Battery-powered type compact electronic equipment

Claim 2

Battery powered type compact electronic equipment comprising: circuit means for performing various functions, said circuit means including a circuit board on which an electronic circuit is formed; function data display means for displaying function data executed by said circuit means; a case integrally formed from a synthetic resin and provided with a flat portion and an inclined portion inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to said flat portion, said case having a bent storage space formed by connecting a flat storage space formed in the flat portion with an inclined storage space formed in the inclined portion so as to define a substantially-single bent space, the bent storage space containing said circuit means and said function data display means therein so that the circuit board extends from the flat storage space straight into the bent storage space; and means for electrically connecting in the bent storage space the electronic circuit formed on said part of the circuit board with at least one element of the circuit means arranged in the bent storage space.

Claim 3

Equipment according to claim 1, wherein said case has a recess for storing said circuit means and said function data display means, said recess is covered with a cover separated from said case, and a sealing member is arranged in said recess and is pressed by said cover, said sealing member being made of an elastic material and being pressed by said cover to elastically hold at least said function data display means in said recess.

Claim 4

Equipment according to claim 1, wherein said function data display means is held in one of said flat and inclined portions of said case, and said circuit means includes at least one component held in the other of said flat and inclined portions of said case.

Claim 5

Equipment according to claim 3, wherein said at least one component held in the other of said flat and inclined portions is a battery for supplying power to said circuit means.

Claim 6

Equipment according to claim 3, wherein said at least one component of said circuit means, held in the other of said flat and inclined portions, is circuit operation switch means for controlling operation of said circuit means.

Claim 7

Equipment according to claim 5, wherein said circuit operation switch means is at least one pushbutton switch.

Claim 8

Equipment according to claim 5, wherein said circuit operation switch means is a key pad with at least one switch.

Claim 9

Equipment according to claim 3, wherein said at least one component of said circuit means, held in the other of said flat and inclined portions, comprises circuit operation switch means for controlling operation of said circuit means and a battery for supplying power to said circuit means.

Claim 10

Equipment according to claim 8, wherein said circuit operation switch means is at least one pushbutton switch.

Claim 11

Equipment according to claim 9, wherein said pushbutton switch includes an operation portion integrally formed from an elastic synthetic resin with said case.

Claim 12

Equipment according to claim 9, wherein said circuit operation switch means is a plurality of pushbutton switches, said plurality of pushbutton switches being provided with a plurality of operation portions extending upward from an outer surface of said case such that heights of said plurality of operation portions are different from each other.

Claim 13

Equipment according to claim 8, wherein said circuit operation switch means is at least one pushbutton switch arranged in said other of said flat and inclined portions of said case so as not to overlap said battery.

Claim 14

Equipment according to claim 8, wherein said circuit means includes a circuit board arranged in said one of said flat and inclined portions of said case, and said battery arranged in said other of said flat and inclined portions of said case is inclined with respect to said circuit board.

Claim 15

Equipment according to claim 8, wherein said circuit operation switch means comprises a plurality of switches obliquely arranged on an outer surface of said other of said flat and inclined portions of said case.

Claim 16

Equipment according to claim 8, wherein said circuit operation switch means is a key pad with at least one switch.

Claim 17

Battery powered type compact electronic equipment comprising: circuit means for performing various functions, said circuit means including a circuit board on which an electronic circuit is formed; function data display means for displaying function data executed by said circuit means; a case integrally formed from a synthetic resin and provided with a flat portion and an inclined portion inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to said flat portion, said case having a bent storage space formed by connecting a flat storage space formed in the flat portion with an inclined storage space formed in the inclined portion so as to define a substantially-single bent space, the bent storage space containing said circuit means and said function data display means therein so that the circuit board extends from the flat storage space straight into the bent storage space; and means for electrically connecting in the bent storage space the electronic circuit formed on said part of the circuit board with at least one element of the circuit means arranged in the bent storage space; and band means integrally formed with said case, said band means being adapted to cause said case to fit flush with a part of the surface of a user's body.

