EP0180155A3 - Radio-controlled watch - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0180155A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: time; radio; stepping motor; pulse sequence; displayed
Prior art date: 1984-10-30
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP85113560A

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English (en)

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EP0180155A2 (de

EP0180155B1 (de

Inventor

Jurgen Allgaier

Wolfgang Ganter

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Junghans Uhren GmbH

Original Assignee

Junghans Uhren GmbH

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1984-10-30

Filing date

1985-10-25

Publication date

1988-03-09

1985-10-25 Application filed by Junghans Uhren GmbH filed Critical Junghans Uhren GmbH

1985-10-25 Priority to AT85113560T priority Critical patent/ATE83866T1/de

1986-05-07 Publication of EP0180155A2 publication Critical patent/EP0180155A2/de

1988-03-09 Publication of EP0180155A3 publication Critical patent/EP0180155A3/de

1992-12-23 Application granted granted Critical

1992-12-23 Publication of EP0180155B1 publication Critical patent/EP0180155B1/de

2005-10-25 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04R—RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME-PIECES
- G04R20/00—Setting the time according to the time information carried or implied by the radio signal
- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04R—RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME-PIECES
- G04R20/00—Setting the time according to the time information carried or implied by the radio signal
- G04R20/08—Setting the time according to the time information carried or implied by the radio signal the radio signal being broadcast from a long-wave call sign, e.g. DCF77, JJY40, JJY60, MSF60 or WWVB
- G04R20/10—Tuning or receiving; Circuits therefor

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Electromechanical Clocks (AREA)
Electric Clocks (AREA)
Selective Calling Equipment (AREA)
Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)

EP85113560A 1984-10-30 1985-10-25 Funkuhr Expired - Lifetime EP0180155B1 (de)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
AT85113560T ATE83866T1 (de)	1984-10-30	1985-10-25	Funkuhr.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE3439638A DE3439638C1 (de)	1984-10-30	1984-10-30	Autonome Funkuhr
DE3439638		1984-10-30

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0180155A2 EP0180155A2 (de)	1986-05-07
EP0180155A3 true EP0180155A3 (en)	1988-03-09
EP0180155B1 EP0180155B1 (de)	1992-12-23

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP85113560A Expired - Lifetime EP0180155B1 (de)	1984-10-30	1985-10-25	Funkuhr

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
US (1)	US4650344A (de)
EP (1)	EP0180155B1 (de)
JP (1)	JPS61191981A (de)
AT (1)	ATE83866T1 (de)
DE (2)	DE3439638C1 (de)

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1984
- 1984-10-30 DE DE3439638A patent/DE3439638C1/de not_active Expired
1985
- 1985-09-18 JP JP60204580A patent/JPS61191981A/ja active Pending
- 1985-10-25 US US06/791,555 patent/US4650344A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1985-10-25 EP EP85113560A patent/EP0180155B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1985-10-25 DE DE8585113560T patent/DE3586924D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1985-10-25 AT AT85113560T patent/ATE83866T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation

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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
DE3439638C1 (de)	1986-05-15
ATE83866T1 (de)	1993-01-15
US4650344A (en)	1987-03-17
EP0180155A2 (de)	1986-05-07
JPS61191981A (ja)	1986-08-26
DE3586924D1 (de)	1993-02-04
EP0180155B1 (de)	1992-12-23

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