US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Nov. 3 for "Timepiece" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,874, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Timepiece" was invented by Koki Hayashi (Shiojiri, Japan), Kenichiro Matsumoto (Fujimi, Japan), Toru Takiuchi (Matsumoto, Japan), Eiichi Hiraya (Shiojiri, Japan) and Toru Kawasaki (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timepiece includes hands that indicate time; a movement that drives the hands; a case band that stores the movement; a rotating bezel provided to be rotatable with respect to the case band; and a rotating bezel pressing ring fixed to the case band. The rotating bezel pressing ring includes a protruding portion that protrudes outward in a radia...