Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
368203000 | POWER SUPPLY DETAILS | 54 |
20110158055 | DYNAMOMETRIC DEVICE FOR INDICATING THE REMAINING BARREL TORQUE IN A TIMEPIECE - The invention concerns a dynamometric device ( | 06-30-2011 |
368204000 | Electrical | 53 |
20080212415 | PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric drive device has a piezoelectric actuator that has a vibrator with a piezoelectric element, and a rotor that is rotated by the vibrator, an elastic device that can store the rotational energy of the rotor as elastic energy, and a driven body that is rotated by the elastic energy stored by the elastic device. | 09-04-2008 |
20080253236 | 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 energy supplied from the primary power supply to supply a drive voltage to the drive circuit, and a power supply control circuit that controls operation of the power supply circuit. The power supply control circuit monitors the drive voltage, stops the power supply circuit and stops supplying the drive voltage when the drive voltage is greater than or equal to a prescribed constant voltage, and activates the power supply circuit and supplies the drive voltage when the drive voltage is less than the prescribed constant voltage. | 10-16-2008 |
20090196124 | MODULAR MOVEMENT THAT IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL STANDALONE AND INTERCHANGEABLE IN OTHER PORTABLE DEVICES - A portable device comprising a modular movement is disclosed. The modular movement has a body housing a plurality of layers that include a top layer of glass, and a movement subassembly for displaying information, including time, wherein the modular movement includes all parts necessary for power and operation, including the displaying of the information, such that the modular movement is fully functional standalone. The portable device further includes a case, which includes a receptacle for removably receiving the modular movement without need for a tool, such that the modular movement is user-interchangeable with another case of another portable device. | 08-06-2009 |
20100061193 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece, comprises a timing section to perform timing of time based on an oscillation signal; an electric wave receiving section to receive an electric wave; a voltage detecting section to detect a power source voltage supplied from a power source section; and a stop control section to stop a receiving function of the electric wave receiving section and continue a timing operation of the timing section when the voltage detecting section detects that the power source voltage becomes lower than a first level range, and then to stop the timing operation of the timing section when a warning period for urging a user to perform the power generation by the power generating section elapsed in a state where the power source voltage is lower than the first level range without changing to a lower level than a second level range lower than the first level range. | 03-11-2010 |
20100165797 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece comprises a drive module configured to drive a hand, an electricity generation module, first and second capacitor modules, the second capacitor module having smaller capacitance than the first capacitor module, and an auxiliary drive control module which causes the drive module to perform the auxiliary driving when the charge level of the second capacitor module exceeds a third level indicating an amount of electricity which enables the auxiliary driving, and waits until the charge level of the second capacitor module exceeds the third level after performing the auxiliary driving. | 07-01-2010 |
20100182880 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece comprises a clock module, an electricity generation module, first and second capacitor modules, the second capacitor module having a smaller capacitance than the first capacitor module, a detector configured to detect a charge level of the first capacitor module, a power supply switching module configured to be capable of connecting or disconnecting the first capacitor module to or from the clock module, a control module configured to control the power supply switching module based on the charge level detected by the detector such that the first capacitor module is disconnected from the clock module and to supply electricity from the second capacitor module to the clock module. | 07-22-2010 |
20110176393 | BATTERY-LESS ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY QUARTZ TIMEPIECES - This present invention discloses a quartz timepiece which can be operated without battery, which comprises an environmental-friendly electricity supply component and a quartz clock movement connected to each other, and a super capacitor serially connected to the environmental-friendly electricity supply component. The present environmental-friendly quartz timepiece operates with the super capacitor and other natural power supply unit (such as light absorbing plate and hydro-power supply device) to supply power to the timing component of the timepiece. The charge and discharge cycles of the super capacitor can reach up to a million times and are sufficient to maintain the operational life of the timepiece, and so users do not need to replace the standard battery. As a result, the timepiece is relatively simple and reasonable in structure, energy saving and environmental-friendly. The environmental-friendly quartz timepiece further provides an electricity monitoring unit in the power supply circuit. According to the light intensity of the LED indicator, users can determine the remaining electricity of the super capacitor by visual observation. It is easy to use, effective in avoiding power supply interruption and thus is safer and more reliable to operate. The light absorbing plate and the hydro-power supply device are disposed in parallel with each other and so provide enough electricity to support the alarm function and the LED back light function. It can light up the timepiece surface and the users can see the time clearly when in need. | 07-21-2011 |
