Patents by Inventor Claude Martin

Claude Martin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190196408
    Abstract: A process for producing a metal alloy balance wheel by molding, the process including the following steps: a) making a mold in the negative shape of the balance wheel, b) getting hold of a metal alloy that has a thermal expansion coefficient of less than 25 ppm/° C. and is able to be in an at least partly amorphous state when it is heated to a temperature between its glass transition temperature and its crystallization temperature, c) putting the metal alloy into the mold, the metal alloy being heated to a temperature between its glass transition temperature and its crystallization temperature so as to be hot-molded and to form a balance wheel, d) cooling the metal alloy to obtain a balance wheel made of the metal alloy, e) releasing the balance wheel obtained in step d) from its mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Alexandre Haemmerli, Francois Gueissaz, Jean-Claude Martin, Lionel Paratte, Yves Winkler, Gianni Di Domenico, Pascal Winkler, Jean-Luc Helfer, Lionel Tombez, Baptiste Hinaux, Donald William Corson, Michel Willemin
  • Patent number: 10301027
    Abstract: Described are commercial aircraft cabin arrangement comprising a plurality of seat units (14), each seat unit including a primary seat (16) and a secondary seat (18) arranged facing one another. The primary seat (16) and the secondary seat (18) are configured to combine into a single bed position for the seat unit. The plurality of seat units (14) are arranged in two columns separated by a wide central aisle (72).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Safran Seats GB Limited
    Inventors: Alison Gill, Rachel Lisa West, Claude Martin, Paul Willis
  • Publication number: 20190133270
    Abstract: A method for assembling a stone on a setting support, the stone being cut to exhibit a table, a crown, a girdle and a pavilion. A substrate with a recess for the stone, the recess forming, between the substrate and the stone, a peripheral free space in the vicinity of the girdle and of the zones of the crown and of the pavilion contiguous to the girdle, the peripheral free space including a bottom having a conductive surface. Electroplating, in the peripheral free space, a metal layer in the vicinity of the girdle and of the zones of the crown and of the pavilion contiguous to the girdle, so as to confine the girdle in the metal layer to form, around the girdle, the setting support. The stone and its setting support are released from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Stewes BOURBAN, Pascal GROSSENBACHER, Jean-Claude MARTIN, Vladislav SPASSOV, Cecile BARRON, Lionel BLASER, Yann CALOZ, Cyrille GERNEZ, Stephane LAUPER, Ahmad ODEH, Simon SPRINGER
  • Publication number: 20190133271
    Abstract: A method for assembling a stone on to a mounting, the stone being cut to have a crown, a girdle and a pavilion, the method including providing a substrate including an adhesive layer; positioning the stone on the adhesive layer; heating the adhesive layer; exerting a pressure on the stone; positioning a setting sheet around the stone above the adhesive layer, so as to form a peripheral free space between the setting sheet and the stone, at least at the level of the girdle and of areas of the crown and the pavilion adjacent to the girdle; depositing a metallic layer in the peripheral free space from the setting sheet, at least at the level of the girdle and of the areas of the crown and the pavilion adjacent to the girdle, the metallic layer and the setting sheet forming the mounting; releasing the stone and its mounting from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Stewes Bourban, Pascal Grossenbacher, Jean-Claude Martin, Vladislav Spassov, Cecile Barron, Lionel Blaser, Yann Caloz, Cyrille Gernez, Stephane Lauper, Ahmad Odeh, Simon Springer
  • Publication number: 20190018369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety valve including: a tube intended to be fixed to a watch case, a hollow head mounted for rotation about the tube, a first element fixedly mounted with respect to the head and a second element integral with the head, wherein the first element and the second element each include one or more passages allowing gas to flow, the rotational motion of the head allowing the passages of the first element and of the second element to be placed in communication for gas to escape from the interior to the exterior of the case in case of overpressure inside the case or, conversely, allowing the passages of the first element and of the second element to be moved out of alignment to prevent gas escaping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Pierry VUILLE, Michel WILLEMIN, Jean-Claude MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20190018370
    Abstract: A safety valve for a watch including a head that is movably mounted on a tube and able to move between an open position and a closed position, the tube including in its internal volume a first spring and wherein the tube is provided on an external face with a cam surface allowing a manual movement and an automatic movement of the head into its open position, after the first spring, the tube includes a second spring having a higher stiffness than that of the first spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Pierry VUILLE, Michel WILLEMIN, Jean-Claude MARTIN
  • Patent number: 10086642
    Abstract: The method makes it possible to produce a decorated element for a timepiece or piece of jewelry. This decorated element may be, for example, a watch dial. The method includes the steps of taking a base substrate, and micromachining on said base substrate a mold or decorative partitions in a programmed pattern, and filling the mold or the decorative partitions with at least one filler material to obtain the decorated element. The filler material may be an epoxy resin and the mold or the partitions are obtained by melting and solidifying a solder paste or powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Alban Dubach, Pierry Vuille, Yves Winkler, Stewes Bourban, Jean-Claude Martin
