EP2730982A1 - Batteriebefestigung mit verbessertem Kontakt - Google Patents

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EP2730982A1
EP2730982A1 EP12191821.3A EP12191821A EP2730982A1 EP 2730982 A1 EP2730982 A1 EP 2730982A1 EP 12191821 A EP12191821 A EP 12191821A EP 2730982 A1 EP2730982 A1 EP 2730982A1
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central portion
accumulator
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David Corrêa
Stéphane Rychen
Roger Willemin
Jonathan Collaud
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ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
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Priority to CN201310553130.3A priority patent/CN103809428B/zh
Priority to JP2013231839A priority patent/JP2014095705A/ja
Priority to CN201320704967.9U priority patent/CN203705845U/zh
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R11/00Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts
    • H01R11/11End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or conductive member
    • H01R11/22End pieces terminating in a spring clip
    • GPHYSICS
    • G04HOROLOGY
    • G04CELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C3/00Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means
    • G04C3/008Mounting, assembling of components
    • GPHYSICS
    • G04HOROLOGY
    • G04GELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G17/00Structural details; Housings
    • G04G17/02Component assemblies
    • G04G17/04Mounting of electronic components
    • GPHYSICS
    • G04HOROLOGY
    • G04GELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G17/00Structural details; Housings
    • G04G17/02Component assemblies
    • G04G17/06Electric connectors, e.g. conductive elastomers

