Patents Examined by Edwin A. Leon
  • Patent number: 12699358
    Abstract: There is provided a wearable device comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the wearable device at least to perform: obtaining a starting time of a latest sleeping period; obtaining an ending time of the latest sleeping period; displaying, on a display of the wearable device, a first line illustrating an average starting time of a sleeping period calculated based on a plurality of sleeping periods over a plurality of days; displaying a second line illustrating an average ending time of a sleeping period calculated based on the plurality of sleeping periods over the plurality of days; and displaying the latest sleeping period graphically as a bar such that a first end of the bar indicates the starting time and a second end of the bar indicates the ending time, wherein the first end and the second end are displayed relative to the first line and the seco
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Suunto Oy
    Inventors: Timo Halko, Mikko Ahlström, Erik Lindman
  • Patent number: 12700703
    Abstract: A power outlet includes a case, a contact device, an operation member, a moving mechanism, a return spring, and a holding mechanism. The contact device includes a fixed contact, a movable contact, and a movable piece. The moving mechanism moves the movable piece in response to operation of the operation member. The moving mechanism includes a movable member and a return spring. The movable member is movable between a closed position in which the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact and an open position in which the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact. The return spring urges the movable member toward the open position. The holding mechanism is configured to hold the movable member at the closed position, and releases a holding state in which the movable member is held at the closed position in response to operation of the operation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ikemoto, Kyoya Ichiraku, Yuta Motomura, Koichi Furusawa, Yuki Yamamoto, Minoru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12699355
    Abstract: A horology component (1) for a timepiece, wherein the component includes a first portion (10) and a second portion (20), the first portion (10) including a part that is made from at least one opaque material at least partially superposed on top of the second portion (20), this second portion (20) including a material capable of emitting at least one emission light wave if excited by at least one excitation light wave, and the part of the first portion (10) including structuring (13) allowing an emission light wave emitted by the second portion (20) to be transmitted at least partially toward the outside of the horology component so that the horology component exhibits at least a first appearance by day and at least one different second appearance by night where the first portion (10) is backlit by an emission light wave emitted by the second portion (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Pierre Di Luna, Ollivier Pujol, Alexandra Roulet
  • Patent number: 12695228
    Abstract: A connector device (A) is provided with a pair of circuit boards (11, 21) including board transmission paths (13, 23) and arranged to face each other, a pair of connectors (14, 24) to be mounted on the pair of circuit boards (11, 21), a plurality of adapters (60) including relay outer conductors (63) and configured to connect the pair of connectors (14, 24), and an electrically conductive member (40) made of metal to make a plurality of the relay outer conductors (63) conductive. The board transmission paths (13, 23) are arranged outside an inclusion region (R) including the plurality of adapters (60) on a virtual projection plane (S) parallel to the circuit boards (11, 21). The electrically conductive member (40) is arranged only within the inclusion region (R) on the virtual projection plane (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Asano, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12689144
    Abstract: A connector element for a connector system includes four contact members for making electric contact on a front side of the connector element, and a contact member carrier. The contact members extend in an axial direction on a circumferentially extending contact surface of the contact member carrier. The contact members have a free contact surface which is accessible on the circumferentially extending contact surface of the contact member carrier. Each contact member has an insulation radius, when measured in a view onto the front face, is a minimum clearance between outer boundaries of said the contact member and a closest neighboring contact member. The contact members are grouped into two groups of contact members where a closest neighboring contact member to a respective contact member belongs to the other group of contact members than the respective contact member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo GmbH
    Inventor: Thierry Oppliger
  • Patent number: 12689153
    Abstract: A cable strain relief apparatus for a cable attached to a connector includes at least one multi-section member. The member includes a first section configured to partially surround a portion of the connector and a second section aligned with the first section along a central longitudinal axis and configured to partially surround a portion of the cable. Where the apparatus includes two members, each member may include similar first and second sections, but one member may include a protrusion extending from an exposed face of a wall of the member's second section and the other member may include a protrusion receptacle integrated into an exposed face of a wall of such member's second section, wherein when the two members are joined together, the protrusion mates with the protrusion receptacle. A binder may be optionally included to secure the member to the cable or to retain the mated members together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Inventor: Cesar Eduardo Nunez
