Patents by Inventor Cédric Nicolas

Cédric Nicolas 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: 11144013
    Abstract: A presentation case is arranged for receiving an electromechanical watch provided with a stepping motor for driving the watch hands. The presentation case includes a box with a support for receiving the watch, a system for detecting the position of the hands, and a device for resetting the watch connected to the hand position detection system. The resetting device resets the watch based on information received from the hand position detection system and a time reference when the watch is placed on the receiving support. The resetting device includes a driver for the stepping motor of the electromechanical watch, which is arranged inside the presentation case facing the stepping motor, when the watch is placed on the receiving support, and causes a rotation of the stepping motor by inductive coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Harry Winston SA
    Inventors: Johnny Buehler, Jean-Jacques Born, Cedric Nicolas
  • Patent number: 11107335
    Abstract: An anti-theft system that can be applied in a commercial environment such as a watch store. The products on display in-store are secured by an electronic tag (4) attached to the product. The tag is provided with a chip (16) which emits a first signal which can only be received within a defined perimeter around the chip. An electronic transmitting device (5) is located within this perimeter, which sends the data transmitted within the first signal in the form of a second signal which further contains a value relative to the distance between the tag and the transmitting device. The second signal is managed by one or more computers, preferably of the portable type (6), which are equipped with a digital application configured to analyse the second signal to check for the presence of the tags (4) within a defined security zone (10) around the transmitting device (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Alexandre Lamontagne, Jonathan Bregnard, Cédric Nicolas
  • Patent number: 11058191
    Abstract: A bracelet including two strands provided with a fastening system which includes at least one longitudinal groove on one of the two strands and at least one longitudinal protuberance on the other strand. The material and the shape of the groove and of the protuberance are configured such that these two elements interlock under pressure exerted by the bracelet user, over two overlapping portions of the bracelet strands. The connection between the strands can easily be separated, preferably by peeling the upper strand away from the lower strand. The bracelet is continuously adjustable in length, without requiring heavy or complex elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Martin, Cedric Nicolas
  • Patent number: 11019889
    Abstract: A device for attaching an end of a bracelet to an object, including a support plate, a control member, two pins slidably mounted on the same axis, called the sliding axis, wherein the control member is mounted to move in translation on an arbor, called the translation arbor, which is substantially perpendicular to the support plate, and wherein the control member is offset with respect to the sliding axis of the pins and connected to the latter by connecting elements able to transform the translational movement of the control member into a sliding movement of the pins when the control member is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Cedric Nicolas, Dominique Lechot, Nicolas Francois
  • Patent number: 11006704
    Abstract: A bracelet or strap for a watch case includes a first arm, inside which is housed a first printed circuit board portion, and a second arm, the first printed circuit board portion carrying at least one electronic component arranged to perform a corresponding electronic function, and a rigid electrical energy source and a microcontroller for powering and controlling the electronic component arranged to perform a corresponding electronic function, an actuating element, such as a push-button for inputting a control signal into the microcontroller being arranged above the rigid electrical energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Omega S.A.
    Inventors: Cedric Nicolas, Dimitri Fostinis
  • Publication number: 20210065526
    Abstract: A transponder for securing a product displayed in a shop. The transponder includes two blocks each including a contact surface, the contact surfaces being positioned face to face, the blocks being connected to each other by an adjustable connection, that allows to manually adjust the moving closer together or farther apart of the blocks with respect to one another, thus allowing the transponder to be attached to a suitable element of the product, by gripping the element between the contact surfaces of the blocks, one of the blocks including wireless detection and transmission equipment, which allows the remote management of the presence of the transponder on the suitable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexandre LAMONTAGNE, Jonathan Bregnard, Cedric Nicolas, Cedric Kaltenrieder, Paulo Bravo
  • Publication number: 20210065527
    Abstract: An anti-theft system that can be applied in a commercial environment such as a watch store. The products on display in-store are secured by an electronic tag (4) attached to the product. The tag is provided with a chip (16) which emits a first signal which can only be received within a defined perimeter around the chip. An electronic transmitting device (5) is located within this perimeter, which sends the data transmitted within the first signal in the form of a second signal which further contains a value relative to the distance between the tag and the transmitting device. The second signal is managed by one or more computers, preferably of the portable type (6), which are equipped with a digital application configured to analyse the second signal to check for the presence of the tags (4) within a defined security zone (10) around the transmitting device (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Alexandre LAMONTAGNE, Jonathan Bregnard, Cédric Nicolas