  • Publication number: 20180273185
    Abstract: The invention relates mainly to an aircraft cabin (10) arrangement comprising: at least one cabin attendant seat, called a high-comfort seat (11), which can assume a stowed position, a sitting position and at least one rest position, and at least one furniture unit (18), characterized in that said high-comfort seat (11) is installed in a space (21) provided in the furniture unit (18), or can extend at least partially into a space (21) arranged in the furniture unit (18) when said high-comfort seat (11) is in the rest position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Zodiac Seats Framce
    Inventors: Alison Gill, Brice Lebegue, Alexandre Mrsaros, Jérôme Verbeque, Claude Martin
  • Publication number: 20180257345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a molding made from blowing agent-containing foam comprising at least one fiber (F), wherein the at least one fiber (F) is partially introduced into the blowing agent-containing foam. The two ends of the respective fiber (F) that are not surrounded by the blowing agent-containing foam thus project from one side of the corresponding molding. The present invention also provides the molding as such. The present invention further provides a panel comprising at least one such molding, produced by the process according to the invention, and at least one further layer (S1). The present invention also provides for the production of the panels of the invention and for the use thereof, for example as a rotor blade in wind turbines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Holger RUCKDÄSCHEL, Rene ARBTER, Robert STEIN, Daniela LONGO-SCHEDEL, Tim DIEHLMANN, Bangaru SAMPATH, Peter GUTMANN, Alexandre TERRENOIRE, Markus HARTENSTEIN, Andreas KIRGIS, Alessio MORINO, Gregor DAUN, Marc Claude MARTIN, Peter MERKEL, Thomas KICIAK
  • Patent number: 10031485
    Abstract: Watchmaker's portable lubrication tool including at least one lubricant reservoir, with a plurality of chambers, each only accessible to a user in a first open position of the tool, each reservoir being closable by a sealed lid which, in a second closed position, is kept sealingly pressed on the reservoir, and the tool includes a structure which carries such a lid associated with such a reservoir, and which is a component of a multi-function pocket knife of the “Swiss army knife” type, with a frame on which pivots a plurality of blades, the tool comprises at least one elastic return arranged to exert, in the second closed position, a force on at least one lid to press it sealingly on an associated reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Martin, Michel Willemin
  • Publication number: 20180189770
    Abstract: A portable object includes a near-field communication device. The communication device includes an electronic chip provided with two terminals connected to an electrical circuit including an antenna and a filter. The communication device is provided to receive and transmit at a defined frequency corresponding to the resonance frequency of the electrical circuit. The portable object includes a control element which is able to be displaced between two predefined positions, i.e. an active position in which the communication device is activated and a passive position in which the communication device is deactivated. The electrical circuit includes, furthermore, a bypass branch provided with a mechanical switch which is able to switch between an open state and a closed state in response to a displacement of the control element from one to the other of its predefined positions causing a modification in the resonance frequency of the electrical circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Pierry Vuille, Jean-Claude Martin, Michel Willemin, Thierry Scordilis
  • Publication number: 20180190455
    Abstract: A portable object including a near-field communication device. The communication device includes an antenna, the ends of which are configured to be connected electrically to an electronic chip, forming, together with the chip, an electrical circuit. In an original manner, the portable object includes a control element which is able to be displaced between two predefined positions, i.e. an active position wherein the communication device is activated and a passive position wherein the communication device is deactivated. The portable object includes, furthermore, a mechanical switch which is able to switch between an open state and a closed state in response to a displacement of the control element from one to the other of its predefined positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Pierry VUILLE, Jean-Claude Martin, Michel Willemin, Thierry Scordilis
  • Patent number: 10012955
    Abstract: A shock absorber bearing for an arbor of a timepiece wheel. The arbor includes a pivot-shank, the bearing includes a support including a housing arranged to receive a suspended pivot mechanism, and the pivot mechanism is arranged to absorb, at least in part, any shocks experienced by the timepiece wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Born, Jean-Claude Martin
  • Publication number: 20180047013
    Abstract: An assembly includes a main terminal equipped with a communication module using at least a first communications protocol capable of connecting the main terminal to a communication network, which enables the use of at least one function, the main terminal being arranged to use at least one configuration program, and the configuration program enables at least one preferred function to be selected and a code representing the selected preferred function to be generated, and a second communications protocol. The assembly additionally comprises at least one secondary terminal equipped with a passive communication module using the second communications protocol to communicate with the main terminal in order to protect the code representing the selected preferred function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: EM Microelectronic-Marin S.A.
