Patents by Inventor Pascal Lagorgette
Pascal Lagorgette 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).
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Publication number: 20200125033Abstract: A timepiece including a timepiece movement and sunrise and sunset indicating device that take account of the date and geolocation of the user, the device including a first device for receiving the current date, a second device for receiving a geolocation signal, and a disc bearing a representation of the sun, arranged to be capable of pivoting about an axis passing through the centre of the disc. The sunrise and sunset indicating device include a movable horizon arranged to move above the disc and to indicate the position of the sun with respect to the horizon.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Pascal Lagorgette, Raphael Balmer
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Publication number: 20200033810Abstract: A motor group including motor modules, each including a motor device driving a display wheel set, with a center pipe fixed on a plate, including a device for rotational guiding, about a main axis, of a display wheel set internal or external to the center pipe, this module includes an axial stop arranged to limit to a predetermined value the axial play in the direction of the main axis between the center pipe and the display wheel set, wherein a protruding surface of the center pipe or of the display wheel set, or an added axial stop, captively mounted between the center pipe and the display wheel set, or fixed to the display wheel set.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Raphael BALMER, Pascal LAGORGETTE
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Patent number: 10545460Abstract: A motor group including motor modules, each including a motor device driving a display wheel set, with a centre pipe fixed on a plate, including a device for rotational guiding, about a main axis, of a display wheel set internal or external to the centre pipe, this module includes an axial stop arranged to limit to a predetermined value the axial play in the direction of the main axis between the centre pipe and the display wheel set, wherein a protruding surface of the centre pipe or of the display wheel set, or an added axial stop, captively mounted between the centre pipe and the display wheel set, or fixed to the display wheel set.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Raphael Balmer, Pascal Lagorgette
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Patent number: 10534320Abstract: A method of detecting a movement of a timepiece setting stem arranged to be moved axially along and/or rotated about its longitudinal axis. The method includes a light source illuminating a portion of the setting stem; a light detector receiving a reflected or diffracted light pattern from the setting stem; a processor forming a first pixel pattern representative of the reflected light pattern at a first time instant; the processor forming a second pixel pattern representative of the reflected light pattern at a second, later time instant; and determining that the setting stem has been moved, if the second pixel pattern is different or shifted with respect to the first pixel pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Yvan Ferri, Raphael Balmer, Damien Schmutz, Pascal Lagorgette
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Patent number: 10499714Abstract: The invention relates to a portable electronic device including a case and a watchband link attached to said case, the case comprising a pair of horns, between which is disposed a female electrical connector, the link comprising a male electrical connector disposed at the end of the link and adapted to make an electrical connection with the female electrical connector when the link is mounted on the case. According to the invention, each horn comprises a bar intended to come to be housed in an opposite housing of the watchband, the bars engaging successively in a guide groove and then in a locking groove formed in the link, the device comprising a manual actuation member for moving the bars into a retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Laurent Mouche, Pascal Lagorgette, Raphael Balmer
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Publication number: 20190280625Abstract: A rotating piezoelectric motor including a piezoelectric actuator including a resonator having a pair of arms connected at one of their ends in a connection area, the other two ends being referred to as ‘free’, a passive element including a cylindrical part extending orthogonally to the resonator, the cylindrical part being able to be rotated by the friction of the free ends of the arms on the cylindrical part, each free end including a protuberance such that the protuberances extend towards one another and together form a housing for a portion of the cylindrical part, the motor including a device for holding the portion of the cylindrical part inside the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Pascal LAGORGETTE, Pascal MEYER
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Publication number: 20190277376Abstract: A device for rotating a toothed wheel, including a linear piezoelectric motor including: a passive element having an elongated shape, a piezoelectric actuator capable of axially moving the passive element in a bidirectional manner, a transmission member fastened to the passive element, meshing with a toothing of the wheel in such a way as to rotate the wheel by one tooth in a first direction of rotation when the passive element is moved axially in a first direction of movement, a jumper mobile between two end positions, including a lowered position in which it blocks a rotation of the wheel in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Pascal Lagorgette, Pascal Meyer
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Publication number: 20190280624Abstract: A rotating piezoelectric motor including a piezoelectric actuator including a resonator having a pair of arms connected at one of their ends in a connection area, the other two ends being referred to as ‘free’, a passive element able to be driven in rotation by the friction of the free ends on the passive element, the passive element including a disc and a rim extending from the periphery of the disc, the rim passing between the free ends of the arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Pascal LAGORGETTE, Pascal MEYER
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Publication number: 20190280623Abstract: A rotating piezoelectric motor including a piezoelectric actuator including a resonator having a pair of arms connected at one of their ends in a connection area, the other two ends being free, a passive element including a cylindrical part extending substantially orthogonally to the resonator and passing between the free ends of the arms, the cylindrical part being rotatable by friction of the free ends, the passive element including: a lower and upper truncated cones, the small bases of the cones being arranged facing each other and on either side of the resonator, the cylindrical part of the passive element at least partly axially traversing the cones, the upper truncated cone being movable along the cylindrical part, and at least one of the cones being integral in rotation with the cylindrical part, a device for holding the lateral surfaces of the cones in contact with each of the free ends of the arms of the resonator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Pascal LAGORGETTE, Pascal MEYER
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Patent number: 10324421Abstract: A timepiece includes a case in which an electronic module supplying at least one item of information is arranged. The at least one item of information is displayed on a dial by a display. The electronic module also includes a communication unit having an optical receiving device. The optical receiving device includes at least one photoelectric receiver arranged to face a first aperture formed on the dial so that an optical signal can be received by the optical receiver.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventor: Pascal Lagorgette
