ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,054, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Watch with mechanism for absorbing external shocks" was invented by Takashi Suizu (Fussa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watch according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first pointer, a first magnetic body fixed to the first pointer, a second magnetic body arranged facing the first magnetic body, a first shaft body fixed to the second magnetic body, and a wheel train mechanism including a first rotary wheel interlocked with the first shaft body."

The patent was filed on Dec. 9, 2022, under Application No. 18/063,799.

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