Patents by Inventor Benoit Junod
Benoit Junod 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).
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Patent number: 11880169Abstract: The invention concerns a timepiece member including a first axis and a first threading intended to cooperate with 5 a second threading provided on a second timepiece member. The first threading is configured so that a zone of contact between the first threading and the second threading extends over less than 50% of the height of the threads of the second threading or is configured so that the zone of contact between the first 10 threading and the second threading extends over less than 0.3 times the pitch of the threading.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: ROLEX SAInventors: Benoit Junod, Patrice Nagel, Jean-Baptiste Robin
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Patent number: 11638467Abstract: A timepiece component, having a first part and a removable cap, which is able to adopt a fastening configuration in which the removable cap is fastened to the first part, and a free configuration in which the cap is separated from the first part. The first part comprises at least two latching members intended to cooperate with at least two corresponding assembly members of the cap in the fastening configuration. The cap or the first part is elastically deformable from a rest position to a deformed position which allows for positioning and removing for passing from the fastening configuration to the free configuration of the timepiece component and vice versa. The rest position allows stably maintain the fastening configuration of the timepiece component in which the at least two assembly members of the cap are in engagement with the at least two latching members of the first part.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: ROLEX SAInventors: Benjamin Celant, Benoit Junod, Jean-Baptiste Robin
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Patent number: 11604436Abstract: The system (10) for fixing a timepiece movement (2) to a watch case (30) element (3) includes at least one clamp (1), in particular at least two clamps, preferably three clamps or four clamps, which is intended to come into contact firstly with the movement and secondly with the watch case element, and a device (2a?; 3a?) for modifying the stiffness of the at least one clamp, particularly for modifying the bending stiffness of the at least one clamp, when the movement is fixed and/or displaced relative to the watch case element.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: ROLEX SAInventors: Benoit Junod, James Rejzner
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Patent number: 11449011Abstract: A timepiece glass, in particular a watch glass, wherein it comprises an optical device comprising at least one lens intended to enlarge an indication supplied by a timepiece, said lens comprising at least one aspherical face comprising at least one section passing through a vertical plane comprising an optical axis of vertical direction z, of which at least one outline can be defined by the following equation: z ? ( r ) = r 2 R ? ( 1 + 1 - ( 1 - ? ) ? ? r 2 R 2 ) + ? 4 ? r 4 + ? 6 ? r 6 + … in which R is the nominal radius of curvature, k is the constant of conicity, and ?(4,6, . . . ) is or are coefficient(s) of asphericity, and in which at least the constant of conicity k and/or at least one coefficient of asphericity is different from zero.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: ROLEX SAInventors: Adrien Catheline, Benoit Junod, Sébastien Perseguers
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Patent number: 11327442Abstract: The system (10) for fixing a timepiece movement (2) to a watch case (30) element (3) comprises at least one clamp (1), in particular at least two clamps, preferably three clamps or four clamps, which is intended to come into contact firstly with the movement and secondly with the watch case element, the at least one clamp being made of a superelastic alloy and/or of a shape memory alloy, particularly of a nickel-titanium alloy such as Nitinol.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: ROLEX SAInventors: Benoit Junod, James Rejzner, Benjamin Celant
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Publication number: 20220066393Abstract: The invention concerns a timepiece member including a first axis and a first threading intended to cooperate with 5 a second threading provided on a second timepiece member. The first threading is configured so that a zone of contact between the first threading and the second threading extends over less than 50% of the height of the threads of the second threading or is configured so that the zone of contact between the first 10 threading and the second threading extends over less than 0.3 times the pitch of the threading.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: Benoit Junod, Patrice Nagel, Jean-Baptiste Robin
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Publication number: 20220053891Abstract: A timepiece component, having a first part and a removable cap, which is able to adopt a fastening configuration in which the removable cap is fastened to the first part, and a free configuration in which the cap is separated from the first part. The first part comprises at least two latching members intended to cooperate with at least two corresponding assembly members of the cap in the fastening configuration. The cap or the first part is elastically deformable from a rest position to a deformed position which allows for positioning and removing for passing from the fastening configuration to the free configuration of the timepiece component and vice versa The rest position allows stably maintain the fastening configuration of the timepiece component in which the at least two assembly members of the cap arc in engagement with the at least two latching members of the first part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: Benjamin Celant, Benoit Junod, Jean-Baptiste Robin