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Publication number: 20190179267Abstract: A timepiece including a case middle closed by a glass and the following elements positioned in the case middle: a dial, a rigid mounting plate extending under the dial, a module including an electric motor, referred to as the motor module, a printed circuit board, of which at least a first portion is interposed between the mounting plate and the motor module, means for the assembly of the motor module on the mounting plate through the first portion of the printed circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Raphael BALMER, Pascal LAGORGETTE
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Publication number: 20190171166Abstract: A portable object including a control stem, actuation of which in rotation can control at least one electronic or mechanical function of the portable object, a magnetized ring driven in rotation by the control stem, rotation of the magnetized ring and position of the magnetized ring being detected by two inductive sensors configured to be sensitive to a variation in magnetic induction in only two directions in space that are parallel to each other or that converge on a same point, with exception of a case in which these two directions are perpendicular to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Vittorio ZANESCO, Pascal LAGORGETTE, Pascal MEYER, Damien SCHMUTZ, Raphael BALMER
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Patent number: 10310452Abstract: A timepiece includes a timepiece movement provided with an analog display and at least one wheel rotating integrally with a rotary indicator of the analog display. The wheel includes an electrically conductive plate pierced with at least one aperture. The timepiece also includes a device for detection of a reference angular position of the aperture. The detection device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a common electrode which are planar and arranged in a plane parallel to the wheel. The common electrode is arranged along portions of the first electrode and of the second electrode. The aperture is at least partially above or below: the first electrode in a first position of disequilibrium; the first electrode and the second electrode in a position of equilibrium; and the second electrode in a second position of disequilibrium.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Pascal Lagorgette, Matthieu Tardivon, Rene Rufener
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Publication number: 20190146413Abstract: A device for selecting a combination of patterns for a timepiece, including an inner disc including N angular sectors of the same size, each bearing a symbol on its periphery, with N being a whole number greater than 1; an outer disc coaxial to the inner disc and with a larger diameter, the outer disc bearing M symbols distributed over M*N angular sectors of the same size, with M being a whole number greater than 1, each of the M symbols of the outer disc being repeated on N consecutive sectors of the outer disc; a dial extending opposite the inner disc, the dial including an aperture allowing a pattern of the inner disc to be matched with a pattern of the outer disc; an activation device allowing the inner disc to rotate and a meshing device coupling the two discs according to a speed reducing ratio M.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventor: Pascal LAGORGETTE
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Publication number: 20190146412Abstract: A device for selection of a combination of motifs for a timepiece, including an inner disc, and a coaxial outer disc, the inner disc having a smaller diameter than the outer disc, the discs including angular sectors of the same size, at least two angular sectors of each disc bearing a motif on their periphery; a device for actuation permitting rotation of the inner disc, and a gear device for coupling the two discs according to a reduction ratio; a dial extending opposite the inner disc, the dial including an aperture to put a motif of the inner disc and a motif of the outer disc into correspondence, such that a complete rotation of the inner disc gives rise to a rotation of the outer disc by one angular sector, the size of the aperture being sufficiently large for each motif of the outer disc to be in correspondence successively with all the motifs of the inner disc, when the inner disc is rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventor: Pascal LAGORGETTE
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Publication number: 20190146422Abstract: A watch case including a thumbwheel for controlling a watch function, configured to be manipulated by a user, movable inside a housing and configured to allow a limited translational motion of one portion of the thumbwheel in a radial direction of the case, against an elastic return configured to move the portion away from an interior of the case. The housing includes a control detector detecting presence of the portion close to the center of the case when pressure is applied by a user, and configured to activate or deactivate a sensor included in the case in proximity to the housing, configured, when a rotational movement is imparted to the thumbwheel by the user, to detect passage of a transmitter included in the thumbwheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Vincent MEYER, Raphael BALMER, Pascal LAGORGETTE
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Patent number: 10281880Abstract: The present invention concerns an electronic timepiece with two analog type hands. The timepiece includes an hour hand and a minute hand, the hour hand and the minute hand being arranged to operate independently of each other. The hour hand and the minute hand are arranged to operate in a first operating mode and in a second operating mode, which is arranged to be actuated by the timepiece detecting an event. In the second operating mode, the hour hand and the minute hand are arranged to operate in a different manner from their mode of operation in the first operating mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventors: Vittorio Zanesco, Pascal Lagorgette
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Patent number: 10261476Abstract: Portable object comprising a frame arranged to serve as a cradle for a control stem, the actuation in rotation of which makes it possible to control at least one electronic or mechanical function of the portable object, a magnetized ring being driven in rotation by the control stem, the rotation of the magnetized ring being detected by at least one inductive sensor disposed inside a housing of the frame inside which the inductive sensor is held by elastic means.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Vittorio Zanesco, Pascal Lagorgette, Pascal Meyer, Damien Schmutz, Raphael Balmer
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Patent number: 10228657Abstract: A device for setting watches arranged to be pressed onto a crystal of a watch and including plural display mechanisms. The device is arranged to enable the user to see the display mechanisms of the watch as they are set.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventors: Pascal Lagorgette, Raphael Balmer
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Patent number: 10228658Abstract: A motorization group including power and control devices, and a motor module for watches, with a motor with a coil driving an output wheel set on an output arbor, this motor module includes main mechanical and electrical connectors to a structure or another motor module, and flat links cooperating with another motor module, each coil being electrically connected to two main connectors or to two flat links, more particularly, the flat links of the motor modules are arranged for an electrical connection, a main motor module carrying a main arbor parallel to each output arbor, electrically connected by main connectors or flat links, either to the structure, or to another motor module.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventors: Pascal Lagorgette, Raphael Balmer