G04B37/08

TIMEPIECE COMPONENT FOR A TIMEPIECE CASE OR FOR A TIMEPIECE
20210191333 · 2021-06-24 · ·

A timepiece component for a timepiece case or for a timepiece includes a first ring, at least one decorative and/or display element, a second ring, and an elastic element mounted so as to bear on the first ring and to urge the at least one decorative and/or display element toward the second ring.

DISPLAY APPARATUS AND WATCH
20210263475 · 2021-08-26 · ·

A display apparatus includes the following. A protecting plate is formed of a material which transmits light. A light transmitting plate is positioned below the protecting plate and is positioned in contact with the protecting plate. A display is provided below the light transmitting plate and includes a display region which can be viewed from outside. An air layer is positioned between the light transmitting plate and the display. A light reflection prevention layer is provided on at least one of a surface of the light transmitting plate facing the air layer and a surface of the display facing the air layer. The protecting plate, the light transmitting plate, the display, the air layer, and the light reflection prevention layer are layered in a thickness direction of the protecting plate. A region in the protecting plate overlapped with the display region of the display includes a window with which waterproof inspection is performed.

SEALED RADIATION DETECTOR MODULE SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide a radiation detector module for a radiation detector. A radiation detector module includes a metallic and/or metalized enclosure, a radiation sensor disposed within the enclosure, readout electronics configured to provide radiation detection event signals corresponding to incident ionizing radiation in the radiation sensor, and a cap including an internal interface configured to couple to the readout electronics and an external interface configured to couple to a radiation detector, where the cap is configured to hermetically seal the radiation sensor within the enclosure. The cap may be implemented as an edge plated printed circuit board (PCB) including a slot configured to mate with a planar edge of an open surface of the enclosure, where the slot is soldered to the planar edge of the enclosure to hermetically seal the radiation sensor within the enclosure.

COMPRESSIBLE SEAL FOR ROTATABLE AND TRANSLATABLE INPUT MECHANISMS
20210055696 · 2021-02-25 ·

An electronic device has a housing and a rotatable and translatable input mechanism. The housing has an aperture and the rotatable and translatable input mechanism has a shaft positioned at least partially within the aperture and a manipulation structure coupled to the shaft. The manipulation structure may be manipulated to rotationally and translationally move the shaft to provide rotational and translational input to the electronic device. A compressible seal is positioned in a gap between the housing and the rotatable and translatable input mechanism. The compressible seal may resist and/or prevent passage of contaminants into the aperture and/or obscure one or more internal components. The compressible seal may be configured to collapse or bend when the rotatable and translatable member translates.

SUB-ASSEMBLY OF EXTERNAL PARTS FOR TIMEPIECE OR WATCH OR A PIECE OF JEWELLERY

A sub-assembly of external parts including, coaxially with a first component and a second component compressing together a sealing and friction joint, and interposed therebetween, a bolt securing them together by axially blocking the first component, and a lower surface of which lies, in the assembled position, in the vicinity of an upper surface of the second component, which bolt includes a lower relief protruding axially from this lower surface towards the second component, arranged to either complementarily cooperate with an oblong groove which is partially of revolution that the upper surface includes, and interrupted by a stopper limiting the angular travel between the second component and the bolt within a turn, or else to constitute an angular stopper to an upper relief protruding from the upper surface of the second component and extending axially towards the bolt.

SUB-ASSEMBLY OF EXTERNAL PARTS FOR TIMEPIECE OR WATCH OR A PIECE OF JEWELLERY

A sub-assembly of external parts including, coaxially with a first component and a second component compressing together a sealing and friction joint, and interposed therebetween, a bolt securing them together by axially blocking the first component, and a lower surface of which lies, in the assembled position, in the vicinity of an upper surface of the second component, which bolt includes a lower relief protruding axially from this lower surface towards the second component, arranged to either complementarily cooperate with an oblong groove which is partially of revolution that the upper surface includes, and interrupted by a stopper limiting the angular travel between the second component and the bolt within a turn, or else to constitute an angular stopper to an upper relief protruding from the upper surface of the second component and extending axially towards the bolt.

SUB-ASSEMBLY OF EXTERNAL PARTS FOR TIMEPIECE OR WATCH OR A PIECE OF JEWELLERY

A sub-assembly of external parts including, a bolt interposed between a first component and a second component compressing together a joint, securing them together by axially blocking the first component, and which cooperates with the second component to enclose a ball occupying a well of depth greater than its diameter, that an orientation housing in the second component or the bolt includes, framed by channels of depth less than its diameter, limited by stops, which ball can occupy, when subjected to the gravity field and/or a magnetic field, both an orientation housing and a complementary housing of depth less than its diameter, that the bolt or respectively the second component includes, for their relative drive by the ball when it is simultaneously braced on a channel and a complementary housing.

Escape valve for a watch
10908557 · 2021-02-02 · ·

The invention relates to an escape valve for a timepiece including an outlet channel arranged to be capable of being in fluid communication with the interior of a case of the timepiece when the valve is in an open configuration to evacuate an excess of fluid. The valve includes a tube to be fixed in the case of the timepiece and a valve head provided with a cover and an axial skirt adapted to be placed in different axial positions, a pressure control module separate from the valve head arranged in the interior of a fluid conduit provided in the tube and axial guide elements by screwing defined in the valve head and the tube playing a part in the control of the displacement of the valve head relative to tube in the different axial positions, blocking elements preventing a disassociation between the valve head and the tube.

System and method of monitoring an offender, defendant, or potential victim
11062584 · 2021-07-13 ·

A method and apparatus for monitoring an offender or defendant or potential victim wherein in one embodiment the apparatus comprises a smartwatch which may include the following features: two way voice communication, software to permit biometric identification of the individual, a tamper resistant band, location tracking, a casing which is waterproof, a wireless telephone communicator, one or more sensors (for example, a light sensor or a heart rate sensor), a wireless charger, a touch screen, a microphone, and a camera. In another embodiment, the smartwatch includes a panic alert button. The apparatus allows the enrollee or wearer of the device to be monitored by a third party and allows communication between the third party and the enrollee or wearer of the device.

Wearable electronic device with a compressible air-permeable seal

Embodiments are directed to a smartwatch including a housing that at least partially defines an internal volume, and a touch-sensitive display positioned at least partially within the internal volume. A front cover can be positioned over the touch-sensitive display and can define a front exterior surface. A seal can be positioned between the housing and the front cover and configured to transition between an uncompressed state and a compressed state in response to an increase from a first external pressure on the front cover to a second external pressure. In the uncompressed state, the seal has a first density and is air-permeable allowing an internal pressure of the internal volume to equalize with external air at the first pressure. In the compressed state, the seal has a second density, greater than the first density, and is configured to inhibit ingress of water at the second pressure.