  • Patent number: 12689151
    Abstract: An electrical feed-through includes: a feed-through component having an opening; at least one conductor sealed into the opening of the feed-through component in a glass material or a glass ceramic material; and at least one guide component connected to the feed-through component, the at least one guide component including a material that is a plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventor: Helmut Hartl
  • Patent number: 12689142
    Abstract: An electrical contact for a connector is provided. The electrical contact includes a conductive engaging part extending substantially along a first longitudinal axis, a conductive wiring part extending substantially along a second longitudinal axis, and a conductive junction part configured to electrically connect the engaging part and the wiring part, such that the first longitudinal axis of the engaging part is substantially parallel to and offset with respect the second longitudinal axis of the wiring part, and wherein the engaging part and the wiring part at least partially overlap each other, substantially along the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Inventor: Hervé Puyraimond
  • Patent number: 12681437
    Abstract: A protective case includes: a cover part provided with an operation unit for operating a button when some member on one side thereof is moved toward the button located on the other side thereof, and configured to be detachably coupled to a product; and a locking part configured to be coupled to the operation unit to slide between the button and the member in the forward and backward directions, and also configured to be selectively spaced apart from the member and disposed adjacent to the member according to the movement to allow or block an operation of the button by the member. The protective case selectively and rapidly activates and inactivates a pressing member used to operate a button through a locking part that is reciprocally slid with a stop protrusion interposed therebetween and thus stably maintains the position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Spigen Korea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Yong Youn, Hye Jin Jang
  • Patent number: 12681435
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a timepiece oscillator made up of a balance and of at least two spring portions that are arranged in parallel, which includes (a) choosing the frequency f of the oscillator, (b) choosing a balance and spring portions so that the inertia of the balance and the angular stiffnesses of the spring portions allow an oscillator of chosen frequency f to be formed and so that the variations in angular stiffness of the spring portions as a function of temperature are able to thermo-compensate the oscillator, and (c) assembling the chosen spring portions with the chosen balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: ROLEX SA
    Inventor: Olivier Hunziker
  • Patent number: 12683323
    Abstract: An electric hermetic compressor comprising a hermetic terminal with terminal pins for electrical connection of a motor inside a hermetic housing. The hermetic terminal forms a cavity, and the compressor further comprises a non-conductive sealing element that defines an enclosed space in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: MOTOR COMPETENCE CENTER HOLDING FLENSBURG GMBH
    Inventor: Dirk Homuth
  • Patent number: 12683102
    Abstract: A system may comprise a printed circuit board (PCB) including a top surface, and a bracket including a top surface configured to receive and couple to a key switch and a bottom surface including at least two protrusions that extend normal to the bottom surface of the bracket. The bracket can be configured to mount to the PCB such that the bottom surface of the bracket is coupled to the top surface of the PCB, and the at least two protrusions may each include conductive leads that couple to the top surface of the PCB. The bracket is configured to only cover a portion of a bottom surface of the key switch when coupled to the key switch. An LED can be mounted to the top surface of the PCB, laterally adjacent to the bracket, and under the key switch at a location not covered by the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Feng-Hao Lin, Yu-Chun Sun, Lien Hsing Chen, Fu-Kai Hsu
  • Patent number: 12675077
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes a bezel that has a first region. In the first region, a metal material is discontinuously deposited on a base including a resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Kurokawa, Takayuki Satou
  • Patent number: 12669781