20120057436 | Electronic device, electronic device control method, and electronic device control program - An electronic device includes a primary power supply portion generating power by converting a first energy into electric energy as a second energy; a secondary power supply portion storing the electric energy obtained by the power generation; a charge detection portion detecting a state where the secondary power supply portion is not charged with the electric energy; a clocking portion clocking time and stopping display of clocked time when an operation input is detected; and a low power consumption state control portion which measures a time of a state where the operation input is detected and the charging is not performed, and stops the operation of the clocking portion when the measured time exceeds a preset time. | 03-08-2012 |
20120057437 | Power supply unit and electronic timepiece - A power supply unit includes: a first power supply circuit that supplies a voltage to a load driving unit that drives a load unit; a second power supply circuit that supplies a voltage to circuits other than the load driving unit; and a control unit that switches the voltage supplied to the first power supply circuit and the voltage supplied to the second power supply circuit in accordance with properties of the load driving unit. | 03-08-2012 |
20120057438 | Power consumption control device, timepiece device, electronic device, power consumption control method, power consumption control program - A power consumption control device includes a power consumption control unit that receives the output potential of a photovoltaic cell generating an electromotive force, receives the output potential of a secondary battery charged by the electromotive force of the photovoltaic cell, causes a timepiece device to transition to a power saving state where a clock operation of measuring time is stopped when the output potential difference of the secondary battery is not greater than a predetermined threshold value, and the secondary battery is in a non-charging state indicating a state where the output potential difference of the photovoltaic cell is not greater than the output potential difference of the secondary battery. | 03-08-2012 |
20120195172 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece includes: a power generation unit that generates power by taking in energy from outside; a battery that stores the generated power; a generated power monitor that intermittently and repeatedly measures the power generated by the power generation unit; an input amount analyzing section that performs an analysis on an energy input amount based on the measurement results of the generated power monitor; and a power generation urging notification controller that starts power generation urging notification if it is determined, based on the analysis result of the input amount analyzing section, that the energy input amount is low on average. | 08-02-2012 |
20120307602 | ELECTRONIC WATCH - When recovering power from a motor driver, a forward voltage across a parasitic diode can reduce the recovery efficiency, and control of a power recovery operation can take an unnecessarily long time. In order to address this problem, the power recovery operation is performed as follows without being affected by a parasitic diode: near a peak position of a waveform of an induced current resulting from free oscillation of a rotor after a drive pulse is output, a recovery pulse having such a level that the rotor does not rotate is output from a terminal different from a motor driver terminal to which the drive pulse was output. Also, by adjusting the width and output timing of the recovery pulse based on a power supply voltage, the power recovery can be optimized for the power supply voltage. | 12-06-2012 |
20120327749 | Electric Power System for Portable Electronic Device Having a Timekeeping Circuit - An apparatus for providing electric power to a portable computer is disclosed. The apparatus includes a timekeeping circuit, a voltage regulator, a set of battery cells and a controller. The timekeeping circuit includes a clock circuit and a memory for storing a calendar time that is updated based on time information generated by the clock circuit. The battery cells can supply electric power to the voltage regulator, and the voltage regulator is capable of supplying electric power to the timekeeping circuit. When the output voltage from the battery cells exceeds a first voltage threshold, the controller directs the voltage regulator to supply electric power to the timekeeping circuit. When the output voltage from the battery cells drops below the first voltage threshold, the controller directs one of the battery cells to supply electric power to the timekeeping circuit. | 12-27-2012 |
20130003509 | ELECTRONIC TIMEKEEPING CIRCUIT AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING TIMEKEEPING CIRCUIT - An electronic timekeeping circuit and a method for operating an electronic timekeeping circuit are described. In one embodiment, an electronic timekeeping circuit includes power supplies and timekeeping circuit components that are grouped into power supply domains. Power is supplied to each of the power supply domains by a corresponding one of the power supplies. Timekeeping registers are duplicated for each of the power supply domains. The timekeeping registers are synchronized between the power supply domains if one of the timekeeping registers is modified or if one of the power supplies is turned off and subsequently turned back on. Other embodiments are also described. | 01-03-2013 |
20130272101 | DEVICE FOR SECURING A CELL BATTERY WITH IMPROVED CONTACT - Structure ( | 10-17-2013 |
