Patents by Inventor Roger Marquis

Roger Marquis 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).

  • Patent number: 6809993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic timepiece allowing the display of at least one first time related data item (H1) conventionally based on the Hour-Minute-Second system, and at least one second time related data item (H2) based on a decimal system in which the time is divided at least into thousandths of a day. For this purpose the timepiece according to the present invention includes generating means (14) which, from auxiliary control pulses (IL) originating from the time base (2), allow second control pulses (I2) to be supplied allowing said second time related data item (H2) to be formed and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Swatch AG
    Inventors: Jacques Müller, Pascal Derivaz, Roger Marquis
  • Patent number: 6614725
    Abstract: There is disclosed a timepiece (1) powered by an electric power source formed by a battery (P) including a case (2, 21, 22), a battery compartment (7) formed by a housing (6) arranged inside said case to accommodate the battery, and means for closing the housing including a removable cover (8) able to be mechanically locked onto the case. The timepiece further includes connecting means (10, 11), arranged partly in said housing, for allowing electric access to electric or electronic components of the timepiece housed within the case. These connecting means include a plurality of connection terminals (10) arranged in the housing at the periphery of the battery, this housing being arranged so that the connection terminals are accessible from outside the case after the removal of the removable cover, without requiring the battery to be removed from its housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Eta SA Fabriques d'Ebauches
    Inventors: Roger Marquis, Baptist Wyssbrod, Stéphane Claude
  • Publication number: 20020064098
    Abstract: There is disclosed a timepiece (1) powered by an electric power source formed by a battery (P) including a case (2, 21, 22), a battery compartment (7) formed by a housing (6) arranged inside said case to accommodate the battery, and means for closing the housing including a removable cover (8) able to be mechanically locked onto the case. The timepiece further includes connecting means (10, 11), arranged partly in said housing, for allowing electric access to electric or electronic components of the timepiece housed within the case. These connecting means include a plurality of connection terminals (10) arranged in the housing at the periphery of the battery, this housing being arranged so that the connection terminals are accessible from outside the case after the removal of the removable cover, without requiring the battery to be removed from its housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Roger Marquis, Baptist Wyssbrod, Stephane Claude
  • Publication number: 20020064099
    Abstract: There is disclosed an electronic chronograph watch (1) with an analogue display wherein the measured times are displayed on small dials (5, 6, 7) located on the periphery of the main dial (2). The measured times are displayed by small hands (8, 9, 10) each driven by a motor. The watch (1) includes a stem-crown (11) used to adjust the position of the hands (3, 4) indicating the current time via conventional mechanical means. The watch further includes at least two push-buttons (12, 13) which, when manipulated, allow access to all the functions of the chronograph part, including the function of adjusting the rest position of the chronograph hands (8, 9, 10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: ETA SA FABRIQUES D'EBAUCHES
    Inventors: Baptist Wyssbrod, Roger Marquis, Stephane Claude