    Abstract: An actuation mechanism (60) of a flexible hand (44) to which a clockwork movement applies a first angular rotation (?1), the flexible hand (44) including a first drive barrel (46) and a second drive barrel (50) connected to a tip (54) of the flexible hand (44) by a first and a second flexible arm (48), the first drive barrel (46) being provided with a first toothing (56) and the second drive barrel (50) being provided with a second toothing (58), the first and second drive barrels (46, 50) being mounted so the first toothing (56) of the first drive barrel (46) engages with the second toothing (58) of the second drive barrel (50) in the stressed position of the flexible hand (44), the angular rotation (?1) applied by the clockwork movement to the actuation mechanism (60) being modulated by an angle of rotation (?) by the actuation mechanism (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Montres Breguet S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Stranczl, Lionel Matthey-De-L'endroit
  • Patent number: 12671043
    Abstract: A switch device includes a movable terminal including a snap action mechanism that bends a spring when a user moves an operating portion, a first fixed terminal that contacts the movable terminal when the spring is not bent, and a second fixed terminal that contacts the movable terminal when the operating portion is moved by a specified amount to bend the spring. The second fixed terminal includes a portion machined into a fixed contact that contacts the movable terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masaya Murota, Takeshi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 12671192
    Abstract: A combination terminal includes a first terminal fitting (11) including a first base plate portion (12) and a second terminal fitting (51) including a second base plate portion (52) to be stacked on the first base plate portion (11), the second terminal fitting (51) being assembled with the first terminal fitting (11) by being displaced in a direction intersecting a stacking direction. The first terminal fitting (11) is formed with a resiliently deformable resilient lock piece (20). The second terminal fitting (51) is formed with a lock portion (56) for locking the first and second terminal fittings (11, 51) in an assembled state by being locked to the resilient lock piece (20). A protecting member (40) for preventing interference of an external matter with the resilient lock piece (20) is attached to the first terminal fitting (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Hideto Nakamura, Shinji Nozaki, Daisuke Saito
  • Patent number: 12667929
    Abstract: A safety operating device for operating a machine tool in particular a hand-held machine tool includes at least one operating unit, in particular a dead-man unit, for actuating the machine tool. The operating unit is designed to be moved in a sequence of at least two mutually different actuating movements. The device further includes a pre-activation unit that is designed to enable activation of the machine tool by way of an actuation by the operating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Palaver, Christian Koepf, Peter Molnar, Csaba Kiss, Gabriela Eurskens-Merz, Szabolcs Gyori, Martin Hirschle, Laszlo Gergely
  • Patent number: 12665341
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve the reliability of a retaining function by a retainer. A connector is provided with a housing (10) including a plurality of terminal accommodation chambers (11) arranged in a width direction, terminal fittings (30) to be inserted into the terminal accommodation chambers (11), and a retainer (40) to be assembled with the housing (10) and configured to retain the terminal fittings (30) inserted into the terminal accommodation chambers (11). A projection (33) projecting only from a part in the width direction is formed on an outer surface of the terminal fitting (30). A separation restricting portion (21) is formed in a region of the housing (10) different from the projection (33) in the width direction. The retainer (40) is formed with a locking portion (45) for restricting a displacement in a separation direction from the housing (10) by locking the separation restricting portion (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Nishitani
  • Patent number: 12663756
    Abstract: A winding device (1), in particular for a barrel (2) provided with a spring, including a ratchet (3) mounted on a rotary winding shaft (5), the rotary winding shaft (5) being, for example, a winding shaft of the barrel (2), the rotation of which coils the barrel (2), and a winding gear train (4) meshing with the ratchet (3), the rotation of the winding gear train (4) causing the rotation of the ratchet (3) and that of the rotary winding shaft (5) by applying a torque to the ratchet (3), the winding device (1) being provided with means (10) for disconnecting the ratchet (3) and the rotary winding shaft (5), wherein the disconnection means (10) are arranged on the ratchet (3) and on the rotary winding shaft (5), and are configured to disconnect the ratchet (3) and the rotary winding shaft (5) when the torque applied to the ratchet (3) substantially exceeds a threshold value, in particular when the barrel (2) is fully coiled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: NIVAROX-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Cusin, Laurent Jeanneret
  • Patent number: 12663762
    Abstract: An electronic watch may include a housing at least partially defining an interior cavity divided into at least a first volume and a second volume, a pressure-sensing component positioned within the first volume, a speaker positioned within the first volume, a processor positioned within the second volume, a battery positioned within the second volume, and a barometric vent that allows air pressure equalization between the first volume and an external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jiahui Liang, Shannon X Yang, William C. Lukens, Mandeep Gill, Jeanny Wang, William S. Lee, Stephen P. Jackson, Rex T. Ehman, Colin M. Ely, Nikolas T Vitt, Trevor J. Ness