Mounting arrangement for timepiece components

Claim 1

A mounting arrangement for components of an electronic timepiece of the type including, in operative combination, a liquid crystal display panel assembly provided with segments for selectively illuminating a digital display, a power source, a standard time high-frequency oscillator driven by the power source, a divider for dividing the high frequency signal transmitted thereto from the oscillator, and a decoder for translating the divided signals to output signals which are transmitted to the panel assembly for selectively illuminating segments thereof, the mounting comprising a housing including a cylindrical section having opposed ends and a continuous interior sidewall, a frame releasably connected to one end of the cylindrical section, and a cover connected to the other end thereof, the liquid crystal display panel assembly underlying and being supported by the frame for thereby exposing substantially the entire display surface of the panel assembly through an annulus defined by the frame; the battery, oscillator and decoder being substantially planarly mounted within the housing and on the cover thereof; a conductive plate mounted within the housing on the cover thereof; a plurality of connectors having respective ends mounted in the conductive plate and substantially upstanding thereon, the connectors having respective other ends connected to the panel assembly for transmitting an output signal from the decoder to the panel assembly for thereby illuminating a determined time display, said connectors being arranged between said decoder and the illuminable segments on the display panel; whereby the arrangement of components within the housing is non-overlapping and a flattened timepiece construction is obtained.