Patents by Inventor Andre Kaltenrieder

Andre Kaltenrieder 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: 9886004
    Abstract: A device for attachment of a timepiece movement to a watch case, including a peripheral attachment element of the movement positioned in abutment on an axial bearing surface of the case. The device includes thermoformed studs integral with the case having a mushroom shape at an end thereof providing an axial retaining surface acting as a rivet to hold the peripheral attachment element of the movement against the axial bearing surface of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacturing Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Thierry Altenhoven, Andre Kaltenrieder, Stephane Leoni
  • Patent number: 9501039
    Abstract: A watch and a method of ultrasonic welding a bezel to the watch at a middle part. The watch includes: a middle part which, with a crystal, delimits a watch case, the crystal being bonded to a shoulder arranged in the watch middle part; and a bezel ultrasonically welded both to the crystal and to the watch middle part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Martin Jufer, Christian Racine, Jean-Luc Bovet, Jerome Grosjean
  • Publication number: 20160062315
    Abstract: A device for attachment of a timepiece movement to a watch case, including a peripheral attachment element of the movement positioned in abutment on an axial bearing surface of the case. The device includes thermoformed studs integral with the case having a mushroom shape at an end thereof providing an axial retaining surface acting as a rivet to hold the peripheral attachment element of the movement against the axial bearing surface of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE
    Inventors: Thierry ALTENHOVEN, Andre KALTENRIEDER, Stephane LEONI
  • Patent number: 9016935
    Abstract: A wristwatch with capacitive touch zones including a case made of a non electrically conductive material, the case including a housing in which a battery is housed and which is closed by an electrically conductive battery cover. The electrically conductive battery cover is mounted on the watch case with interposition of an electrically conductive sealing gasket between the battery cover and the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogére Suisse
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Jean-Luc Bovet, Christian Racine, Sergio Rota
  • Patent number: 9004740
    Abstract: A lighting system for an information display device, the lighting system including a light guide including at least one area into which the light produced by a light source is injected, the light guide also being used as a guide element for at least one electrical connector for the electrical connection between the information display device and an electronic control circuit of the information display device, wherein the light guide is coated, in the light injection area, with a layer of electrically non-conductive material which absorbs light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Martin Jufer
  • Patent number: 8867321
    Abstract: Method of ultrasonic welding a watch crystal, the watch including a middle part which, with the crystal, delimits a watch case, the crystal including a top face oriented towards the user and an opposite bottom face oriented towards the watch cases, a digital display device being fixed to the bottom face of the crystal, a printed circuit board being disposed inside the watch case, underneath and remote from the digital display device, the digital display device being electrically connected to the printed circuit board by means of a zebra electrical connector, wherein, as the crystal is abutting on a shoulder arranged in the middle part, the ultrasounds are directed onto the shoulder to melt the shoulder and to lower the level of the crystal in the direction of the printed circuit board, so that the zebra connector is compressed between the digital display device and the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Eta Sa Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Martin Jufer, Christian Racine, Jean-Luc Bovet, Jerome Grosjean
  • Publication number: 20140119044
    Abstract: A lighting system for an information display device, the lighting system including a light guide including at least one area into which the light produced by a light source is injected, the light guide also being used as a guide element for at least one electrical connector for the electrical connection between the information display device and an electronic control circuit of the information display device, wherein the light guide is coated, in the light injection area, with a layer of electrically non-conductive material which absorbs light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Martin Jufer
  • Publication number: 20130329535
    Abstract: Watch comprising a middle part (2), which, with a crystal (4), delimits a watch case (1), the crystal (4) being bonded to a shoulder (10) arranged in the watch middle part (2), the watch being characterized in that it comprises a bezel (14) ultrasonic welded both to the crystal (4) and to the watch middle part (2). The invention also concerns method of ultrasonic welding a bezel (14) to the watch middle part (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Martin Jufer, Christian Racine, Jean-Luc Bovet, Jerome Grosjean
  • Publication number: 20130279303
    Abstract: Method of ultrasonic welding a watch crystal (4), wherein the watch comprises a middle part (2) which, with the crystal (4), delimits a watch case (1), the crystal comprising a top face oriented towards the user and an opposite bottom face oriented towards the watch case, a digital display device (12) being fixed to the bottom face (10) of the crystal (4), a printed circuit board (26) being disposed inside the watch case (1), underneath and remote from the digital display device (12), the digital display device (12) being electrically connected to the printed circuit board (26) by means of a zebra-type electrical connector (30), the method being characterized in that as the crystal (4) is abutting on a shoulder (6) arranged in the middle part (2), the ultrasounds are directed onto the shoulder (6) to melt said shoulder (6) and to lower the level of the crystal (4) in the direction of the printed circuit board (26), so that the zebra connector (30) is compressed between the digital display device (12) and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Martin Jufer, Christian Racine, Jean-Luc Bovet, Jerome Grosjean
  • Publication number: 20130201803
    Abstract: A wristwatch with capacitive touch zones including a case made of a non electrically conductive material, the case including a housing in which a battery is housed and which is closed by an electrically conductive battery cover. The electrically conductive battery cover is mounted on the watch case with interposition of an electrically conductive sealing gasket between the battery cover and the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Jean-Luc Bovet, Christian Racine, Sergio Rota
  • Patent number: 8488418
    Abstract: A timepiece which, in addition to a crystal, includes the following external elements: a back cover, a middle part, a dial, a bezel, and two wristband strands. At least one of these external elements is at least partially transparent or translucent. The back cover, the middle part, and the bezel define an internal volume of the watch case that houses a timepiece movement. At least one light source is housed within the internal volume and produces a light that passes through the transparent or translucent part of the external element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Nicolas Blanckaert, Francois Klopfenstein, Andre Kaltenrieder
  • Publication number: 20120082012
    Abstract: A timepiece which, in addition to a crystal, includes the following external elements: a back cover, a middle part, a dial, a bezel, and two wristband strands. At least one of these external elements is at least partially transparent or translucent. The back cover, the middle part, and the bezel define an internal volume of the watch case that houses a timepiece movement. At least one light source is housed within the internal volume and produces a light that passes through the transparent or translucent part of the external element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Nicolas Blanckaert, Francois Klopfenstein, Andre Kaltenrieder