Patents Assigned to A.A.SA
  • Publication number: 20240176305
    Abstract: A device (100) for testing a timepiece, including a case (1) receiving calottes (200) or watch heads (300), each calotte (200) enclosing a movement (400) and its projecting control member. The case (1) includes, removable and stackable on top of one another, a back, a frame (90) including at least one measuring support (500) forming a lower support for a calotte (200) or watch head (300), and an upper portion including a cover (10) with a locking element (16) for compressing an upper resilient element (80, 83) and holding each calotte (200) and/or each watch head (300). Each measuring support (500) is supported by a sole made of a resilient material (921) and carries an internal running sensor (510). Each movement (400) of the case (1) is phonically isolated from the other movements (400) by other resilient elements in the case (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventor: José LEHMANN
  • Publication number: 20240176301
    Abstract: A horological movement including a setting stem, a movement winding mechanism, a date display mechanism, a time display mechanism, and a first lever carrying a drive wheel capable of being kinematically connected to the setting stem, and carrying at least one hand-setting wheel to cooperate with the time display mechanism and capable of being kinematically connected to the drive wheel, and a second lever carrying a date correction mechanism capable of being kinematically connected to the drive wheel as well as to the date display mechanism, the second lever being pivotably mounted on the first lever and arranged to move between a meshed position in which the date correction mechanism cooperates with the date display mechanism and a retracted position in which the date correction mechanism is disconnected from the date display mechanism, and the setting stem and the first lever and second lever are arranged to occupy three positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Stéphane BACHMANN, David PHILIPPON
  • Publication number: 20240176303
    Abstract: A horological calotte (200) forming a casing for a horological movement (400) according to a calibre model in a predetermined family. The movement includes a projecting control member (410) whose distal part (411) is distant from a movement axis (DM) by a radial value (VR) specific to the model. The calotte includes a ring (220) specific to the model, which is fitted in a single angular position with a bottom (210) and a cover (230) to enclose the movement (400). Its outer shape is identical for each calibre, with reference shoulders (240) defining a calotte axis (DC). The ring offsets the movement axis relative to the calotte axis in the radial direction (DR) of the control member (410), by a value such that the distal part (411) is distant from the calotte axis by a predefined value (VP) identical for all calibres of the family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: OMEGA SA
    Inventors: José LEHMANN, Thomas STOECKLI
  • Publication number: 20240175903
    Abstract: Fluxgate current transducer including a control circuit and a fluxgate measuring device comprising a fluxgate magnetic field detector, the fluxgate magnetic field detector comprising a saturable soft magnetic core surrounded by an excitation coil, the control circuit comprising an excitation coil drive circuit connected to the excitation coil and a controller connected to the excitation coil drive circuit configured to generate an alternating excitation current Ifx to alternatingly saturate the soft magnetic core. The controller is in the form of a FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) comprising at least one input comprising a 1 bit sigma delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC) connected to the excitation coil to receive a measurement signal output by the excitation coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: LEM International SA
    Inventors: Fabien Millet, Stéphan Trombert
  • Publication number: 20240178869
    Abstract: A reception element receives an analog signal. The received analog signal is converted by a reception chain into a digital signal. Based on the digital signal and a first filtering operation, a correction chain generates a correction digital signal reconstituting dynamic nonlinearities generated by the reception chain. A corrected signal from which the reconstituted dynamic nonlinearities have been removed is then generated by subtracting the correction digital signal from the digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics SA, STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Universite Du Mans
    Inventors: Clement BONNAFOUX, Paul SVENSSON, Pascal URARD, Kosai RAOOF, Youssef SERRESTOU
  • Publication number: 20240176295
    Abstract: The transmission mechanism (110) for an automatic winding chain for a timepiece (400) includes a series assembly of a first freewheel (40) functioning by wedging, a reverser (50) including at least one unidirectional coupling functioning by obstacle or at least one second freewheel (51a, 51b) functioning by obstacle, and a winding mobile mass (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventor: Pierre Villaret
  • Publication number: 20240178769
    Abstract: The method for controlling a maneuvering device (2) to maneuver a screen (3) of an occulting home-automation system (1) between at least a first position and a second position comprises: a first actuator (5) equipped with a first electric motor (9), a torque detection device (19) and a position management module (27), a second actuator (6) equipped with a second electric motor (12), a torque detection device (26) and a position management module (28), and a winding shaft (7). The actuator and the second actuator are configured to drive the winding shaft. The method includes designating the first actuator as master actuator and of the second actuator as slave actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: SOMFY ACTIVITES SA
    Inventor: Serge Bruno
  • Publication number: 20240176296
    Abstract: The coupling device for a timepiece (400) includes a first part (41;41?;41?), a second part (42;42?;42?) mobile relative to the first part about a first axis (A1;A1?;A1?), at least one blocking element (43;43?;43?), and a control element (45;45?;45?) movably mounted on one of the parts to move between a deactivation first configuration (C1) and an activation second configuration (C2), the device being unidirectional or a freewheel in its activation second configuration (C2), the at least one blocking element (43;43?;43?), the first part (41;41?;41?), and the second part (42;42?;42?) being configured and/or adapted so as to connect the first and second parts by obstacle or by wedging, the at least one blocking element (43;43?;43?) being adapted and/or configured so that, in the first configuration (C1) it enables free relative movement of the first and second parts during rotation in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction, and in the second configuration (C2) it enables coupli
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Pierre-Alain Graemiger, Olivier Karlen
  • Patent number: 11992671
    Abstract: The present disclosure is in the field of sleep and respiratory care. In particular, the present disclosure provides means and methods for decreasing the respiratory effort of a sleeping subject. The present disclosure also provides means and methods for treating the snoring of a sleeping subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Sunrise SA