20140177399 | ELECTRONIC WRIST WATCH HAVING WIRELESS CHARGING FUNCTION - An electronic wrist watch having wireless charging function is provided. The watch includes a body, a watch strap portion, at least one chargeable battery and a wireless charging module. The watch strap portion includes two watch straps respectively connected to opposite ends portions of the body, and used to wear the electronic wrist watch on wrist. The rechargeable battery and the wireless charging module are arranged in the watch-strap portion, and the wireless charging module is electrically connected to the rechargeable battery. The wireless charging module is configured to wirelessly collect external energy to charge the rechargeable battery. With such a configuration of the rechargeable battery and the wireless charging module arranged in the watch-strap portion, capacity of the rechargeable battery can be effectively expanded, and charging process of the rechargeable battery can be effectively simplified, without changing the size of the electronic wrist watch. | 06-26-2014 |
20150380764 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - An electrochemical cell, including: a first current collector including a first collecting section in contact with a first electrode and including a first connecting section; a second current collector overlapping with the first current collector and including a second collecting section in contact with a second electrode and including a second connecting section; wherein the first and second current collectors are mutually connected via their first and second connecting sections and a distance between the first and second connecting sections is equal to or smaller than 50% of the distance between the first and the second collecting sections. | 12-31-2015 |
20160062319 | SMART WATCH FOR ENABLING WIRELESS CHARGING - A smart watch capable of wireless charging includes a bezel which functions as a smart function operation circuit and a touchable display and a wrist band connected to the bezel. The bezel is separated from a power receiving coil. | 03-03-2016 |
20160098015 | APPLIANCE OR LIGHT TIMER INCLUDING RECHARGEABLE BACK-UP BATIERY ANDEXTERNAL CHARGER - A timer in which primary (household or solar or wind) electrical power is used as a source to direct the primary power to an electrically powered device, such as an appliance or light. Electrical energy for the timer can be provided by the household current (or solar/wind power), optionally suitably transformed or inverted to provide acceptable voltage of either AC or DC to operate a motor or CPU. In case of interruption of the source of the primary electrical power, rechargeable battery(s) housed within the case of the timer will operate the timer until the primary source of electrical power is restored. The case can also accommodate additional rechargeable battery(s) in a charging station, which additional rechargeable battery(s) are not required to power the tinier in the event of loss of primary power. | 04-07-2016 |
20160170377 | ELECTRIC GENERATOR DEVICE, TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT, AND TIMEPIECE | 06-16-2016 |
368205000 | Solar cell | 33 |
20090129210 | Display Plate for Solar Cell Apparatus and Method of Producing Display Plate for Solar Cell Apparatus - A display plate for a solar cell device provided with a solar cell on the bottom surface side includes a light transmission substrate, a light transmission reflecting plate that is disposed on the bottom surface side of the light transmission substrate, and a decorative member that is disposed on the top surface side of the display plate. The light transmission substrate is provided with a reflecting surface on the bottom surface side or on the top and bottom surface sides of the light transmission substrate. The reflecting surface of the light transmission substrate is made of a prism reflecting surface. | 05-21-2009 |
20090207701 | Date band watch - A display for a watchband includes a housing member having a first shell and a second shell member, each shell having a joining means, when assembled such first and second shell members form a cavity. At least a portion of a top surface of such second shell of such housing member is transparent. A predetermined power source is located at a predetermined location within such cavity. A control unit is located at a predetermined location within such cavity operably connected to such power source and having an integrated circuit with a clock function to output day, date and other information. A display mechanism is located within such cavity operably connected to such power source and such control unit. An input mechanism on such housing member is operably connected to such control unit. A band attaching mechanism attaches such housing member to such watch band. | 08-20-2009 |
20110228645 | Timepiece - 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. | 09-22-2011 |
20120044788 | Timepiece Dial, Method of Manufacturing a Timepiece Dial, and a Timepiece - A timepiece dial has excellent transparency to electromagnetic waves (radio and light), and an excellent appearance, a timepiece dial manufacturing method enables manufacturing the timepiece dial, and a timepiece has the timepiece dial. The timepiece dial | 02-23-2012 |
20120057439 | Photovoltaic panel, wristwatch, and method of manufacturing photovoltaic panel - Provided is a photovoltaic panel in which a plurality of photovoltaic cells is electrically connected in series, and in which at least one of the photovoltaic cells is set as a non-use cell which is not electrically connected to the other photovoltaic cells and not used. | 03-08-2012 |
20120120776 | EXTERIOR ELEMENT FOR A WRISTWATCH - An external element for a wristwatch, containing an electronic device and a power source for powering the electronic device with electric energy, wherein the electronic device and power source are integrated in the exterior element, to form an autonomous electronic module, which is completely independent of the wristwatch movement. | 05-17-2012 |
