Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power indicator device of a thermoelectric generator of a watch
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Application No.: US17203178Application Date: 2021-03-16
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Publication No.: US11669051B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Matthias Imboden , Alain Jornod , Alexandre Haemmerli
- Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Applicant Address: CH Marin
- Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marin
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: EP 172418 2020.04.30
- Main IPC: G04C10/04
- IPC: G04C10/04 ; H10N10/17 ; H01L35/32

Abstract:
A power indicator device (1) of a thermoelectric generator of a watch. The indicator device includes a first gas fluid reservoir (2), a second gas fluid reservoir (3), and at least one tubular conduit (4) connecting the two reservoirs. The first reservoir is placed on an upper surface of the thermoelectric generator in a watch case, while the second reservoir (3) is placed on a lower surface of the thermoelectric generator in contact with the back of a watch case. The tubular conduit is of the capillary type and comprises in an intermediate portion (9) a liquid forming a barrier to the gas fluid of the two reservoirs and allowing, in a display portion (24) visible from the outside of the watch case, to provide an indication of the power of the generator by measuring the temperature difference of the two reservoirs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210341882A1 POWER INDICATOR DEVICE OF A THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR OF A WATCH Public/Granted day:2021-11-04
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