Patents Examined by Edwin A. León
  • Patent number: 12253830
    Abstract: A timepiece and a tool to separate a back from a middle, which jointly delimit a watch case of this timepiece, inside which a horological movement is housed, this tool having the appearance of a wedge, i.e. an acute-shaped part formed by a first face and a second face which intersect at an angle of less than 90° and which are connected to one another by a rounded portion, the first face of the tool being oriented such that it extends parallel to a mean plane wherein the horological movement is located when an horologist engages this tool between the back and the middle in order to separate this back from this middle, the rounded portion being connected to the second face by a curved portion, the curvature whereof is directed towards the inside of a surface delimited by the first and second faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventor: Philippe Loetscher
  • Patent number: 12253829
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Joël Allimann, Simon Garcin
  • Patent number: 12253831
    Abstract: Wearable electronic devices, such as watches, can include a watch body and a band device that can be used together or independently of one another. The band device can provide continual operation of its functions even in the absence of the watch body. The assembly of the watch body and the band device can provide secure engagement, communication, and power sharing. Accordingly, neither the watch body nor the band device need to independently include components that provide every function that will be desired by the user. Instead, functions that are desired on a continual or long-term basis can be provided by the band device, and functions that are desired on an intermittent or short-term basis can be provided by the watch body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Ershov, Travis J. McQueen
  • Patent number: 12248281
    Abstract: Disclosed is a smart watch protective shell, including a main shell, an upper shell and two connectors; the main shell is a hollow cavity and is used for wrapping a smart watch and protecting the smart watch from being damaged; the upper shell is arranged on the main shell; a user watches content on a watch face of the smart watch through the upper shell; the connectors are respectively detachably connected to two ends of the smart watch; and two ends of the main shell are respectively detachably connected to the corresponding connectors to fixedly cover the main shell on the smart watch. According to the present disclosure, the protective shell is fixed on the smart watch, thus achieving zero-frictional removal and mounting of the protective shell and effectively reducing damage of mounting and removal to the smart watch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventor: Guangxiang Zhuang
  • Patent number: 12248276
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Gianni Di Domenico, Mohammad Hussein Kahrobaiyan, Dominique Lechot, Pascal Winkler
  • Patent number: 12248282
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a through-hole. The display device also includes a display unit formed on the substrate and surrounding the through-hole, and the display unit is configured to display an image and includes pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Nyeng Kang, Keum Nam Kim, Jong Hyun Choi
  • Patent number: 12248279
    Abstract: An impact striking mechanism (1), in particular for a horological movement (3), the mechanism (1) including at least one resonant element (5) enabling a sound to be emitted when it is struck, and a hammer (8) capable of moving between a rest position (9) and a strike position (11) in which it strikes the resonant element (5) in order to cause it to vibrate, characterised in that it comprises a system for actuating the hammer (8) including a movable impactor (16, 17, 18) configured to move from a release position (19) to an impact position (21), in which it at least partially transmits the momentum thereof to the hammer (8) to move it from the rest position (9) thereof to the strike position (11) thereof in order to cause the resonant element (5) to vibrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Montres Breguet S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Stranczl, Polychronis Nakis Karapatis
  • Patent number: 12248278
    Abstract: A key for holding a dial foot, the key including a cylindrical head arranged at the end of a rod, the head and the rod being coaxial, the head including a flat and a collar extending over a portion of its periphery in an angular sector defined around the longitudinal axis of the rod, on either side of the flat. The collar includes a cross section with a frustoconical shape and, with respect to the periphery of the head, forms a minimum radial projection, substantially zero, at the ends of this angular sector and forms a maximum radial projection between these ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Baptist Wyssbrod, Matthieu Erard
  • Patent number: 12248280
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Raphael Balmer, Pascal Lagorgette
  • Patent number: 12243705
    Abstract: To realize both toughness and size reduction of a safety switch. A safety switch is a safety switch into and from which a bolt of an actuator is inserted and pulled out. The safety switch includes a casing having a shape elongated along a first direction, a metal head having a receiving space for receiving the bolt of the actuator and provided on a first end side of the casing in the first direction, a detector for detecting a first state in which the bolt is received in the receiving space, a lock mechanism, a switching device and a first attachment portion provided in the head and having a first attachment hole into which a first attachment member is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Choryon Oh, Yu Babasaki, Lye Tatt Cheah
  • Patent number: 12242230
    Abstract: A watch glass (1) has a near field communication (NFC) module (3) which includes at least one microcircuit (3.2) connected to an antenna (3.1). A watch (2) is equipped with such a glass (1). A method produces such a watch glass (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: WINWATCH IP LTD.
