Patents Assigned to Meco SA
  • Publication number: 20210109481
    Abstract: A watch case, including an orientable screwed crown including axially movable, a subassembly including a setting body including a pattern, a tube suitable for being axially inserted into a hole of the case and including an axial indexing profile engaging complementarily with a complementary axial indexing profile of the hole, and the indexing profile is a cone of apex angle less than 15°, arranged to engage by friction with the complementary indexing profile of the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: MECO SA
    Inventor: Philipp TSCHUMI
  • Publication number: 20210109482
    Abstract: A screw-down orientable crown (200) for watch case (100), including a tube (11) that can be axially inserted into a case housing (90), and a handling body (1) including a pattern (19) and a relief (15) extending axially and, in the coupled position, cooperating for indexing the pattern (19) relative to the case (100) with a complementary relief (55) that a fixed pipe (5) includes which is pushed back from the body (1) by a spring (12) trapped therebetween, and, in the disconnected position by compression of the spring (12) remaining axially distant from the complementary relief (55) and without cooperation therewith, and including an axial stop means (3) fixed to the body (1) to axially trap the fixed pipe (5) with a stroke corresponding to the deformation of the spring (12) to enable the disconnection, by a compression of the body (1), between the relief (15) and the complementary relief (55), which relief (15) is carried by a trunnion (4) integral with the body (1) and which is inside the fixed pipe (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: MECO SA
    Inventors: Rémy THIRY, Ricardo MARCOS
  • Patent number: 10871748
    Abstract: A crown head for a timepiece includes a cap, a tube secured in a timepiece case, a central pipe engaged with the tube, and a safety valve with a discharge channel in fluid communication with the inside of the case when the valve is in an open configuration, to discharge excess fluid. The safety valve also includes a piston fitted inside the central pipe and an elastic member to cooperate with the piston, which can be displaced axially according to the pressure variations inside the case. The crown head also includes a blockage which prevents separation of the cap and the tube. The blockage includes a shoulder arranged on the inner wall of the tube, and includes a support surface against which part of the piston can abut, and a rim provided at the base of the central pipe to abut against a shoulder on the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Meco SA
    Inventors: Jean Baebler, Christian Olvaszto, Pierre Podvin
  • Patent number: 10871747
    Abstract: An automatic safety valve for a timepiece, especially for a diving watch. The valve includes a valve head, a tube designed to be secured in a case of the timepiece, and an evacuation channel arranged so as to be in fluidic communication with the inside of the case when the safety valve is in an open configuration so as to evacuate an excess of fluid. The safety valve further includes a pressure regulator arranged inside the evacuation channel to maintain the outlet speed of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Meco SA
    Inventors: Jean Baebler, Christian Olvaszto
  • Publication number: 20200371479
    Abstract: A push button system for activating an actuation member, the system including a button head, a pusher actuator integral with the button head, a first hollow guide member, the pusher actuator being mounted to slide inside the first hollow guide member, the first hollow guide member being intended to be secured to a fixed element relative to the button head and to the pusher actuator, a second hollow guide member arranged in the button head, and a pin mounted to slide inside the second hollow member, and intended to be secured to the fixed element. The pusher actuator has an upper portion provided on the periphery thereof with a collar intended to cooperate with an internal face of the first hollow guide member to guide the pusher inside the member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Meco SA
    Inventors: Herve AVRIL, Samuel GEISER
  • Publication number: 20200199761
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a decorative article (2) including the following steps of: making a blank by injection moulding a material comprising a metallic material, machining and/or polishing the blank to form a product, and forming the product to print a raised or recessed relief pattern (3) on part of the surface of the product, the product with the pattern (3) forming the decorative article. Also, a decorative article, notably an external timepiece part made of a sintered material having on part of its surface a raised or recessed relief pattern (3) made by a forming process. Preferably, the sintered material is a grade 5 titanium alloy (Ti6V4Al) or a stainless steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: MECO SA
    Inventor: Hervé AVRIL
  • Publication number: 20190025764