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Patent number: 11003141Abstract: A device that tests the chronometric precision of a watch movement or a watch includes a control device controlling a predefined cycle of motions passing through standard chronometric test positions, and a fine control device including a sequencer arranged to control the changes of chronometric test position of this movement, or respectively of this watch, in a multi-position sequence, after each measurement per position, and to start another multi-position sequence as soon as the preceding sequence finishes and which observes the predefined total duration of one cycle of several successive multi-position sequences. This sequencer is also arranged to manage the rate stabilisation durations, durations of measurement per position, and multi-position sequence durations.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Montres Breguet S.A.Inventors: Rene Piguet, Benoit Junod, Marc Stranczl
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Patent number: 10558170Abstract: A sequencer mechanism including a rotatably driven locking wheel set including a peripheral holding surface of regular geometry or respectively of regular uniform magnetic polarity, arranged to hold immobile in rotation an opposite receiver wheel set, which is a reduced friction wheel including at the periphery thereof second stop elements, which are idle rollers or respectively magnets of the same polarity, cooperating in pairs with this holding surface on either side of a plane passing through the centres of the two wheel sets, the locking wheel set including a drive surface including an irregular relief portion or respectively an opposite magnetization and arranged to drive this receiver wheel set in jerks. A timepiece mechanism including such sequencer mechanism. A watch including such a timepiece mechanism and/or such a sequencer mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Montres Breguet S.A.Inventor: Benoit Junod
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Publication number: 20190369564Abstract: A timepiece glass, in particular a watch glass, wherein it comprises an optical device comprising at least one lens intended to enlarge an indication supplied by a timepiece, said lens comprising at least one aspherical face comprising at least one section passing through a vertical plane comprising an optical axis of vertical direction z, of which at least one outline can be defined by the following equation: z ? ( r ) = r 2 R ? ( 1 + 1 - ( 1 - ? ) ? ? r 2 R 2 ) + ? 4 ? r 4 + ? 6 ? r 6 + … in which R is the nominal radius of curvature, k is the constant of conicity, and ?(4,6, . . . ) is or are coefficient(s) of asphericity, and in which at least the constant of conicity k and/or at least one coefficient of asphericity is different from zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: Adrien Catheline, Benoit Junod, Sébastien Perseguers
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Publication number: 20190146417Abstract: The system (10) for fixing a timepiece movement (2) to a watch case (30) element (3) includes at least one clamp (1), in particular at least two clamps, preferably three clamps or four clamps, which is intended to come into contact firstly with the movement and secondly with the watch case element, and a device (2a?; 3a?) for modifying the stiffness of the at least one clamp, particularly for modifying the bending stiffness of the at least one clamp, when the movement is fixed and/or displaced relative to the watch case element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: Benoit Junod, James Rejzner
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Publication number: 20190146418Abstract: The system (10) for fixing a timepiece movement (2) to a watch case (30) element (3) comprises at least one clamp (1), in particular at least two clamps, preferably three clamps or four clamps, which is intended to come into contact firstly with the movement and secondly with the watch case element, the at least one clamp being made of a superelastic alloy and/or of a shape memory alloy, particularly of a nickel-titanium alloy such as Nitinol.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: Benoit Junod, James Rejzner
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Publication number: 20190146420Abstract: A device that tests the chronometric precision of a watch movement or a watch includes a control device controlling a predefined cycle of motions passing through standard chronometric test positions, and a fine control device including a sequencer arranged to control the changes of chronometric test position of this movement, or respectively of this watch, in a multi-position sequence, after each measurement per position, and to start another multi-position sequence as soon as the preceding sequence finishes and which observes the predefined total duration of one cycle of several successive multi-position sequences. This sequencer is also arranged to manage the rate stabilisation durations, durations of measurement per position, and multi-position sequence durations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Montres Breguet S.A.Inventors: Rene PIGUET, Benoit JUNOD, Marc STRANCZL
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Patent number: 10222744Abstract: A timepiece torque variator mechanism regulates the torque ratio between a first path extending about a first pivot axis and a second path about a second pivot axis. The mechanism includes a planetary element that simultaneously cooperates in a first contact area with a first path and in a second contact area with a second path. The mechanism also includes a control device arranged to adjust the radial position of the first contact area with respect to the first pivot axis and/or to adjust the radial position of the second contact area with respect to the second pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Montres Breguet S.A.Inventor: Benoit Junod
