Patents Assigned to The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
  • Piece of jewellery made of natural elastomer material
    Patent number: 11672313
    Abstract: A piece of jewellery made of a natural elastomer composite material, wherein the natural elastomer composite material includes a natural elastomer matrix wherein between 0% and 6% cellulose fibres, between 0 and 5% anti-odour agents, and between 0 and 30% silica are dispersed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Nicolas Francois, Julien Dahan, Gregory Kissling
  • DEVICE FOR FASTENING A BACK ON A MIDDLE FOR A TIMEPIECE
    Publication number: 20230176525
    Abstract: A device for fastening a back on a middle of a watch, the back having a shoulder forming a cover arranged to cover totally or partially with the middle and a body arranged to rest in the middle, the device including at least one pin integral with the middle and a gasket mounted between the back and the middle. The back includes, close to its periphery, at least one recess, the pin being arranged to slide in the recess between a first position, referred to as insertion position wherein the back is free, and a second position referred to as locking position wherein the back is locked and angularly positioned in relation to the middle. The recess includes at least one bump to form a hard spot and increase the torque during the passage of the pin at the bump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Joël ALLIMANN, Benjamin CHARTREL
  • DEVICE FOR FASTENING AND ORIENTING A BACK ON A MIDDLE FOR A TIMEPIECE
    Publication number: 20230176526
    Abstract: Provided is a device for fastening a back on a middle portion of a watch. The back includes a cover arranged to form a bearing surface with the middle portion and a body arranged to rest in the middle portion. The device includes an indexing ring disposed between the back and the middle portion, and the ring includes at least one lower catch arranged to cooperate with the back and ensure the indexing with the back and an upper catch are arranged to cooperate with the middle portion and ensure the indexing of the back and ring assembly in relation to the middle portion, and the upper catch has a height greater than that of the lower catch, or vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Joël ALLIMANN, Simon GARCIN
  • MICROMECHANICAL FUNCTIONAL ASSEMBLY WITH A TRIBOLOGICAL COATING
    Publication number: 20230173788
    Abstract: A micromechanical functional assembly including at least one first part with a first functional surface intended to enter into frictional contact with a second functional surface, the second functional surface belonging either to the first part or to at least one second part constituting with the first part the functional assembly, wherein the functional assembly includes the first functional surface and the second functional surface are formed by a first layer including ultrananocrystalline, nanocrystalline or microcrystalline diamond, the first layer being topped by a second layer including S and F atoms. It also relates to the method for functionalising diamond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Cédric FAURE, Christian MANASTERSKI
  • SHOCK PROTECTION OF A RESONATOR MECHANISM WITH ROTARY FLEXURE BEARING
    Publication number: 20230176522
    Abstract: A horological resonator mechanism, including a structure carrying, via a flexible suspension, an anchor unit from which is suspended an inertial element oscillating about a pivot axis extending in a first direction Z, in a first degree of rotational freedom RZ, under the effect of the return forces of a flexure pivot including longitudinal elastic strips, each fixed to the inertial element and to the anchor unit, the flexible suspension allowing the anchor unit to move in five degrees of freedom, this resonator is a composite assembly made of at least two different materials, on the one hand for the flexure pivot, and on the other hand for the flexible suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Gianni DI DOMENICO, Mohammad Hussein KAHROBAIYAN, Dominique LECHOT, Pascal WINKLER
  • WATER-RESISTANT CLOSING DEVICE FOR WATCH CASE
    Publication number: 20230176527
    Abstract: A water-resistant closing device for a watch case, the device including an annular gasket (1) arranged to be placed between a middle (2) and a back (3), a bezel or a crystal (4), or a bezel and a crystal, or a back and a crystal. The gasket (1) has on its middle portion a bulge (10) protruding on its outer lateral face (11), the bulge being arranged to be engaged against the middle (3) and compressed following the installation of the back or of the crystal on the middle, the bulge being delimited by an upper (12) and lower material countersink (13) on either side of the bulge (10) in the non-compressed state of the gasket (1) to facilitate its installation and its deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Simon GARCIN, Nassima NASRI
  • Power indicator device of a thermoelectric generator of a watch
    Patent number: 11669051
    Abstract: A power indicator device (1) of a thermoelectric generator of a watch. The indicator device includes a first gas fluid reservoir (2), a second gas fluid reservoir (3), and at least one tubular conduit (4) connecting the two reservoirs. The first reservoir is placed on an upper surface of the thermoelectric generator in a watch case, while the second reservoir (3) is placed on a lower surface of the thermoelectric generator in contact with the back of a watch case. The tubular conduit is of the capillary type and comprises in an intermediate portion (9) a liquid forming a barrier to the gas fluid of the two reservoirs and allowing, in a display portion (24) visible from the outside of the watch case, to provide an indication of the power of the generator by measuring the temperature difference of the two reservoirs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Matthias Imboden, Alain Jornod, Alexandre Haemmerli