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crown head for a timepiece, comprising a cap, a tube which is designed to be secured in a case of the timepiece, and a central pipe which is designed to be engaged with the tube, the central pipe and the cap forming an assembly which can be placed in different axial positions relative to the tube, the crown head also comprising a safety valve comprising a discharge channel which is designed to be able to be in fluid communication with the inside of the case when the valve is in an open configuration, in order to discharge excess fluid, the said safety valve also comprising a piston fitted inside the central pipe and an elastic member designed to cooperate with the piston, which is configured to be displaced axially according to the pressure variations inside the case, the crown head also comprising blocking means which prevent separation of the cap and the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Meco SA
    Inventors: Jean BAEBLER, Christian OLVASZTO, Pierre PODVIN
  • Publication number: 20190025763
    Abstract: An automatic safety valve for a timepiece, especially for a diving watch. The valve includes a valve head, a tube designed to be secured in a case of the timepiece, and an evacuation channel arranged so as to be in fluidic communication with the inside of the case when the safety valve is in an open configuration so as to evacuate an excess of fluid. The safety valve further includes a pressure regulator arranged inside the evacuation channel to maintain the outlet speed of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Meco SA
    Inventors: Jean BAEBLER, Christian OLVASZTO
  • Patent number: 9229431
    Abstract: Crown including a cap formed of a cover integral with a lateral skirt, wherein the crown includes a removable deck ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Meco SA
    Inventors: Sebastien Briswalter, Manuela Zingg
  • Patent number: 7384190
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a crown for a timepiece comprising a disconnecting gear device for preventing damage to the components of the movement of the timepiece in which it is implemented. For this purpose, the crown is provided with a housing which houses a pipe, to which one end of a winding stem is connected, carrying at least one spring and a rigid ring secured to the crown and comprising notches adapted to cooperate with the spring. In common use, a rotation of the crown causes a rotation of the pipe and thus of the winding stem, via the rigid ring and the spring. Owing to the device according to the present invention, when the mechanical resistance to the rotation opposed by the winding stem, via the pipe, exceeds a predefined threshold, the spring is deformed and is no longer driven in rotation by the rigid ring. Consequently, the winding stem is no longer driven in rotation in such conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Meco SA
    Inventor: Georges Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20080008053
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a crown for a timepiece comprising a disconnecting gear device for preventing damage to the components of the movement of the timepiece in which it is implemented. For this purpose, the crown is provided with a housing which houses a pipe, to which one end of a winding stem is connected, carrying at least one spring and a rigid ring secured to the crown and comprising notches adapted to cooperate with the spring. In common use, a rotation of the crown causes a rotation of the pipe and thus of the winding stem, via the rigid ring and the spring. Owing to the device according to the present invention, when the mechanical resistance to the rotation opposed by the winding stem, via the pipe, exceeds a predefined threshold, the spring is deformed and is no longer driven in rotation by the rigid ring. Consequently, the winding stem is no longer driven in rotation in such conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: MECO SA
    Inventor: Georges Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 6200020
    Abstract: An operating means such as for example a crown, with an element rigid with the housing and with an operable element which is movable with respect to this. Between these two elements there is arranged a lip seal with an elastic lip, which bears on the element rigid with the housing and delimits the timepiece inner space to the surroundings. By way of the fact that the lip is led in the direction of the surroundings conically onto the element rigid with the housing and lies on this element with pretensioning, on the one hand with an inner space excess pressure it may release itself from the element rigid with the housing for the purpose of pressure compensation between the inner space and the surroundings and on the other hand with a surrounding excess pressure it is more strongly pressed on the element rigid with the housing for the purpose of sealing the inner space with respect to the surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Meco SA Grenchen
    Inventor: Hans Rieben
  • Patent number: 6137750
    Abstract: A safety valve with an element rigid with the housing and with an operable element which is movable with respect to this. Between these two elements there is arranged a lip seal with an elastic lip, which bears on the element rigid with the housing and delimits the timepiece inner space from the surroundings. By way of the fact that the lip is led in the direction of the surroundings conically onto the element rigid with the housing and lies on this element with pretensioning, on the one hand with an inner space excess pressure it may release itself from the element rigid with the housing for the purpose of pressure compensation between the inner space and the surroundings and on the other hand with a surrounding excess pressure it is more strongly pressed on the element rigid with the housing for the purpose of sealing the inner space with respect to the surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Meco SA Grenchen
    Inventor: Hans Rieben