Patents by Inventor Carlo Albisetti

Carlo Albisetti 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: 8714814
    Abstract: A timepiece including a case including a middle part, which is closed on the top portion thereof by a bezel and on the bottom portion by a back cover, and a timepiece movement mounted against the middle part by a casing ring. The timepiece also includes a locking device for pressing the assembly including the timepiece movement and casing ring against the middle part when the case of the timepiece is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Thierry Altenhoven, Carlo Albisetti
  • Publication number: 20120120779
    Abstract: A timepiece including a case including a middle part, which is closed on the top portion thereof by a bezel and on the bottom portion by a back cover, and a timepiece movement mounted against the middle part by a casing ring. The timepiece also includes a locking device for pressing the assembly including the timepiece movement and casing ring against the middle part when the case of the timepiece is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Thierry Altenhoven, Carlo Albisetti
  • Publication number: 20050237864
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for adjusting the length of a band, this band comprising two parts (1 and 2) able to be moved closer to or away from each other, characterised in that it includes an assembly (4, 5, 3) for adjusting the length of the band, carried by the first part (1) and including at least one cable (3), said cable (3) connecting the first part (1) to the second (2), said adjustment assembly (4, 5, 3) including means for actuating (4) the adjustment by the user, an adjustment pulley (5) secured to said means (4) to which one of the ends of the cable (3) is secured and around which a part of the cable (3) is wound, said pulley being associated with locking means (6, 7, 9) capable of blocking the pulley in rotation in a plurality of adjustment positions. Applications for any fastening system. A preferential application would be for adjusting the length of watchbands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventor: Carlo Albisetti
  • Patent number: 6714485
    Abstract: A timepiece is disclosed allowing a reading of a first conventional time information by means of first analogue display means including a dial (5) and hours (4a) and minutes (4b) indicator members driven by a movement of the timepiece, this timepiece including second analogue display means allowing a simultaneous reading of second time information based on a decimal system wherein time is divided at least into thousandths of a day. The second analogue display means include the dial and the minutes indicator member in addition to complementary analogue display means (4a, 7; 4a, 7*; 4a, 8; 4c, 9; 4c, 9*; 4c, 10; 11, 12) indicating at least approximate decimal values (71; 81; 91; 101; 111) of the full hours expressed in thousandths of a day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Swatch Group Mngmt Services AG
    Inventors: Carlo Albisetti, Daniel Donzé, Clément Meyrat
  • Patent number: 6603710
    Abstract: The display module (30) includes at least one liquid crystal cell (2) electrically and mechanically connected to a flexible display control printed circuit (1)having, arranged to a single face, electronic components for controlling the cell and metal paths for connection to the components and to said cell (2). In order to make it, the printed circuit (1) is first placed on the back side of the cell (2), the face of the printed circuit with no components facing the back of the cell (2), the printed circuit (1) is positioned under the cell (2), a mechanism for assembling the module (12) defining the location of the display of the cell (2), being made on the printed circuit (1) for the positioning thereof with respect to a display marking device (13) arranged on the cell and a portion of the face of the printed circuit with no components is secured directly to the back of the cell (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Management Services AG
    Inventors: Laurent Pantet, Carlo Albisetti
  • Publication number: 20020118606
    Abstract: A timepiece is disclosed allowing a reading of a first conventional time information by means of first analogue display means including a dial (5) and hours (4a) and minutes (4b) indicator members driven by a movement of the timepiece, this timepiece including second analogue display means allowing a simultaneous reading of second time information based on a decimal system wherein time is divided at least into thousandths of a day. The second analogue display means include the dial and the minutes indicator member in addition to complementary analogue display means (4a, 7; 4a, 7*; 4a, 8; 4c, 9; 4c, 9*; 4c, 10; 11, 12) indicating at least approximate decimal values (71; 81; 91; 101; 111) of the full hours expressed in thousandths of a day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Carlo Albisetti, Daniel Donze, Clement Meyrat