  • Universal device for the preparation of a watch
    Patent number: 11669047
    Abstract: A universal device is for preparation of a watch with a gain/loss correction crown and an oscillating resonator. The device includes winding and a gain/loss corrector with a robotic manipulator for manoeuvring the crown. It also includes an adjustment device with a gain/loss correction device including a gain/loss-corrector oscillator generating an oscillation to subject the watch to an oscillation at a correction frequency NC and/or to a modulated movement. The gain/loss correction device includes a gain/loss controller that controls the oscillation of the gain/loss-corrector oscillator, interfaced with a device to measure the gain/loss of the watch. The gain/loss correction device also includes an automatic winder with a watch-holder stand subjected to the oscillations or movements generated by the gain/loss-corrector oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jerome Favre, Jean-Jacques Born, Cedric Nicolas, Baptiste Hinaux
  • Watch self-winding device with rotary motion
    Patent number: 11669050
    Abstract: A watch self-winding device with rotary motion, including a base carrying a motor driving in rotation a support carrying a watch and includes an upper watch holder with a surface in direct contact with a watch, this support includes a microphone for listening to a watch and an embedded electronic circuit processing the signal from the microphone, the device includes, in order to supply power to the embedded electronic circuit, a first coil fixed to the base and powered by a power source carried or relayed by the base, and a second coil embedded in the support, coaxial to the first coil and arranged to transmit power to the embedded electronic circuit, which is arranged to exchange information with a static electronic circuit in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jérôme Favre, Cedric Nicolas, Jean-Jacques Born
  • WATCH CASE COMPRISING A BACK ORIENTED IN A PREDEFINED ANGULAR POSITION
    Publication number: 20230168633
    Abstract: A watch case (10) including a back (30) driven into a middle (20) by a joint (40), and including a body (31) from which radially extends a lip (32), the body (31) including an axial annular shoulder (310) and the lip (32) including a radial annular shoulder (320). The middle (20) has an axial opening (21), an axial annular shoulder (200), and a radial annular shoulder (201) resting against the radial annular shoulder of the lip, the joint being interposed between the axial annular shoulders. The axial annular shoulders have peripheral profiles of complementary shapes, substantially circular, including one and the other, a first circular-arc-shaped portion having a first radius (R1, R2), and a second circular-arc-shaped portion to which is connected the first portion, having a second radius (r1, r2) the value of which is lower than that of the first radius (R1, R2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Joël ALLIMANN, Simon GARCIN
  • Sub-assembly of external parts for timepiece or watch or a piece of jewellery
    Patent number: 11650547
    Abstract: A sub-assembly of external parts including, a bolt interposed between a first component and a second component compressing together a joint, securing them together by axially blocking the first component, and which cooperates with the second component to enclose a ball occupying a well of depth greater than its diameter, that an orientation housing in the second component or the bolt includes, framed by channels of depth less than its diameter, limited by stops, which ball can occupy, when subjected to the gravity field and/or a magnetic field, both an orientation housing and a complementary housing of depth less than its diameter, that the bolt or respectively the second component includes, for their relative drive by the ball when it is simultaneously braced on a channel and a complementary housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventor: Philipp Tschumi
  • Solenoid microactuator with magnetic retraction
    Patent number: 11651882
    Abstract: A magnetic microactuator (100) including a coil (6; 61; 62) controlling the axial movement of a sliding block (30) including at least one permanent magnet (2) joined or aligned with a ferromagnetic or magnetised rear arbor (42) and guiding the field lines of the magnetic field of revolution in the axial direction (D) through the coil (6; 61; 62) wherein circulates the sliding block (30), up to a rear end (43) of said rear arbor (42) that tends to cooperate by magnetic attraction with at least one first ferromagnetic restoration element (8), located in the vicinity of a rear face (25) of the structure (20) of the microactuator (100), in order to bring said sliding block (30) back into a rear end-of-travel position when no coil (6; 61; 62) is powered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Matthias Imboden, Cédric Nicolas, Nicolas Livat
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LUMINESCENT TIMEPIECE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20230137675
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a luminescent timepiece component for a portable object includes producing a pre-mixture of a phosphorescent pigment in an amount of 10 to 40% by weight, a fluorescent pigment in an amount of 1 to 4% by weight and a plasticiser in a maximum amount of 10% by weight; mixing a polymer base with the pre-mixture and extruding a first time the mixture obtained to obtain a homogeneous polymer mixture; extruding a second time the polymer mixture to form a strip of a predetermined thickness; and cutting the strip to obtain the desired luminescent timepiece component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Sophie Napoli, Nicolas FRANÇOIS