Claim 18

Battery powered type compact electronic equipment comprising: circuit means for performing various functions, said circuit means including a circuit board on which an electronic circuit is formed; function data display means for displaying function data executed by said circuit means; a case integrally formed from a synthetic resin and provided with a flat portion and an inclined portion inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to said flat portion, said case having a bent storage space formed by connecting a flat storage space formed in the flat portion with an inclined storage space formed in the inclined portion so as to define a substantially-single bent space, the bent storage space containing said circuit means and said function data display means therein so that the circuit board extends from the flat storage space straight into the bent storage space; and means for electrically connecting in the bent storage space the electronic circuit formed on said part of the circuit board with at least one element of the circuit means arranged in the bent storage space; and band means integrally formed with said case, said band means being adapted to cause said case to fit flush with a part of the surface of a user's body.

Claim 19

Equipment according to claim 16, wherein said case has a recess for storing said circuit means and said function data display means, said recess being covered with a cover separated from said case, and a sealing member is arranged in said recess and is pressed by said cover, said sealing member being made of an elastic material and being pressed by said cover to elastically hold at least function data display means in said recess.

Claim 20

Equipment according to claim 16, wherein said function data display means is held in one of said flat and inclined portions of said case, and said circuit means includes at least one component held in the other of said flat and inclined portions of said case.

Claim 21

Equipment according to claim 18, wherein said at least one component held in the other of said flat and inclined portions is a battery for supplying power to said circuit means and circuit operation switch means for controlling operation of said circuit means.

Claim 22

Equipment according to claim 19, wherein said circuit operation switch means is at least one pushbutton switch arranged in said other of said flat and inclined portions of said case so as not to overlap said battery.

Claim 23

Equipment according to claim 18, wherein said case has a recess for storing said circuit means and said function data display means, and said band means has a recess comprising part of said recess in cooperation with said other of said flat and inclined portions of said case.

Claim 24

Equipment according to claim 21, wherein said at least one component of said circuit means arranged in said other of said flat and inclined portions of said case includes circuit operation switch means for controlling operation of said circuit means, said circuit operation switch means being provided with operation portions integrally formed from an elastic synthetic resin with said band means.

Claim 25

Equipment according to claim 1, wherein said circuit means has at least a time signal generating function, and said equipment is a timepiece.

Claim 26

Equipment according to claim 16, wherein said circuit means has at least a time signal generating function, and said equipment is a timepiece.

Claim 27

A compact wrist watch capable of performing calculations, said watch comprising: circuit means including a circuit board on which an electronic circuit is formed, for measuring time, performing calculations on input data, and outputting results of the calculations; data display means for displaying time data and the calculation results output from said circuit means; a case made of a synthetic resin and formed integrally with a flat portion and an inclined portion inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to said flat portion, said case having a bent single storage space consisting of a flat storage space section formed in said flat portion, and an inclined storage space section formed in said inclined portion and being continuous and substantially uninterrupted with said flat storage space section, said flat storage space section containing said circuit means and said data display means, such that said circuit board extends from the flat storage space section into the inclined storage spage section; data input switch means mounted on that surface of said inclined portion which faces outwardly and in the opposite direction to a surface facing inwardly and which defines one wall of the inclined storage space section, for inputting data to said circuit means; a battery set in said bent storage space section and being to said data input switch means, for supplying power to said circuit means; and means for electrically connecting said electronic circuit on said circuit board in said inclined storage space section to said battery and also to said switch means.

