Patents by Inventor Benoit Mintiens

Benoit Mintiens 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: 11314206
    Abstract: Disclosed is a clockwork with pointers or with a pointer module driven by a mechanical driving gear, wherein the clockwork is a hybrid clockwork that in addition to the mechanical driving gear, also at least includes an additional driving gear with a motor and an electric or electronic controller that is internal and which is equipped to be able to drive and/or adjust the pointers or the pointer module in parallel or in series with the mechanical driving gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: BenoƮt Mintiens
  • Patent number: 8743664
    Abstract: Dial module for a clock provided with several pointers whose shafts can be driven by the clock mechanism, characterized in that the dial module (1) consists of a casing (10), at least two separate pointers, whereby each pointer (2,3) is provided with its own separate concentric dial (6,7), and whereby at least a pointer (3), together with its shaft (5) and dial (7), can move with respect to another first pointer (3), such that the two pointers (2,3) never overlap one another, and that the mobile dial(s) (7) always maintain a fixed orientation with respect to the casing (10), whereby the upper visible part of the pointers (2,3) and the dials (6,7) are arranged on a single continuous surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Inventor: Benoit Mintiens
  • Publication number: 20120287762
    Abstract: Dial module for a clock provided with several pointers whose shafts can be driven by the clock mechanism, characterised in that the dial module (1) consists of a casing (10), at least two separate pointers, whereby each pointer (2,3) is provided with its own separate concentric dial (6,7), and whereby at least a pointer (3), together with its shaft (5) and dial (7), can move with respect to another first pointer (3), such that the two pointers (2,3) never overlap one another, and that the mobile dial(s) (7) always maintain a fixed orientation with respect to the casing (10), whereby the upper visible part of the pointers (2,3) and the dials (6,7) are arranged on a single continuous surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventor: Benoit Mintiens