  • Patent number: 10869527
    Abstract: Watch band comprising lower and upper half band portions connected at a fold portion to surround a watch lug at the fold portion, each comprising a drilled hole for the passage of a double rivet comprising lower and upper bodies, either inserted one inside the other or each inserted into a common tube, the band including, at each double rivet, a snap means for ensuring a reversible axial stop for the lower body with respect to the upper body, comprising either a holding plate aligning lower and upper grooves of the lower and upper bodies, or two lower and upper clip lips of the common tube each clip fitted onto a complementary lower or upper lip of the lower or upper body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Pierry Vuille, Cedric Nicolas, Yvan Ferri
  • Patent number: 10691073
    Abstract: A removable bracelet for horology or jewellery, with a bracelet portion arranged to confine a watch or jewellery bar, including, at the end thereof a chamber arranged for housing the bar, the chamber including a lateral opening on a first side of the bracelet portion for the insertion or removal of the bar, the bracelet portion including a pusher controlling a tongue movable in a longitudinal direction against a spring, the pusher is movable in a transverse direction and includes a first profile arranged to cooperate with a second profile of the tongue to transform the transverse motion of the pusher into a longitudinal motion of the tongue, the bracelet includes a closure arranged on the first side for retaining the pusher in the depth of the bracelet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Cedric Nicolas, Nicolas Francois
  • Patent number: 10575603
    Abstract: Watch band comprising lower and upper half band portions connected at a fold portion to surround a watch lug at the fold portion, each comprising a drilled hole for the passage of a double rivet comprising lower and upper bodies, either inserted one inside the other or each inserted into a common tube, the band including, at each double rivet, a snap means for ensuring a reversible axial stop for the lower body with respect to the upper body, comprising either a holding plate aligning lower and upper grooves of the lower and upper bodies, or two lower and upper clip lips of the common tube each clip fitted onto a complementary lower or upper lip of the lower or upper body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Pierry Vuille, Cedric Nicolas, Yvan Ferri
  • Patent number: 10579022
    Abstract: A bracelet or strap for a watch case including a first arm inside which is housed a first printed circuit portion and a second arm, where the first arm is extended by a median part arranged to be situated underneath the watch case and which includes a second printed circuit portion connected to the first printed circuit portion by electrical connection, where the first printed circuit portion carries at least one electrical energy source and a microcontroller for powering and controlling a pressure sensor, where the median part is covered by an insert arranged to act as a seat for the watch case, where a housing, inside which the pressure sensor is arranged, is provided in the insert and communicates with the exterior to allow the pressure sensor to be placed in contact with a surrounding medium, and the pressure sensor is mounted on the second printed circuit portion with the insertion of a sealing gasket between the housing and the second printed circuit portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventors: Cedric Nicolas, Dimitri Fostinis
  • Publication number: 20200046087
    Abstract: Watch band comprising lower and upper half band portions connected at a fold portion to surround a watch lug at the fold portion, each comprising a drilled hole for the passage of a double rivet comprising lower and upper bodies, either inserted one inside the other or each inserted into a common tube, the band including, at each double rivet, a snap means for ensuring a reversible axial stop for the lower body with respect to the upper body, comprising either a holding plate aligning lower and upper grooves of the lower and upper bodies, or two lower and upper clip lips of the common tube each clip fitted onto a complementary lower or upper lip of the lower or upper body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Pierry VUILLE, Cedric Nicolas, Yvan Ferri
  • Patent number: 10539928
    Abstract: A watch winding device includes a motor driving a winding operation, an acoustic measurer of the oscillator of a watch in the winding position, and a controller analysing the signals transmitted by the measurer and comparing them to desired values that can be parameterized to regulate the operation of the motor by starting this motor when the operating amplitude of the oscillator is less than a minimum value, and by stopping this motor when the working amplitude is higher than a maximum value, these acoustic measurers are fixed in a base behind an sensing opening of the acoustic sensor. The device includes an acoustic duct which places a receiving port, located inside a chamber for housing a watch, in communication with a transmitting port movable by the motor facing this sensing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Born, Cedric Nicolas, Jerome Favre
  • Patent number: 10369730
    Abstract: Portable electronic device capable of processing information, said portable electronic device including a body arranged to be capable of being secured to the user, and at least one electronic assembly for processing information, the body of the portable electronic device being formed by a layer of plastic material which gives the portable electronic device a shape and thickness, characterized in that the portable electronic device includes a first impermeable plastic film which serves as a coating for the layer of plastic material, and a second impermeable plastic film secured to the periphery of the first impermeable plastic film, and in that the electronic assembly for processing information is arranged between the first and second impermeable plastic films. The invention also concerns a method of manufacturing a portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Pascal Heck, Cedric Nicolas
