely arranged areas. The terminal contacts of a flat connector strip are arranged in the edge regions of the areas. A through contact is arranged under at least one of the terminal contacts with concealed electri... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149153 | Watch whose case includes a back cover or cover with a bayonet fitting for manual opening In an electronic watch containing an electric battery assembly of large size, particularly a battery assembly including several batteries or accumulators (41, 42), the diameter of a removable cover (20) closing a large bottom opening of the back cover ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7126880 | Radio wristwatch In a wristwatch case, a nonmetal dial plate (305) is disposed so as to face a transparent window plate (304), and a movement (303) with a built-in antenna is disposed between the nonmetal dial plate (305) and a nonmetal back cover plate (... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123549 | Watch including a pressure sensor The invention concerns a device for mounting a pressure sensor simply and precisely on the back cover (11) of a diver's watch or altimeter watch. The pressure sensor (31) is driven into an intermediate ring (33) forming part of a sensor module (... | 10/17/2006 |
