Patents Examined by Edwin A. Leon
  • Patent number: 12775242
    Abstract: A resilient casing ring (200) for casing a horological movement (10) inside a watch case (100) including a middle (110). The casing ring (200) includes an annular body (205) with a central axis (Z), and fastening tabs (210) carried by the annular body (205) and cooperating with the middle (110) to form a bayonet casing system (300) by rotation of the resilient casing ring (200) relative to the middle (110) about the central axis (Z), between an insertion position and a locked position. The casing ring (200) includes resilient retaining element cooperating with the horological movement (10) and exerting an axial force parallel to the central axis (Z) on the horological movement (10) by elastic deformation of the resilient retaining element when the resilient casing ring (200) is in the locked position in the middle (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventor: Raphaël Balmer
  • Patent number: 12775238
    Abstract: A timepiece escapement mechanism, including a lever and an escapement wheel, the lever being arranged to cooperate with an inertial mass of a mechanical oscillator, and, at pallets carried by or included in the lever, with teeth of the escapement wheel, where the contact between a pallet and an escapement tooth includes at least three zones, a rest zone where the torque is of negative direction, where the angle between the normal to the contact and the radial of the lever is negative, a first zone corresponding to the first half angle of lift where the torque is of positive direction, where the angle ?1 is positive, and a second zone corresponding to the second half angle of lift where the torque is of positive direction, where the angle ?2 is positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventor: Pascal Winkler
  • Patent number: 12775240
    Abstract: A watch part includes a substrate and a multilayer film covering at least a part of the substrate, wherein a plurality of recesses are formed at a surface of the substrate facing the multilayer film, and in a cross-sectional view of the substrate taken in a thickness direction thereof, each of the plurality of recesses is defined by a first side and a second side that is inclined with respect to the first side and meets the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Fuji, Hikonosuke Uwai, Ami Kugimoto, Ai Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 12776608
    Abstract: A plug tab includes a body connected to a first conductive member, a plug-in part disposed on the body to be detachably connected to a first terminal, and an error preventing part disposed on the body and interfering with plugging of a second terminal into the plug-in part. The first terminal and the second terminal are different. Conduction between the first conductive member and the external current is realized by the plug-in part detachably connecting to the first terminal. The error preventing part interferes with plugging of the second terminal into the plug-in part by the arrangement of the error preventing part such that the plug tab can only be corresponding to and matching with the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: Xiamen Hongfa Electrical Safety & Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoju Ji, Xiaoming Ke, Xieli Zhang, Rencan Huang
  • Patent number: 12775239
    Abstract: A watch is formed by a mechanical movement incorporating a mechanical resonator. The watch comprises a display displaying the time and a correction device for correcting the displayed time, which is formed by a receiver for receiving an external correction signal which is supplied by an external electronic device (in particular a mobile phone), a braking device for braking the mechanical resonator and an electronic controller. The correction device is arranged such that it can correct the time displayed as a function of a time error (loss or gain) contained in the external correction signal. For this purpose, the correction device is arranged such that the braking device can act on the mechanical resonator during a correction period to vary the running of the drive mechanism of the display, in order to correct at least for the most part the time error in the time displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Matthias Imboden, Gérard Surmely, Lionel Tombez
  • Patent number: 12775243
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wristwatch comprising: a watch case including a middle part, a glass and a back, defining a volume arranged to accommodate a movement, a wristlet through-mounted in the watch case, partially located inside said volume and mounted movably so as to slide in the middle part, the wristlet comprises a first attachment portion linked to a first end of the wristlet and a second attachment portion linked to a second end of the wristlet, the first and second attachment portions are mounted movably relative to the middle part and located inside said volume, and the wristlet comprises a linking portion located in said volume, said linking portion being attached to the first attachment portion and to the second attachment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: CARTIER INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Romain Moyse, Mathurin Kielpinski
  • Patent number: 12769255
    Abstract: A cermet and/or ceramic multi-coloured article, and in particular a bezel (1) of a timepiece, produced by a method for compressing at least two materials (2, 3) of distinct colours, the article including a relief decoration (8) of a different colour from the rest of the article, the decoration (8) being produced by laser ablation on one of the materials (3) after compression of the two materials (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Comadur SA
    Inventors: Maryline Lambert Oberson, Arnaud Actis-Datta, Bruno Besutti, Alexandre Netuschill
  • Patent number: 12769254
    Abstract: A timepiece includes a case having a cylindrical shape, a case back including a transmissive region and covering one opening of the case, and a movement accommodated in the case, the movement including a timepiece component, a first magnetic shield component covering at least a portion on the case back side of the timepiece component, and a second magnetic shield component covering at least a portion of a side surface of the timepiece component. The first magnetic shield component includes an overlapping region overlapping the second magnetic shield component in plan view as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the case back, and the first magnetic shield component and the second magnetic shield component are disposed in contact with each other in the overlapping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunsei Aoki
  • Patent number: 12769260
    Abstract: A timepiece includes a case forming an electrical mass, the case being closed by a back and a protective glass, a tactile control device connected to an electronic unit configured to execute at least one predetermined function of the timepiece, the tactile control device includes at least one capacitive sensor having a first armature formed by a transparent conductive electrode, formed at least on a portion of an internal face of the protective glass, and a second armature formed selectively by the positioning of the finger of the wearer of said timepiece on an external face of the protective glass. The transparent conductive electrode is electrically connected to the electronic unit by a first electrical conductor. The timepiece includes an anti-fog device of the protective glass formed in part by the transparent conductive electrode and by a second electrical conductor, the electronic unit includes an electric current management module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Martin