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  • the invention relates to a portable object comprising at least a middle and a bottom for enclosing an electronic module, said electronic module comprising a plate provided with a housing arranged for receiving an accumulator of electrical energy, said electronic module comprising at least one circuit with at least one electrical contact area, and a contact contact member for providing an electrical connection between said accumulator and said at least one contact area, said connecting contact member being resiliently deformable.
  • the invention also relates to a timepiece comprising at least one such structure.
  • the invention relates to the field of watchmaking, and in particular the field of watches comprising at least one electronic or electrical circuit powered by an accumulator such as a battery or the like.
  • the invention relates more particularly to the mechanical and electrical connection between an accumulator and a circuit, on either side of a plate.
  • the quality of the electrical contacts in a watch must be ensured permanently, in any configuration of use, including acceleration or shock.
  • the permanence of the power supply from an accumulator usually a battery, makes it necessary a very good connection between the poles of this accumulator and the circuit or circuits of use.
  • the contact at the other pole is commonly performed by a flexible connector, or, preferably, by a spring tab, fixed by screws or rivets to a plate.
  • the contacts made by welded flexible connectors, by plug-in strips, or by spring tabs supported on the circuit, also by screws, rivets or the like, or constituting small riders pinching the circuit on the thickness of its slice.
  • the invention aims to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art by proposing to provide a portable object provided with an electrical connection element between the electric accumulator and the electronic circuit mounted on a plate for a permanent electrical connection and which also allows the maintenance of a large accumulator in said platen.
  • the invention relates to a portable object comprising at least a middle and a bottom for enclosing an electronic module, said electronic module comprising a plate provided with a housing arranged for the reception of an electric energy accumulator, said electronic module comprising at least one circuit with at least one electrical contact zone, and a connecting contact member to provide a electrical connection between said accumulator and said at least one contact zone, said connecting contact member being elastically deformable, characterized in that said connecting contact member is formed of a shaped blade having a central portion at the ends of which extend at least a first arm and a second converging arm arranged to clamp said electronic module and thereby maintain said accumulator of electrical energy in its housing.
  • An advantage of the present invention is to allow to have a portable object whose maintenance of the stack in the platen is well assured.
  • said at least one first arm and a second arm converge in the same plane.
  • the central portion is flat, said flat portion being in contact with said accumulator of electrical energy when the bottom is fixed to the middle part.
  • the central portion comprises at least one tip arranged to be in contact with said accumulator of electrical energy, the bottom fixed to the middle part exerting a force on said electronic module via the at least one tip of said organ link contact.
  • the central portion is deformed so as to comprise at least one projecting part forming said at least one point.
  • the central portion comprises at least one protrusion extending from said central portion and forming said at least one tip.
  • the central portion comprises two points.
  • each arm comprises a free end curved so as to diverge.
  • the invention relates to the field of watchmaking, and in particular the field of watches comprising at least one electronic or electrical circuit powered by an accumulator such as a battery or the like.
  • the invention relates more particularly to the mechanical and electrical connection between an accumulator and a circuit, on either side of a plate. In particular, it is, in a watch, to ensure in all circumstances the contact between the plus of the battery and the bottom of the box.
  • the invention visible at a figure 1 relates to a structure 1 of timepiece 100, including a watch, comprising at least a middle 2 and a bottom 3 for enclosing an electronic or electrical module 10.
  • This electronic module sends information to a display module.
  • This module 10 itself comprises a plate 4, a compartment or housing 41 is arranged for receiving an electric energy accumulator 5, including a battery.
  • the plate 4 can be arranged so that the compartment 41, in which the electric energy accumulator is placed, occupies almost the entire surface of the plate 4.
  • the compartment 41 of the plate 4 occupies the entire surface of the latter with the exception of a peripheral portion 42 defining said compartment 41 as visible in FIG. figure 6 .
  • This module 10 also comprises at least one circuit 6 with at least one electrical contact zone 7, and a connection contact member 8 for providing an electrical connection between an accumulator 5 and a contact zone 7.
  • This contact contact member 8 is elastically deformable so that when it undergoes strain deforming, its elastic capacity tends to bring it back to a geometry of rest.
  • this connecting contact member 8 is entirely elastic and is made in the form of a spring.
  • the binding contact member is in the form of a shape-shaped blade 8.
  • This shape-shaped blade 8 comprises a part central 81 rectilinear and having a flat profile as visible in the figure 1 .
  • the shaped blade 8 comprises a first arm 83 and a second arm 83
  • said shaped blade 8 is arranged so that said first arm 83 and said second arm 83 extend in the same plane. It is understood that the first arm 83 and the second arm 83 extend in the plane perpendicular to the plane of the central portion 81.
  • the first arm 83 and the second arm 83 extend so as to converge.
  • This configuration of the arms 83 provides a shape of blade 8 which, naturally, has a function of clamp.
  • said accumulator 5 is, in the first place, placed in its compartment.
  • the link contact member is attached to said electronic module.
  • the electronic module 10 comprises two notches 11 arranged on the outer face of the module 10. These notches are made to be diametrically opposed as visible in FIG. figure 5 .
  • the first arm 83 and the second arm 83 are spaced apart and fit into the slots provided.
  • the stress exerted on the arms is then released so that the first and second arms 83 tend to return to their rest position, thereby pinching said module 10. It is then sufficient to exert a force on the central part of the force plate 8 to drag the latter and position it in its final position.
  • This final position is characterized in that the central portion 81 is in contact with the electric energy accumulator 5.
  • the first arm or the second arm is in contact with a contact zone 7 of the circuit 6.
  • This contact zone 7 is in the form of a metallization which can be located on the edge of the circuit 6.
  • a contact zone 7 is arranged at each notch so that each arm allows electrical conduction.
  • the central portion 81 has a non-flat profile. Specifically, the central portion 81 has a profile provided with several points 84 that is to say that the central portion 81 is in three dimensions. These points 84 may be protrusions 86 arranged on the central portion 81 and extending perpendicularly to the plane of the central portion. These tips 84 may be made by plastically deforming said central portion 81 so that it has a non-rectilinear profile that is to say including protruding areas 87 preferably extending towards the stack. For example, the profile may be sinusoidal or triangular.
  • the central portion 81 is arranged to have two tips 84. These tips 84 can improve the electrical contact. This improvement of the electrical contact is due to the three-dimensional realization of the central part. Indeed, with this variant, the central portion of the shaped blade 8 is in contact with the electric energy accumulator 5 only by the tips 84 which it is provided.
  • the fact that the central portion is in three dimensions causes, when the electronic module 10 is placed in the housing 1 and the bottom 3 is fixed, the appearance of a constraint. This constraint is exerted on the connecting contact member 8 which transmits this constraint to the electronic module. This constraint is the result of the fact that the volume needed to encompass the central part in three dimensions is more important than if said central portion was flat. Since the internal dimensions of the housing do not change, a constraint appears.
  • this constraint makes it possible to immobilize the electronic module in the box of the portable object. Indeed, the stress exerted by the bottom 3 on the contact contact member 8 is transmitted on the plate 4 which is then plated on the display module. The electronic module 10 is, therefore, held stationary by the assembly formed of the connecting contact member 8 and the bottom 3.
  • each arm 83 are curved.
  • Each free end 85 is curved so as to have a curvature opposite to the curvature of said arm 83. It is then clear that this free end 85 tends to diverge.
  • This configuration of the free ends 85 of the arms 83 facilitates the mounting of said contact contact member 8. Indeed, when the connecting contact member 8 is attached to the electronic module 10, the curved free ends 85 will come into contact with each other. with said module 10. The divergent curvature of said ends causes a spacing of said free ends 85 and therefore a spacing of said arms 83. This spacing makes it possible to fix the connecting contact member 8 without the user having to move the arms 83 apart. -even. This operation is done automatically when the user wants to fix said contact contact member 8.
  • the connecting contact member 8 is arranged so that several arms 83 extend from each end 82 of the central portion 81.
  • two arms 83 extend from each end 82 of the part
  • the electronic module 10 is arranged so that the notches located on the outer face of the module 10 are adapted.
  • a number of notches 11 identical to the number of arms 83 is provided or that the notches have a size to have several arms 83 by notch 11.
  • each end of the central portion has a shape similar to a Y.
  • the different arms of the shape blade are all convergent towards a single point.
  • the electric energy accumulator 5 does not occupy the entire surface of the plate 4, the compartment for said accumulator being dimensioned accordingly. Said platen is then provided, near this compartment, orifices in which the notches for the connecting contact member are made.

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EP12191821.3A EP2730982B1 (de) 2012-11-08 2012-11-08 Batteriebefestigung mit verbessertem kontakt
US14/073,100 US9209535B2 (en) 2012-11-08 2013-11-06 Device for securing a cell battery with improved contact
CN201310553130.3A CN103809428B (zh) 2012-11-08 2013-11-08 用于以改善的接触固定纽扣电池的装置
JP2013231839A JP2014095705A (ja) 2012-11-08 2013-11-08 接触を改善した電池バッテリ固定デバイス
CN201320704967.9U CN203705845U (zh) 2012-11-08 2013-11-08 便携物体
JP2015118024A JP5947425B2 (ja) 2012-11-08 2015-06-11 接触を改善した電池バッテリ固定デバイス

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