  • TIMEPIECE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A WATCH AND A SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING THE TIME
    Publication number: 20230132978
    Abstract: A timepiece assembly includes a watch having a mechanical movement and an analogue time display, the running of which is set by a mechanical resonator, and a support for the watch. To correct a time displayed by the analogue display, the timepiece assembly includes a correction system which is formed by a mechanical device incorporated into the watch and by an electrical device incorporated into the support. The mechanical device includes a magnet supported by an elastic blade and is arranged in the watch to brake the oscillating mechanical resonator, for example by applying periodic braking, or to momentarily stop its oscillation by exerting a magnetic force on the magnet with a magnetic field produced by a coil of the electrical device and passing through the case of the watch, to carry out essentially a set correction of the time displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jérôme FAVRE, Jean-Jacques BORN, Matthias IMBODEN, Cédric NICOLAS
  • Decorative item with a light effect
    Patent number: 11639791
    Abstract: A decorative item including an element made at least partly of a metallic, polymeric or ceramic based material and including a face visible to an observer, at least one light source external or internal to the element, the decorative item further includes at least one optical fibre embedded in the material of the element, the optical fibre serving as a guide for the light from the light source in order to produce, during use, a light effect on the visible face of the element. A method for manufacturing the decorative item is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Olga Reinauer, Agnes Marlot Doerr, Nicolas Francois, Pierpasquale Tortora, Stewes Bourban
  • Process for producing a balance wheel for a timepiece
    Patent number: 11640140
    Abstract: A process for producing a metal alloy balance wheel by molding includes a) making a mold in the negative shape of the balance wheel; b) obtaining 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; and e) releasing the balance wheel obtained in step d) from its mold. The process also includes a step for over-molding flexible centering components in the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: 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
  • MAGNIFYING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE MAGNIFICATIONS
    Publication number: 20230125471
    Abstract: A magnifying device (100) with multiple magnifications including: an outer shell (10) forming a body of revolution with an axis of revolution (X-X) and having an inner cavity (5), a first lens (30) mounted at a first end (13) of said outer shell (10), and a second lens (20) capable of moving between a retracted position and an extended position in which said second lens (20) is superimposed on said first lens (30) so as to change the optical characteristics of the magnifying device (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Dario GRECO, Pierpasquale TORTORA, Michel WILLEMIN
  • Sub-assembly of external parts for timepiece or watch or a piece of jewellery
    Patent number: 11630422
    Abstract: A sub-assembly of external parts including, coaxially with a first component and a second component compressing together a sealing and friction joint, and interposed therebetween, a bolt securing them together by axially blocking the first component, and a lower surface of which lies, in the assembled position, in the vicinity of an upper surface of the second component, which bolt includes a lower relief protruding axially from this lower surface towards the second component, arranged to either complementarily cooperate with an oblong groove which is partially of revolution that the upper surface includes, and interrupted by a stopper limiting the angular travel between the second component and the bolt within a turn, or else to constitute an angular stopper to an upper relief protruding from the upper surface of the second component and extending axially towards the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventor: Philipp Tschumi
  • ITEM MADE OF PRECIOUS CERMET
    Publication number: 20230114281
    Abstract: An item produced in a cermet material including by weight between 85 and 94% of a ceramic phase and between 6 and 15% of a metal binder phase, the ceramic phase mostly including a tungsten carbide phase and optionally one or more phases of one or more secondary carbides selected from the elements Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr and Mo, the metal binder comprising Ag, Pd, Ru and Co. The invention generally relates to the method for manufacturing said item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory KISSLING, Denis VINCENT, Stéphane LAUPER, Bernard BERTHEVILLE
  • Hand rotating around two axes
    Patent number: 11625005
    Abstract: A display mechanism of a watch including at least one indicator member and a drive member assembly. The indicator member is mounted to rotate about a first axis of rotation and is configured to indicate a time. The indicator member also has a second axis of rotation extending along the indicator member and a rotary element mounted to rotate about the second axis of rotation. The drive assembly includes a first drive member and a second drive member such that the first drive member drives the rotary element when it is moving about the first axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Cedric Nicolas, Simon Springer, Ahmad Odeh, Michel Willemin