Patents by Inventor Alexandre Chiuvé

Alexandre Chiuvé has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8529122
    Abstract: This Swiss lever escapement comprises an escape wheel having teeth, and a lever having on the one hand an entry pallet and an exit pallet that engage alternately with the teeth of the escape wheel, and on the other hand a fork that engages periodically with an impulse pin on a roller mounted on the staff of a regulator balance wheel. The relative width Lpl of each of said pallets, expressed as a percentage of the sum of the lengths of arc of one of said teeth and one of said pallets, measured at the circumference of the escape wheel is: Lpl = Ls Ls + d ? ? or ? ? Le Le + d ? 60 ? % where Ls and Le are the lengths of arc of the exit pallet and entry pallet, respectively, and d is the length of arc of one escape wheel tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Rolex S. A.
    Inventors: Raphael Cettour-Baron, Alexandre Chiuve
  • Patent number: 8087819
    Abstract: This escapement comprises a balance wheel (3), an escape wheel (1), a detent rocker (4) having an arresting element (4a) and an elastic clearance element (4c), means for inserting the arresting element into the path of the teeth of the escape wheel (1), and a clearance pin (7) rotating integrally with the balance wheel (3) in order to engage with the elastic clearance element (4c) of the rocker (4) once per period of oscillation of the balance wheel. The means for inserting the arresting element (4a) into the path of the teeth of the escape wheel (1) comprise a sliding surface (4b) integral with the detent rocker (4) and arranged so as to move into the path of the teeth of the escape wheel (1) when the arresting element (4a) leaves it, this sliding surface being shaped so as to return the arresting element (4a) to the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Rolex S.A.
    Inventors: Alexandre Chiuve, Fabiano Colpo
  • Publication number: 20110149696
    Abstract: This Swiss lever escapement comprises an escape wheel having teeth, and a lever having on the one hand an entry pallet and an exit pallet that engage alternately with the teeth of the escape wheel, and on the other hand a fork that engages periodically with an impulse pin on a roller mounted on the staff of a regulator balance wheel. The relative width Lpl of each of said pallets, expressed as a percentage of the sum of the lengths of arc of one of said teeth and one of said pallets, measured at the circumference of the escape wheel is: Lpl = Ls Ls + d ? ? or ? ? Le Le + d ? 60 ? % where Ls and Le are the lengths of arc of the exit pallet and entry pallet, respectively, and d is the length of arc of one escape wheel tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: ROLEX S.A.
    Inventors: Raphaël Cettour-Baron, Alexandre Chiuvé
  • Publication number: 20100214881
    Abstract: This escapement comprises a balance wheel (3), an escape wheel (1), a detent rocker (4) having an arresting element (4a) and an elastic clearance element (4c), means for inserting the arresting element into the path of the teeth of the escape wheel (1), and a clearance pin (7) rotating integrally with the balance wheel (3) in order to engage with the elastic clearance element (4c) of the rocker (4) once per period of oscillation of the balance wheel. The means for inserting the arresting element (4a) into the path of the teeth of the escape wheel (1) comprise a sliding surface (4b) integral with the detent rocker (4) and arranged so as to move into the path of the teeth of the escape wheel (1) when the arresting element (4a) leaves it, this sliding surface being shaped so as to return the arresting element (4a) to the locking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: ROLEX S.A
    Inventors: Alexandre Chiuvé, Fabiano Colpo