Claim 28

A compact wrist watch capable of performing calculations, said watch comprising: circuit means including a circuit board on which an electronic circuit is formed, for measuring time, performing calculations on input data, and outputting results of the calculations; data display means for displaying time data and the calculation results output from said circuit means; a case made of a synthetic resin and formed integrally with a flat portion and an inclined portion inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to said flat portion, said case having a bent single storage space consisting of a flat storage space section formed in said flat portion, and an inclined storage space section formed in said inclined portion and being continuous and substantially uninterrupted with said flat storage space section, said flat storage space section containing said circuit means and said data display means, such that said circuit board extends from the flat storage space section into the inclined storage spage section; data input switch means mounted on that surface of said inclined portion which faces outwardly and in the opposite direction to a surface facing inwardly and which defines one wall of the inclined storage space section, for inputting data to said circuit means; a battery set in said bent storage space section and being to said data input switch means, for supplying power to said circuit means; and means for electrically connecting said electronic circuit on said circuit board in said inclined storage space section to said battery and also to said switch means.

Claim 29

The compact wrist watch according to claim 25, wherein said data input switch means is a key pad with at least one switch.

Claim 30

The compact wrist watch according to claim 26, wherein said key pad comprises two flexible sheets, a spacer interposed between the flexible sheets, a plurality of contact electrodes formed on the first flexible sheet, and a plurality of contact electrodes formed on the second flexible sheet and opposing the contact electrodes formed on the first flexible sheet.

Claim 31

The compact wrist watch according to claim 25, wherein said case has an opening formed in the surface of the inclined portion on which said data input switch means is to be formed, and communicating with the inclined storage space section; said means for electrically connecting said electronic circuit to said battery and also to said switch means has electrodes extending from said switch means to said electronic circuit through said opening.

Claim 32

The compact wrist watch according to claim 25, wherein said data display means is mounted on said circuit board and electrically connected to said electric circuit on said circuit board to display the data output by said circuit means.

Claim 33

A compact wrist watch capable of performing calculations, said watch comprising: circuit means including a circuit board on which an electronic circuit is formed, for measuring time, performing calculations on input data, and outputting results of the calculations; data display means for displaying time data and the calculation results output from said circuit means; a case made of a synthetic resin and formed integrally with a flat portion and an inclined portion inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to said flat portion, said case having a bent single storage space consisting of a flat storage space section formed in said flat portion, and an inclined storage space section formed in said inclined portion and being continuous and substantially uninterrupted with said flat storage space section, said flat storage space section containing said circuit means and said data display means such that said circuit board extends from the flat storage space section into the inclined storage spage section; data input switch means mounted on that surface of said inclined portion which faces outwardly and in the opposite direction to a surface facing inwardly and which defines one wall of the inclined storage space section, for inputting data to said circuit means; a battery set in said bent storage space section and being opposed to said data input switch means, for supplying power to said circuit means; means for electrically connecting said electronic circuit on said circuit board in said inclined storage section to said battery and also to said switch means; and band means integrally formed with said case, for causing said case to fit flush with a part of the surface of a user's body.

Claim 34

A compact wrist watch capable of performing calculations, said watch comprising: circuit means including a circuit board on which an electronic circuit is formed, for measuring time, performing calculations on input data, and outputting results of the calculations; data display means for displaying time data and the calculation results output from said circuit means; a case made of a synthetic resin and formed integrally with a flat portion and an inclined portion inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to said flat portion, said case having a bent single storage space consisting of a flat storage space section formed in said flat portion, and an inclined storage space section formed in said inclined portion and being continuous and substantially uninterrupted with said flat storage space section, said flat storage space section containing said circuit means and said data display means such that said circuit board extends from the flat storage space section into the inclined storage spage section; data input switch means mounted on that surface of said inclined portion which faces outwardly and in the opposite direction to a surface facing inwardly and which defines one wall of the inclined storage space section, for inputting data to said circuit means; a battery set in said bent storage space section and being opposed to said data input switch means, for supplying power to said circuit means; means for electrically connecting said electronic circuit on said circuit board in said inclined storage section to said battery and also to said switch means; and band means integrally formed with said case, for causing said case to fit flush with a part of the surface of a user's body.