  • Patent number: 10280189
    Abstract: A method for the synthesis of an aminoalkylenephosphonic acid or its phosphonate esters including the following steps: a) forming, in the presence of an aldehyde or ketone and an acid catalyst, a reaction mixture by mixing a compound having at least one HNR1R2 moiety or a salt thereof, with a compound having one or more P—O—P anhydride moieties, the moieties having one P atom at the oxidation state (+III) and one P atom at the oxidation state (+III) or (+V), wherein the ratio of moles of aldehyde or ketone to N—H moieties is 1 or more and wherein the ratio of N—H moieties to P—O—P anhydride moieties is 0.3 or more, and b) recovering the resulting aminoalkylenephosphonic acid having compound or its phosphonate esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Burck, Cedric Nicolas Leclercq, Patrick Notte
  • Publication number: 20190125041
    Abstract: A device for attaching an end of a bracelet to an object, including a support plate, a control member, two pins slidably mounted on the same axis, called the sliding axis, wherein the control member is mounted to move in translation on an arbor, called the translation arbor, which is substantially perpendicular to the support plate, and wherein the control member is offset with respect to the sliding axis of the pins and connected to the latter by connecting elements able to transform the translational movement of the control member into a sliding movement of the pins when the control member is actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Cedric Nicolas, Dominique Lechot, Nicolas Francois
  • Publication number: 20190121297
    Abstract: The presentation case is arranged for receiving an electromechanical watch provided with a stepping motor for driving the watch hands. The presentation case includes a box with a support for receiving the watch, a system for detecting the position of the hands, means for resetting the watch, connected to the hand position detection system, and configured to reset the watch on the basis of information received from the hand position detection system and a time reference, when the watch is placed on the receiving support. The resetting means include a drive means for the stepping motor of the electromechanical watch, which is arranged inside the presentation case facing the stepping motor, when the watch is placed on the receiving support, and is configured to cause a rotation of the stepping motor by inductive coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Harry Winston SA
    Inventors: Johnny Buehler, Jean-Jacques Born, Cedric Nicolas
  • Patent number: 10143272
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic strap for a timepiece, comprising: a printed circuit board an insert disposed on the printed circuit board, comprising a guide element provided to be placed between and fixed to a pair of horns of a watch case (BM), the guide element comprising a lightwave guide comprising: an input disposed on an interface between the guide element and the printed circuit board a first output disposed so as to be opposite a first zone of the watch case (BM) between the two horns when the guide element is placed between and fixed to the pair of horns a first portion connecting the input to the first output a lightwave emitter installed on the printed circuit board, at the level of the input of the wave guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development ltd
    Inventors: Dimitri Fostinis, Cedric Nicolas, Pierpasquale Tortora
  • Publication number: 20180310675
    Abstract: A bracelet or strap for a watch case including a first arm inside which is housed a first printed circuit portion and a second arm, where the first arm is extended by a median part arranged to be situated underneath the watch case and which includes a second printed circuit portion connected to the first printed circuit portion by electrical connection, where the first printed circuit portion carries at least one electrical energy source and a microcontroller for powering and controlling a pressure sensor, where the median part is covered by an insert arranged to act as a seat for the watch case, where a housing, inside which the pressure sensor is arranged, is provided in the insert and communicates with the exterior to allow the pressure sensor to be placed in contact with a surrounding medium, and the pressure sensor is mounted on the second printed circuit portion with the insertion of a sealing gasket between the housing and the second printed circuit portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventors: Cedric Nicolas, Dimitri Fostinis
  • Patent number: 10042326
    Abstract: A bracelet or strap for a watch case including a first arm inside which is housed a first printed circuit portion and a second arm, where the first arm is extended by a median part arranged to be situated underneath the watch case and which includes a second printed circuit portion connected to the first printed circuit portion by electrical connection, where the first printed circuit portion carries at least one electrical energy source and a microcontroller for powering and controlling a pressure sensor, where the median part is covered by an insert arranged to act as a seat for the watch case, where a housing, inside which the pressure sensor is arranged, is provided in the insert and communicates with the exterior to allow the pressure sensor to be placed in contact with a surrounding medium, and the pressure sensor is mounted on the second printed circuit portion with the insertion of a sealing gasket between the housing and the second printed circuit portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventors: Cedric Nicolas, Dimitri Fostinis