    Inventor: Pierre Martinot
  • Patent number: 11992651
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a new and innovative method and system for flow rate compensation in devices, such as infusion pumps. In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes determining a location of a plurality of infusion pumps in a pump stack including the plurality of infusion pumps and a fluid supply connected to each of the plurality of infusion pumps. The computer-implemented method also includes determining a reference infusion pump, in the plurality of infusion pumps, and adjusting the flow rate for each infusion pump in the plurality of infusion pumps based on the distance between the infusion pump and the reference infusion pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Jiri Slaby, Peter Bojan, Slawomir Edward Wojtysiak
  • Patent number: 11994829
    Abstract: A roller jumping timepiece display mechanism, each display of which includes a roller and/or a combined roller including two rollers internal to each other, held in the rest position by first elastic return means, at least one display is movable in rotation controlled by the movement of at least one lever whose fall is controlled or prohibited by at least one cam driven by a movement, and at least one trigger or correction lever is arranged to bearingly cooperate simultaneously with two cams towards which it is returned by second elastic return means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventors: Adrien Farron, Marc-Olivier Pages, Guillaume Gaugey
  • Patent number: 11993046
    Abstract: A method for the cold retreading of a tire comprising the following steps: a removal step, during which the tread is removed from the tire in order to expose an equatorial surface of a casing of the tire; a deposition step, during which a cushion and a pre-cured tread strip provided with a tread pattern are deposited around the equatorial surface of the casing; and a curing step, wherein the cushion arranged between the casing and the pre-cured tread strip is cured. The cushion is manufactured with a compound comprising 1 to 30 phr of at least one conductive material having a specific surface area which is greater than or equal to 300 m2/g and is chosen among graphite and graphene. The curing step comprises a connection step, wherein said cushion is connected to a heat/power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
    Inventors: Luca Lelio, Jeroen Lust, Bram Vincent
  • Patent number: 11994830
    Abstract: A watch whose watch case includes a case middle and a rotating bezel provided with a bezel locking system. The system includes a rotating crown secured to an arbor, the arbor being arranged inside a radial hole in the case middle. By rotating the crown, the user can screw or unscrew the arbor with respect to the hole. The arbor includes a frustoconical section which interacts with a pin mounted perpendicularly to the arbor and returned towards the arbor by a spring. Screwing the arbor into the hole will cause the frustoconical section to push the pin into a receiving space provided on the lower surface of the bezel, which locks the bezel. Unscrewing the arbor automatically releases the pin from the receiving space by the return force exerted by the spring. The crown can include a helium valve mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TISSOT SA
    Inventors: Nicolas Ehrsam, Laurie Saunders
  • Patent number: 11993513
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution comprising the following steps: —hydrogenating a working solution which comprises an alkylanthraquinone and/or tetrahydroalkylanthraquinone and a mixture of a non-polar organic solvent and a polar organic solvent wherein the concentration of non-polar organic solvent in said mixture is equal to or higher than 30 wt %; —oxidizing the hydrogenated working solution to produce hydrogen peroxide; and—isolating the hydrogen peroxide, wherein the polar organic solvent is a substituted cyclohexane carbonitrile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Solvay SA
    Inventors: Juan-Teva Carlier, Pierre Dournel, Karol Lorent
  • Patent number: 11994538
    Abstract: An open loop electrical current transducer including a primary conductor bar, for carrying a current to be measured, a magnetic core having a U shape formed by an end branch and lateral branches upstanding therefrom to free ends, a magnetic circuit gap formed between inner surfaces of the lateral branches at the free ends of the lateral branches, a magnetic field detector positioned in the magnetic circuit gap, and a housing surrounding the magnetic core and a section of the primary conductor bar extending through the magnetic core and beyond the magnetic core either side thereof. The primary conductor bar includes a central portion having a width (Wc) equal to the width of a magnetic field gap (Wg) such that the central portion is clamped between said lateral branches in an interference force fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LEM INTERNATIONAL SA
    Inventors: Arnaud Labbe, Gérard Lepine
  • Patent number: 11995605
    Abstract: A system for routing objects includes: packages integrating first wireless communication means; and a computing platform including at least one database. The computing platform is parameterized to digitally track the time-stamped geolocation of each package from a start-of-routing cycle instruction. Each package carries an electronic actuator coupled to the first wireless communication means in order to emit a first signal to the computing platform, the first signal being interpreted by the computing platform as a start-of-routing cycle instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: PA.COTTE SA
    Inventors: Pierre-Alain Cotte, Thomas Nansot
  • Patent number: 11996465
    Abstract: A bipolar transistor includes a collector. The collector is produced by a process wherein a first substantially homogeneously doped layer is formed at the bottom of a cavity. A second gradually doped layer is then formed by diffusion of dopants of the first substantially homogeneously doped layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Alexis Gauthier, Pascal Chevalier
  • Patent number: 11997832
    Abstract: A cooling system, for cooling a plurality of server boards, includes at least one main two-phase fluid circuit, with a descending pipe, an ascending pipe, a loop bottom connector and an upper portion thermally coupled with at least one heat rendering exchanger. The cooling system also includes at least one evaporator coupled to a hot source to be cooled down in the server boards, a plurality of local circuits respectively serving one of the server boards and operating in bypass with respect to the main circuit. Each local circuit includes, on the one hand, a first branch, forming a feed-in on the descending pipe and, on the other hand, a second branch forming a fluid return in the ascending pipe of the main circuit, as well as an auxiliary circuit internal to the server board connected to one or several evaporator(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: CALYOS SA
    Inventor: Vincent Dupont
  • Patent number: D1028778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: PATEK PHILIPPE SA GENEVE
    Inventor: Thierry Stern
  • Patent number: D1028781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Harry Winston SA
    Inventor: Rie Yatsugi-Kang