Mounting arrangement for an integrated circuit unit in an electronic digital watch

Claim 1

A time piece structure comprising: a base plate including first means defining a recess thereon, said first means including second means defining a second recess within said first means; a insulated board of rectangular dimensions having upper and lower surfaces; an I.C.-chip with a plurality of electrodes, said chip being of rectangular dimensions less than said rectangular dimensions of said board and mounted on said lower surface of said board; film element means for providing a plurality of conducting paths along said lower surface of insulated boards, along said upper surface of said board corresponding to said lower surface paths, and for interconnecting electrically said corresponding upper and lower surface conducting paths; wire means for interconnecting each of said plurality of electrodes of said I.C.-chips with individual conducting paths of said film element means; cover means, affixed to the lower surface of said insulated board, for completely covering said I.C.-chip and said wire means and for at least partially covering said lower film element means; a liquid crystal display cell, mounted on said base plate over said I.C.-chip, having electrodes; and a flexible non-conducting sheet mounted on said base plate sandwiching said insulated board into said first means with said cover means extending into said second means, said sheet including means for interconnecting said film element means with said liquid crystal display cell electrodes, said sheet bearing on said first means.