  • Patent number: 12769261
    Abstract: A detection device and a rotation detecting method for the crown of a smart watch are provided. Operations on the crown include a pressing action and a rotation action. The method includes: detecting the rotation angle of the crown within a set period of time when the pressing action is identified to obtain a measured rotation angle; and eliminating a misrotation angle from the measured rotation angle, to obtain a true rotation angle corresponding to the rotation action, and taking the true rotation angle as a detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Maxic Technology Incorporated
    Inventor: Zhixun Yang
  • Patent number: 12769256
    Abstract: A dial for a watch, in particular a wristwatch, having a disk with a surface on which information is arranged. Some of the information is transparent, the transparent information being visible or at least nearly invisible according to the viewing angle. The dial of the invention has a simple and yet sophisticated look. Furthermore, the dial allows a watchmaker's name to be shown without same significantly impacting the look.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Moser Schaffhausen AG
    Inventor: Edouard Meylan
  • Patent number: 12769258
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display device and a watch including the same. A first rack of the display device is fixedly disposed on a second middle frame of the display device, a first gear is disposed inside a first fame body and engaged with the first rack, so that the second middle frame and a first middle frame are disposed slidably; a flexible panel is disposed on a first support body of the first middle frame and a second support body of the second middle frame, and a rolling up element is configured to roll up the flexible panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guobao Jiang, Xinpeng Shan
  • Patent number: 12769251
    Abstract: A regulating member for a horological movement includes an inertial mass, for example a balance, a balance spring, and an index-assembly system for adjusting the rate of the balance spring, the balance spring including a coiled strip and a device for adjusting the rigidity of the balance spring fitted with a resilient element arranged in series with the coiled strip, the index-assembly system being configured to adjust the rate of the regulating member with a resolution lower than or equal to 1 second per day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventors: Olivier Mertenat, Julien Christan
  • Patent number: 12769252
    Abstract: A linkage mechanism (100) for a horological mechanism, for transmitting a movement between an actuator and a receiver, including a structure (10) relative to which a carrier (9), movable according to a single degree of freedom under the action of the actuator, is connected to the structure (10) by at least one flexible guide (50), each of the carrier (9) and the structure (10) being more rigid than each flexible guide (50), at least one flexible guide (50) is planar, and includes flexible necks (51), with a smaller section than the elements that are adjacent thereto, and/or flexible blades (5, 6, 52), with a smaller section than the elements that are adjacent thereto, and forming articulations. At least two arms are articulated to the structure (10) at two distinct points, and kinematically cooperate with each other, or with a tertiary bar or a tertiary structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Montres Breguet S.A.
    Inventor: Marc Stranczl
  • Patent number: 12769197
    Abstract: A device for attaching a replaceable imaging device to a wrist of a user, the device including a strip including a band and/or a band part, the strip adapted to wrap around a human limb, the strip including a cavity, the cavity being opened towards the human limb, and an imaging device, the imaging device having the shape of the cavity of the strip and adapted to be installed in the cavity of the strip, where the strip has one or more holes and the imaging device has at least one lens arranged to fit against at least one of the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: ENDLESS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventor: Shawn Grening
  • Patent number: 12761605
    Abstract: An arm wearable device including a case, a module which has a brittle member and is provided in the case, and a plurality of holding portions which holds the module in the case such that flexural deformation of the module is restricted to deformation where a virtual straight line extending in a longitudinal direction of the brittle member serves as a center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Igi, Masataka Iida, Takayuki Umemoto
  • Patent number: 12763532
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and an aligner. The aligner is defined by a connector base of the housing or by an alignment peg. The aligner defined by the connector base is configured to cooperate with a corresponding fiducial to properly align the electrical connector on a mounting surface of a substrate. The aligner defined by an alignment peg includes a main body and an embossed portion that defines a protrusion that extends from the main body. The embossed portion is configured to mate with a raised or recessed portion of a substrate to properly locate and align the electrical connector to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Kelly F. Garrison, Thomas A. Hall, III, Daniel R. Birch, Jonathan E. Buck, Chadrick P. Faith, Christopher W. Shelly
  • Patent number: 12761604
    Abstract: A dial including an external parts plate (11) intended to be visible for a user, resting on a bearing surface (120) of a support plate (12) on which it is superimposed, the external parts plate (11) and the support plate (12) being fastened to one another at their periphery by the cooperation of peripheral fastening members that they both include, and at their centre by the cooperation of central fastening members that they both include.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventors: Laurent Kaelin, Zoé Schaffter, Matthieu Erard
  • Patent number: 12761606
    Abstract: An input device includes a movable input surface protruding from an electronic device. The input device enables force inputs along three axes relative to the electronic device: first lateral movements, second lateral movements, and axial movements. The input device includes force or displacement sensors which can detect a direction and magnitude of input forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Colin M. Ely, Erik G. de Jong, Steven P. Cardinali
  • Patent number: 12756139
    Abstract: A connector includes: a housing fittable to a mating housing; and an assembling member assembled to the housing via an assembling portion. The assembling portion includes: a press-fit groove arranged in one of the housing and the assembling member and extending along a fitting direction of the housing; and a rib arranged at the other of the housing and the assembling member, extending in the fitting direction of the housing, and press-fitted into the press-fit groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hikaru Anma, Isao Kameyama