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Patent number: 10222746Abstract: The mechanical timepiece movement includes an escapement having a pallet-lever arranged to move alternately into abutment with two banking elements in locking periods. The pallet-lever carries at least a first permanent magnet and the timepiece movement further includes a first element and a second element of high magnetic permeability and a second magnet and a third magnet respectively integral with first and second elements of high magnetic permeability and each arranged on an opposite side to a first magnet relative to the respective elements of high magnetic permeability. This magnetic system generates, in a first part of a first half vibration of any vibration of the pallet-lever, an overall force of magnetic attraction, defining a magnetic draw additional to the mechanical draw generated by the escape wheel, and, in a second part of this first half vibration, an overall force of magnetic repulsion.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Montres Breguet S.A.Inventors: Davide Sarchi, Benoit Legeret, Benoit Junod, Polychronis Nakis Karapatis
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Patent number: 10037010Abstract: The timepiece comprises a timekeeping mechanism and a switching device arranged to switch this timekeeping mechanism between two states. The switching device comprises a movable switching organ and a rotary control organ arranged to be stepwise driven in order to successively occupy a plurality of distinct angular positions about its axis of rotation. The movable switching organ and the rotary control organ respectively support a first magnetic structure and a second magnetic structure arranged so that, in a first angular position of the rotary control organ, a first magnetic force acts on the switching organ in a given direction, and so that, in a second angular position of the rotary control organ, a second magnetic force acts on the switching organ in the opposite direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Montres Breguet S.A.Inventors: Benoit Legeret, Benoit Junod
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Publication number: 20180004167Abstract: The timepiece comprises a timekeeping mechanism and a switching device arranged to switch this timekeeping mechanism between two states. The switching device comprises a movable switching organ and a rotary control organ arranged to be stepwise driven in order to successively occupy a plurality of distinct angular positions about its axis of rotation. The movable switching organ and the rotary control organ respectively support a first magnetic structure and a second magnetic structure arranged so that, in a first angular position of the rotary control organ, a first magnetic force acts on the switching organ in a given direction, and so that, in a second angular position of the rotary control organ, a second magnetic force acts on the switching organ in the opposite direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: Montres Breguet S.A.Inventors: Benoit LEGERET, Benoit JUNOD
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Patent number: 9778619Abstract: A timepiece sub-assembly including a mobile timepiece element including first and second annular and opposite peripheral surfaces of revolution about a same pivot axis, and a device for guiding pivoting about a theoretical axis of a timepiece mechanism. The first surface is magnetically or electrically charged, and the device includes at least three first surfaces regularly arranged around the theoretical axis, oppositely magnetically or respectively electrically charged to the first surface to repulse it at a first interface. In a watch, the second surface is magnetically or electrically charged, and the device includes at least three second surfaces regularly arranged around the theoretical axis, oppositely magnetically or electrically charged to the second surface to repulse it at a second interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Montres Breguet SAInventors: Alain Zaugg, Sylvain Dauby, Benoit Junod, Davide Sarchi
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Publication number: 20170185041Abstract: The mechanical timepiece movement includes an escapement having a pallet-lever arranged to move alternately into abutment with two banking elements in locking periods. The pallet-lever carries at least a first permanent magnet and the timepiece movement further includes a first element and a second element of high magnetic permeability and a second magnet and a third magnet respectively integral with first and second elements of high magnetic permeability and each arranged on an opposite side to a first magnet relative to the respective elements of high magnetic permeability. This magnetic system generates, in a first part of a first half vibration of any vibration of the pallet-lever, an overall force of magnetic attraction, defining a magnetic draw additional to the mechanical draw generated by the escape wheel, and, in a second part of this first half vibration, an overall force of magnetic repulsion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: Montres Breguet S.A.Inventors: Davide SARCHI, Benoit LEGERET, Benoit JUNOD, Polychronis Nakis KARAPATIS
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Publication number: 20170176936Abstract: Timepiece torque variator mechanism for regulating the torque ratio between a first path extending about a first pivot axis, and a second path about a second pivot axis, this mechanism comprising an intermediate wheel set, forming a planetary wheel, simultaneously cooperating in a first contact area with this first path, and in a second contact area with this second path, and control means arranged to adjust the radial position of the first contact area with respect to the first pivot axis, and/or to adjust the radial position of the second contact area with respect to the second pivot axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Montres Breguet S.A.Inventor: Benoit JUNOD