    Inventors: Georges Nicolas HAYEK, Michel WILLEMIN, Jean-Claude MARTIN, Thomas GYGER
  • Publication number: 20180009531
    Abstract: Described are aircraft cabin arrangements (12) with at least one lavatory unit (14) with a first side wall (1402) and at least one seat unit (16) positioned adjacent the first side wall. A separate wall is not positioned between the first side wall and the at least one seat unit. The first side wall includes a recessed portion, and the at least one seat unit includes a foot support surface (1606) incorporated into the recessed portion of the first side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Zodiac Seats UK
    Inventors: Alison Gill, Sebastien Sivignon, Claude Martin, Jerome Verbeque
  • Publication number: 20170369667
    Abstract: The invention relates to a molding composed of extruded foam, wherein at least one fiber (F) is present with a fiber region (FB2) within the molding and is surrounded by the extruded foam, while a fiber region (FB1) of the fiber (F) projects from a first side of the molding and a fiber region (FB3) of the fiber (F) projects from a second side of the molding, and the extruded foam is produced by an extrusion process comprising the following steps: I) providing a polymer melt in an extruder, II) introducing at least one blowing agent into the polymer melt provided in step I) to obtain a foamable polymer melt, III) extruding the foamable polymer melt obtained in step II) from the extruder through at least one die aperture into an area at lower pressure, with expansion of the foamable polymer melt to obtain an expanded foam, and IV) calibrating the expanded foam from step III) by conducting the expanded foam through a shaping tool to obtain the extruded foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Holger RUCKDÄSCHEL, Rene ARBTER, Robert STEIN, Daniela LONGO-SCHEDEL, Tim DIEHLMANN, Bangaru SAMPATH, Peter GUTMANN, Alexandre TERRENOIRE, Markus HARTENSTEIN, Andreas KIRGIS, Gregor DAUN, Marc Claude MARTIN, Peter MERKEL, Thomas KICIAK, Alessio MORINO
  • Publication number: 20170361545
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a molding made from foam, wherein at least one fiber (F) is partly within the molding, i.e. is surrounded by the foam. The two ends of the respective fibers (F) that are not surrounded by the foam thus each project from one side of the corresponding molding. The foam comprises at least two mutually bonded foam segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Holger RUCKDÄSCHEL, Rene ARBTER, Robert STEIN, Daniela LONGO-SCHEDEL, Tim DIEHLAMAN, Bangaru SAMPATH, Peter GUTMANN, Alexandre TERRENOIRE, Markus HARTENSTEIN, Andreas KIRGIS, Alessio MORINO, Gregor DAUN, Marc Claude MARTIN
  • Patent number: 9843065
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a battery including an anode case, an anode situated inside the anode case, a cathode case fixed to the anode case, a seal sealing the cathode case to the anode case, a cathode situated inside the cathode case between the anode and the cathode case, and a membrane between the anode and the cathode, said battery being characterized in that one outer surface of said accumulator includes at least one marking created by local heating of material, said marking being electrically conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Yves Burri, Michael Stalder, Jean-Claude Martin
  • Publication number: 20170325554
    Abstract: An attachment link for a watch band arranged to attach the band to a watch case between the horns, wherein a first end of the attachment link is fixed to a watch band strand and the second end of the attachment link is fixed to the case with a bar, wherein the link is between the horns and against the case. The attachment link includes a device for blocking pivoting in order to firmly hold the attachment link between the horns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Pierry VUILLE, Jean-Claude Martin
  • Patent number: 9798291
    Abstract: Wristwatch comprising a mechanical device for executing a first mechanical function arranged to produce a first acoustic alarm signal, and an electronic device housed in a bracelet and arranged to produce a second acoustic alarm signal and/or a mechanical vibration, wherein the electronic device is arranged to produce the second acoustic alarm signal at the moment when the mechanical device for executing the first mechanical function produces the first acoustic alarm signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Martin, Jean-Jacques Born, Thierry Conus, Jean-Claude Eggen, Emmanuel Fleury, Michel Willemin