ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,012, issued on May 27, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Timepiece and timepiece case" was invented by Chieko Tajima (Kodaira, Japan), Hajime Iguchi (Fuchu, Japan) and Kazuma Kobayashi (Fuchu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timepiece includes: a casing; a light transmission part; a function part; and a glue adhering the light transmission part to the casing. The casing includes: a projection projecting from an inner circumferential surface and extending along a circumferential direction; and a protrusion protruding from the inner circumferential surface and determining a position of the light transmission part...