Small electronic apparatus having function display

Patent 6185158 Issued on February 6, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 30, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 066371 filed on 04/30/1998

US Classes:

368/37, Movable ring or disk368/28WITH CALENDAR INDICATOR

Examiners

Primary: Roskoski, Bernard

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Kanesaka & Takeuchi

Foreign Patent References

54-67470 JP. 05/13/1979
54-112677 JP. 09/13/1979
59-56185 JP. 03/13/1984
61-76978 JP. 04/13/1986
63-124683 JP. 08/13/1988
6-12987 JP. 02/13/1994
6-28780 JP. 04/13/1994

International Class

G04B 019/20

Foreign Application Priority Data

1996-08-30 JP

Abstract

A small electronic apparatus provided with a functional display unit is formed of function driving device for generating function driving signals corresponding to a plurality of functions, a plurality of functional display devices corresponding to the functions and including first and second display devices, and a single motor electrically connected to the function driving devices and operated according to the function driving signals from the function driving device. A driving device transmits a driving force to the first functional display device, and an intermittent driving device is connected to the driving device to operate in association therewith. The intermittent driving device rotates the second display device intermittently. A clocking device is electrically connected to the function driving device. When a function of the first display device is completed, the clocking device sends a signal to reset the first display device to have a desired positional relation between the driving device and the intermittent driving device.