    Inventor: Alex Kalbermatten
  • Patent number: 12242231
    Abstract: A method for setting an electronic watch including a near-field communication module and a microcontroller configured to exchange electric signals with this module, the method including: establishing a near-field connection between the electronic appliance and the watch; verifying, by way of the microcontroller of the electronic appliance, the accuracy of a datum indicating the clock state of the watch; sending, to the near-field communication module of the watch, by way of the near-field communication device and when instructed to do so by the microcontroller of the electronic appliance, at least one watch setting instruction when the clock state datum is inaccurate; processing said at least one instruction received by means of the microcontroller of the watch, in order to generate watch setting parameters; and configuring the watch when instructed to do so by the microcontroller of the watch, according to the setting parameters generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventor: Pascal Lagorgette
  • Patent number: 12244913
    Abstract: A connection device for an appliance with an appliance housing includes a main body having an appliance-side end, a connection-side end facing away from the appliance-side end, and a conduit extending from the appliance-side end to the connection-side end, a securing element securing the main body to a wall section of the appliance housing, and a conductor leading through the main body from the connection-side end to the appliance-side end. The main body has a first abutment surface facing the appliance-side end. The securing element has a second abutment surface facing the first abutment surface. The first abutment surface and the second abutment surface enclose therebetween a receiving region for clamping reception of the wall section of the appliance housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Gregor Karrasch, Anne Weiss
  • Patent number: 12244103
    Abstract: A connecting component for shielding a connector, and a shield connector including the same, improve electromagnetic wave blocking performance by improving adhesion to a shield component. The connecting component for shielding a connector includes: a housing body configured to surround at least a portion of a wire and to have a first end portion to which a first shield component is coupled and a second end portion to which a second shield component is coupled; a mounting groove formed in the second end portion of the housing body to allow the second shield component to be mounted therein; and a plurality of contact protrusions formed in the mounting groove so as to be in contact with the second shield component coupled to the second end portion of the housing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA ELECTRIC TERMINAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Jae Jung, Hun Hee Oh, Sug Il Kang
  • Patent number: 12242229
    Abstract: A musical or striking mechanism (1) for a timepiece or musical box, includes an energy source (6) delivering a mechanical torque and device for transmitting mechanical torque from the energy source to a wheel set for generating music or a striking wheel set (4). The mechanism also includes a wheel set governor (2) configured to regulate, around a reference speed value, the pivoting speed of the wheel set about a pivot axis, and including a break for braking the wheel set configured to return the pivoting speed thereof to the reference speed. The wheel set governor includes a system having an electric generator (16) whereof a rotor is mechanically connected to the energy source delivering the mechanical torque, and an electronic circuit for regulating the rotation speed of the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jérôme Favre, Jean-Jacques Born
  • Patent number: 12235611
    Abstract: A watch glass includes a first glass, second glass and a decorative element, in particular a gemstone. Here, the first glass and the second glass are connected to one another via a connecting intermediate layer. The first glass includes a continuous recess. The decorative element includes a base region, which is arranged settingless in the recess of the first glass and in direct contact with the connecting intermediate layer. Further, a watch can include such a watch glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: REALIZATION DESAL AG
    Inventor: Michael Bonke
  • Patent number: 12235174
    Abstract: A pressure sensor has a base layer, a supporting structure arranged on the base layer, and an elastic layer disposed above the base layer and the supporting structure. The elastic layer has a curved lower surface that is recessed away from the base layer. The curved lower surface, the supporting structure and the base layer define a cavity with an arched top wall. A first electrode, a second electrode, and an elastic body are all arranged within the cavity, such that when the elastic layer is elastically deformed in a direction of the base layer, the variable resistance elastic body electrically connects the first electrode with the second electrode, so as to generate a first signal related to the elastic deformation of the variable resistance elastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Peratech IP Ltd
    Inventors: Sun Kun, Xu Feng
  • Patent number: 12235612
    Abstract: A Dewar device (1) for mechanical and/or functional components (2) of a watch (3), the device (1) being provided with a bracelet and a casing (4) including an enclosure (5) in which a case (6) of the watch (3) is capable of being arranged and at least one fastening device (7) fastening the case (6) of the watch (3) inside the enclosure (5) of the casing (4) while keeping it away from the set of elements (10a, 10b, 10c) of the casing (4) defining this enclosure (5), the set (10a, 10b, 10c) including at least one transparent external element (10a) made of a transparent ceramic material, in particular a transparent polycrystalline ceramic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: OMEGA SA
    Inventor: Christiane Gimkiewicz
  • Patent number: 12228887
    Abstract: A case including a case member having a back cover attached thereto, and a cover member which is arranged on a side of the back cover opposite to the case member side while covering an outer circumferential surface of the case member and on which band attachment sections are provided corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the case member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sen Hirayama
  • Patent number: 12222685
    Abstract: A watch is includes a case including at least one pair of horns, a horological movement, and a near field communication module configured to perform contactless electronic transactions. The near field communication module may be connected to the horological movement by being arranged between horns of the at least one pair of horns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventors: Pascal Lagorgette, Xavier Stehlin