20120134243 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WATCH - Disclosed is an electronic device in which a transparent member, a decorative plate, and a solar panel are arranged in this order in a metallic device case from an end side of an opening of the device case, wherein the decorative plate has light permeability and has a light refractive part made of a concavo-convex portion on a surface of the decorative plate on the side of the solar panel, and a semi-transmissive reflective plate having both light permeability and light reflectivity is provided between the decorative plate and the solar panel, and the semi-transmissive reflective plate has metal-free vapor deposited film. | 05-31-2012 |
20120182840 | Motor drive device, timepiece device, and electronic device - A motor drive device includes a charging detection and reverse current prevention portion and a pulse selection control portion. The charging detection and reverse current prevention portion detects a charging state of a secondary battery that is charged by an electromotive force of a solar battery, the charging state indicating whether the secondary battery is being charged. The pulse selection control portion causes a first drive pulse for driving a motor to be generated and, in a case where the charging state that is detected by the charging detection and reverse current prevention portion is different after the first drive pulse has been output from what it was before the first drive pulse was output, causes a second drive pulse for driving the motor to be generated. | 07-19-2012 |
20120236693 | TIMEPIECE - A timepiece includes a movement contained in a timepiece exterior assembly. A panel is fixed onto the movement. Upward engagement convex portions having pressing portions in upper portions thereof are formed in a plurality of locations of the ring member, and a ring member is fixed to the peripheral portion of the movement. A display plate has a plurality of reception portions in a peripheral portion thereof with which the pressing portion comes into contact from above. The reception portions are vertically interposed by an upper surface of the ring member and the pressing portions, the display plate is attached to the ring member, and the panel is covered with the display plate. | 09-20-2012 |
20120257481 | TIMEPIECE - A timepiece includes a movement, a ring member, and an hour plate. Upward engagement convex portions of the ring member have contact parts placed near an outer peripheral surface of the ring member. The hour plate has a plurality of interposition portions and a plurality of convex portion accommodation grooves opened to the peripheral surface thereof. The interposition portions divide the convex portion accommodation grooves, come into close contact with the contact parts in the state of being elastically deformed, and interpose the engagement convex portions therebetween along a direction perpendicular to a radial direction of the ring member. The convex portion accommodation grooves are housed in the respective engagement convex portions, and the hour plate is attached to the ring member. | 10-11-2012 |
20120327750 | SOLAR CELL ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solar cell electronic device includes a cover glass fitted into a case opening of an exterior case via a glass packing, and a solar panel disposed on the back face of the cover glass with a predetermined distance from the cover glass. The case opening has a base portion on the inner periphery thereof for mounting an outer peripheral portion of the cover glass and for positioning the solar panel in a plane direction. The glass packing includes a packing main body interposed between the case opening and the cover glass, and a flange portion that extends from an end on the base portion side of the packing main body and that is interposed between the cover glass and the base portion. The base portion has a base opening through which at least a part of the flange portion is exposed. | 12-27-2012 |
20130021879 | ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT AND ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - A power unit allows insertion of a cell therein, and supplies an electric power output from the inserted cell. A solar cell charges the cell inserted in the power unit. A CPU detects a voltage value of the cell inserted in the power unit, determines that the cell inserted into the power unit is a secondary cell when the detected voltage value is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold value, and determines that the cell inserted into the power unit is a primary cell when the detected voltage value is larger than the predetermined threshold value. | 01-24-2013 |
20130051193 | WRISTWATCH PROVIDED WITH FUNCTION DISPLAY PORTION - A wristwatch is provided with hand(s) and a disk-shaped indicating member disposed between a first dial and a second dial. The disk-shaped indicating member is structured such that a part of the disk-shaped indicating member is exposed from an opening portion of the first dial and that the disk-shaped indicating member indicates, at a region corresponding to the opening portion, one of a plurality of function display portions SPL, STP and RUN provided on the second dial. The hand(s) and the disk-shaped indicating member rotate about a common driving shaft. | 02-28-2013 |
20130077451 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE AND SECONDARY BATTERY UNIT - The electronic timepiece has an external case; a time indicating section that indicates the time; a solar panel; and a battery housing section that is provided in a main plate, a positive side contact terminal that is electrically connected to a positive supply terminal of the indication controlling section and configured such that the positive side contact terminal can be brought into contact with a positive terminal of a battery housed in the battery housing section; a negative side contact terminal that is electrically connected to a negative supply terminal of the indication controlling section and configured such that the negative side contact terminal can be brought into contact with a negative terminal of a battery housed in the battery housing section; and a contact section is positioned such that the contact section is not in contact with a battery housed in the battery housing section. | 03-28-2013 |
