Hand-moving mechanism and timepiece

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9804572
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15446438

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A hand-moving mechanism configured to move a hand, the hand-moving mechanism including a stepping motor that includes a plurality of coils and that rotates a rotational shaft thereof in forward and reverse directions; a wheel train mechanism that includes a plurality of gears including one gear which is coupled to the rotational shaft of the stepping motor, and another gear which is coupled to the hand; and a motor driving control unit that individually controls energization to each coil to drive the stepping motor. A number of the coils to be simultaneously energized in a display hand-moving operation is different from a number of the coils to be simultaneously energized in a non-display hand-moving operation.

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CASIO COMPUTER CO LTDJAPAN'S TOKYO SHIBUYA DISTRICT OF THE TOWN 1 CHOME 6 NO 2 TOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Saito, Yuta Kokubunji, JP 173 406
Yano, Junro Hachioji, JP 16 220

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