ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,010, issued on April 14, was assigned to SEIKO WATCH K.K. (Tokyo).
"Information display mechanism, timepiece movement, and timepiece" was invented by Masayuki Kawata (Tokyo), Ken Sato (Tokyo) and Katsuya Mugishima (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided an information display mechanism, a timepiece movement, and a timepiece each capable of achieving a reduction in space. The information display mechanism includes a display wheel which has a plurality of inner teeth, on which information is displayed, and which has a ring-like shape, a driving wheel having a plurality of tooth parts configured to mesh with the inner ...