Patents by Inventor Axel Schindler

Axel Schindler 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).

  • Publication number: 20240094678
    Abstract: A watch (10) including a case (11) including a middle (12) to which a crystal (13) and a transparent back (14) are fastened so as to form an internal volume. The watch includes a horological movement (15) housed within the internal volume of the case (11), including a carrying structure through which extends an arbor (16) adapted to be rotated by the horological movement (15) and carrying, at one of the ends thereof, opposite the crystal (13), a time value indicator (17), and at the other end, opposite the back (14), a disc (18) on which extends a pattern (181) facing a graphical representation (142), the pattern (181) and the graphical representation (142) being shaped such that, when the arbor (16) is rotating, they cooperate with one another to generate a sequential animation by moiré effect, formed by a sequence of at least two distinct images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: OMEGA SA
    Inventors: Dimitri FOSTINIS, Olivier Silvant, Gregory Kissling, Antonio Ventura, Axel Schindler
  • Patent number: 11698546
    Abstract: An object includes an electro-optic display device provided with an optically active element, the optical properties thereof can be modified by applying an electric voltage or current between at least one electrode and one corresponding auxiliary electrode, between which the optically active element is disposed. The object further includes a middle part which delimits an opening closed by a crystal including a bottom surface beneath which the electro-optic display device is arranged. The crystal is provided with an opaque frame which is made remotely from the edges of the opening and which covers the contour of the electro-optic display device so as to conceal electrical connection elements. The electro-optic display device defines an active display area which is confined by the opaque frame, such that, when the electro-optic display device is activated and displaying information, a transparent area remains between the opaque frame and the edges of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Axel Schindler, Alain Hamm
  • Patent number: 11556023
    Abstract: An object includes an electro-optic display device provided with an optically active element, the optical properties thereof can be modified by applying an electric voltage or current between at least one electrode and one corresponding auxiliary electrode, between which the optically active element is disposed. The object further includes a middle part which delimits an opening closed by a crystal including a bottom surface beneath which the electro-optic display device is arranged. The crystal is provided with an opaque frame which is made remotely from the edges of the opening and which covers the contour of the electro-optic display device so as to conceal electrical connection elements. The electro-optic display device defines an active display area which is confined by the opaque frame, such that, when the electro-optic display device is activated and displaying information, a transparent area remains between the opaque frame and the edges of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Axel Schindler, Alain Hamm
  • Publication number: 20220350190
    Abstract: An object includes an electro-optic display device provided with an optically active element, the optical properties thereof can be modified by applying an electric voltage or current between at least one electrode and one corresponding auxiliary electrode, between which the optically active element is disposed. The object further includes a middle part which delimits an opening closed by a crystal including a bottom surface beneath which the electro-optic display device is arranged. The crystal is provided with an opaque frame which is made remotely from the edges of the opening and which covers the contour of the electro-optic display device so as to conceal electrical connection elements. The electro-optic display device defines an active display area which is confined by the opaque frame, such that, when the electro-optic display device is activated and displaying information, a transparent area remains between the opaque frame and the edges of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Axel SCHINDLER, Alain HAMM
  • Patent number: 10877331
    Abstract: An object includes an electro-optic display device provided with an optically active element having optical properties that can be modified by applying an electric voltage. The object further includes a frame which delimits an opening wherein the electro-optic display device is arranged. The object also includes an external electronic power and control device and elements for the electrical connection of the electro-optic display device to the external electronic power and control device, which are hidden by the frame of the object. The electro-optic display device defines an opaque active display area having a surface area that is less than the surface area of the opening, such that, even when the electro-optic display device is activated and displaying information, a transparent area remains between the active display area and the edges of the frame, whereas an area located beneath the active display area is hidden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Axel Schindler, Alain Hamm
  • Publication number: 20200142239
    Abstract: An object includes an electro-optic display device provided with an optically active element having optical properties that can be modified by applying an electric voltage. The object further includes a frame which delimits an opening wherein the electro-optic display device is arranged. The object also includes an external electronic power and control device and elements for the electrical connection of the electro-optic display device to the external electronic power and control device, which are hidden by the frame of the object. The electro-optic display device defines an opaque active display area having a surface area that is less than the surface area of the opening, such that, even when the electro-optic display device is activated and displaying information, a transparent area remains between the active display area and the edges of the frame, whereas an area located beneath the active display area is hidden.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Axel SCHINDLER, Alain HAMM
  • Publication number: 20200142238
    Abstract: An object includes an electro-optic display device provided with an optically active element, the optical properties thereof can be modified by applying an electric voltage or current between at least one electrode and one corresponding auxiliary electrode, between which the optically active element is disposed. The object further includes a middle part which delimits an opening closed by a crystal including a bottom surface beneath which the electro-optic display device is arranged. The crystal is provided with an opaque frame which is made remotely from the edges of the opening and which covers the contour of the electro-optic display device so as to conceal electrical connection elements. The electro-optic display device defines an active display area which is confined by the opaque frame, such that, when the electro-optic display device is activated and displaying information, a transparent area remains between the opaque frame and the edges of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Axel SCHINDLER, Alain HAMM
  • Patent number: 7279252
    Abstract: The invention relates to the manufacture of a substrate which is particularly suitable for EUV micro-lithography and comprises a base layer of low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) onto which at least one cover layer made of a semiconductor material is applied. Preferably, the cover layer is a silicon layer, preferably applied by ion beam sputtering. By an additional ion beam figuring treatment substrates of extremely accurate shape and extremely low roughness can be prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Lutz Aschke, Markus Schweizer, Jochen Alkemper, Axel Schindler, Frank Frost, Thomas Haensel, Renate Fechner
  • Publication number: 20040166420
    Abstract: The invention relates to the manufacture of a substrate which is particularly suitable for EUV micro-lithography and comprises a base layer of low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) onto which at least one cover layer made of a semiconductor material is applied. Preferably, the cover layer is a silicon layer, preferably applied by ion beam sputtering. By an additional ion beam figuring treatment substrates of extremely accurate shape and extremely low roughness can be prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Lutz Aschke, Markus Schweizer, Jochen Alkemper, Axel Schindler, Frank Frost, Thomas Haensel, Renate Fechner