20130142018 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - The solar battery includes a plurality of cells having a same electromotive force with each other. The display device further includes a display means to display time, and a control means to control operation of the display means. The electromotive force of the solar battery is lower than a deterioration-start voltage of the rechargeable battery. The electromotive force of the cells is higher than a lower-limit driving voltage of the display device, in which a number of such cells equals a total number of cells include in the solar battery minus one. A driving voltage of the display means is lower than the aforementioned lower-limit driving voltage, and an operational voltage of the control means is lower than the aforementioned lower-limit driving voltage. | 06-06-2013 |
20130148482 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE WITH SOLAR CELL - To provide an electronic timepiece with a solar cell whereby a movement can be reduced in size and whereby a calendar function using a calendar wheel can be achieved, an electronic timepiece with a solar cell is provided with: a solar cell, a character plate, a ground plate arranged on a back surface of the solar cell, a ring-shaped date wheel arranged between the character plate and the ground plate, and a circuit board electrically connected to an electrode of the solar cell via a conduction spring. The conduction spring is arranged on the inside of the date wheel when in plan view seen from the character plate side. In comparison to a case where a conduction spring is provided to the outside of a date wheel, the movement can be reduced in size, and because the date wheel can be arranged, a calendar function can be achieved. | 06-13-2013 |
20130258820 | TIMEPIECE - A timepiece includes a dial plate and a solar battery which is disposed on a rear surface side of the dial plate. The dial plate has an area larger than the solar battery. The solar battery is encompassed by the dial plate in a planar view. The dial plate is provided with grooves or ridges which have a function of condensing incident light. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258821 | TIMEPIECE - A timepiece includes a dial plate, and a solar battery which is disposed on a rear side of the dial plate. The dial plate is provided with grooves or ridges. The grooves or the ridges have portions where inclination angles with regard to a normal line of the dial plate are different, and due to this, light which is transmitted through the dial plate is incident from a plurality of directions with angles which are different with regard to the solar battery. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258822 | SOLAR POWER GENERATING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - A solar power generating device of the present invention includes a first solar section which has a plurality of solar cells arranged flatwise, a second solar section which has a plurality of solar cells arranged flatwise and is placed a predetermined space away and below the first solar section so as to be shifted with respect to the first solar section in a surface direction, and a coupling section which couples the first solar section and the second solar section together. In the solar power generating device, the coupling section has a connecting section placed in an area below the second solar section, and the connecting section is provided with contact terminals to which the first solar section and the second solar section are electrically connected. | 10-03-2013 |
20140029392 | TIMEPIECE FACEPLATE, AND ELECTRICAL TIMEPIECE EQUIPPED WITH SOLAR BATTERY - To provide a timepiece faceplate having appropriate light permeability with excellent aesthetic appearance having glittering property, and an electrical timepiece equipped with a solar battery, a timepiece faceplate of the invention includes a faceplate main body that has light permeability, and a glittering layer that is provided on either one of a front surface side and a back surface side of the faceplate main body and is configured by dispersing a glittering powder into a light permeable resin. The glittering powder is configured by laminating a metallic oxide film above one surface side of a plate shaped base material, which has light permeability, and the glittering powder is a lamination powder that an average grain diameter is more than 10 μm and less than 90 μm. | 01-30-2014 |
20140160903 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE AND SECONDARY BATTERY UNIT - A timepiece movement includes a battery housing section configured and arranged to house a primary battery and a secondary battery unit in a replaceable manner. | 06-12-2014 |
20140169142 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Portable electronic device capable of processing information, said portable electronic device including a body arranged to be capable of being secured to the user, and at least one electronic assembly for processing information, the body of the portable electronic device being formed by a layer of plastic material which gives the portable electronic device a shape and thickness, characterized in that the portable electronic device includes a first impermeable plastic film which serves as a coating for the layer of plastic material, and a second impermeable plastic film secured to the periphery of the first impermeable plastic film, and in that the electronic assembly for processing information is arranged between the first and second impermeable plastic films. | 06-19-2014 |
20140247705 | SOLAR PANEL AND TIMEPIECE INCLUDING SOLAR PANEL - A solar panel of the present invention, above which a pointer mounted on a pointer shaft inserted in a through hole in a center portion of the solar panel moves, includes a plurality of solar cells arranged in a substantially circular shape, and these solar cells have been divisionally formed into a substantially spiral shape so that the pointer is positioned over two of the plurality of solar cells. Accordingly, the pointer can always be positioned over two of the plurality of solar cells, and therefore a decrease of light-receiving area due to the pointer can be distributed between the two solar cells. As a result, a decrease in the output current of the plurality of solar cells over which the pointer is positioned can be suppressed, and the output current of the entire plurality of solar cells can be improved. | 09-04-2014 |
20140293758 | WATCH INCLUDING A FLANGE - Watch comprising a middle part ( | 10-02-2014 |
20150138935 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, SOLAR WATCH, SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solar cell module includes a first segment as a first solar cell segment and a second segment as a second solar cell segment disposed adjacent to each other, and each having electrodes respectively on both of obverse and reverse sides, and a conductive member including a base member having flexibility, a first conductive layer disposed on one surface of the base member, and a second conductive layer disposed on the other surface of the base member, and the base member is bent so as to connect the first conductive layer to the obverse side electrode of the first segment, and connect the second conductive layer to the reverse side electrode of the first segment and the obverse side electrode of the second segment. | 05-21-2015 |
20150346695 | SOLAR PANEL AND TIMEPIECE INCLUDING SOLAR PANEL - A solar panel, above which a pointer mounted on a pointer shaft inserted in a through hole in a center portion of the solar panel moves, includes a plurality of solar cells arranged in a substantially circular shape, and these solar cells have been divisionally formed into a substantially spiral shape so that the pointer is positioned over two of the plurality of solar cells. Accordingly, the pointer can always be positioned over two of the plurality of solar cells, and therefore a decrease of light-receiving area due to the pointer can be distributed between the two solar cells. As a result, a decrease in the output current of the plurality of solar cells over which the pointer is positioned can be suppressed, and the output current of the entire plurality of solar cells can be improved. | 12-03-2015 |
20150378313 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a solar panel, a secondary battery, an antenna and a circuit board. The solar panel receives light to generate electric power. The secondary battery stores electric power generated by the solar panel. The antenna is disposed near the solar panel and receives electric waves with a predetermined frequency. The circuit board electrically connects the solar panel and the secondary battery. On a wiring route which is formed on the circuit board so as to electrically connect the solar panel and the secondary battery, at least one circuit element is provided so as to have high electric resistance with respect to electric waves which are received by the antenna while having low electric resistance with respect to a generated current from the solar panel. | 12-31-2015 |
20160043246 | SOLAR CELL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOLAR CELL - A conductive paste is disposed on a transparent conductive film of a substrate in which a power generating film and the transparent conductive film are disposed in this order, a wiring member is disposed on the conductive paste through an anisotropic conductive film, and the anisotropic conductive film is heated while pressing the substrate and the wiring member by interposing them, and thus the wiring member is fixed. | 02-11-2016 |
20160043252 | SOLAR CELL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOLAR CELL - A power generating film is disposed on a first surface of a substrate, a transparent conductive film is disposed on the power generating film in an overlapping manner, and a first front resist film and a first back resist film are disposed on the transparent conductive film and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface, the first back resist film is patterned into a predetermined shape, and the substrate is formed into a predetermined shape by spraying an etching liquid onto the substrate from the second surface side. | 02-11-2016 |
20160043256 | Solar Cell, Electronic Device, and Manufacturing Method of Solar Cell - A power generating film is disposed on a substrate, a transparent conductive film is disposed on the power generating film in an overlapping manner, a first insulating film having a thickness of greater than or equal to 1 μm is disposed on the transparent conductive film, and the substrate is formed into a predetermined shape by irradiating the substrate with laser light which is condensed thereto and by spraying gas onto the substrate. | 02-11-2016 |
20160062317 | SOLAR CELL MODULE, TIMEPIECE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solar cell module includes a solar cell panel configured to have multiple pieces and a substrate that connects the multiple pieces to each other. The multiple pieces include a first piece and a second piece adjacent to the first piece. Opposing sides of the first piece and the second piece respectively have a mutually fittable shape. A length of the mutually fittable shape is longer than a distance of a straight line which connects both ends of the mutually fittable shape. | 03-03-2016 |
20160161921 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece has a base plate and a base plate bridge ring. The base plate bridge ring secures a ring-shaped antenna, contacts an outside case member, and supports the base plate. The base plate is configured to not contact the outside case member. | 06-09-2016 |
20160204292 | SOLAR PANEL AND TIMEPIECE INCLUDING SOLAR PANEL | 07-14-2016 |