Patents by Inventor Cyrille GERNEZ

Cyrille GERNEZ 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: 12210323
    Abstract: A watch dial having an organic light-emitting diode display. The display includes an anode, a structured layer of coloured resin, which is preferably photosensitive, in contact with the anode. The display further includes an organic layer stack in contact with the anode and with the structured coloured resin layer. At least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer. The display also includes a cathode in contact with the organic layer stack. Also, a watch including the dial and a method for manufacturing the dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Nicolas Blanckaert, Cécile Barron, Jérôme Thiault, Cyrille Gernez
  • Publication number: 20240411270
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a luminous horological hand (80), according to which there is separately manufactured, on the one hand, through a first group of operations (1000), at least one light guide (30) or a strip of light guides (35) by replication of micro-structures made initially on a master (1) and, on the other hand, through a second group of operations (2000), at least one hand body (50) or a strip of hand bodies (55), which is assembled with the at least one light guide (30) or a strip of light guides (35) through a bonding operation (600) and an assembly operation (700), before the luminous hand (80) is finished through a final cutting operation (800).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventor: Cyrille GERNEZ
  • Publication number: 20240411275
    Abstract: A display device (100) for a watch (1000) including at least one light source (200) and including, between a dial (300) carrying at least one reference scale on a top side (301) and a crystal (400) on the side facing the user a set of hands (10) coaxial about an axis of rotation (D) including at least a first luminous indicator (1) including a first light guide (11) arranged to diffuse some of the light emitted by said at least one light source (200), wherein the first light guide (11) includes first coupling microstructures (110) which are arranged to allow light to enter the first light guide (11) and/or to allow light to exit the first light guide (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventor: Cyrille GERNEZ
  • Publication number: 20230418226
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a luminescent hand for a horological movement, preferably for a watch. The method includes providing a support comprising a light guide and structuring an emergent surface of the light guide so as to extract a maximum amount of light from the luminescent hand. The luminescent hand includes, over a lower face, a layer of luminescent material including one or more deposit(s) of fluorescent material, opposite a light source. The light source is laced at locations close to the axis of rotation or away from the axis of rotation but at a distance from the luminescent material. Thus, the light source is not placed on the luminescent hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Pierpasquale TORTORA, Cédric BLATTER, Cyrille GERNEZ
  • Patent number: 11249444
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a display assembly comprising an organic light-emitting diode display device comprising at least one OLED comprising an emitting stack placed on a transparent substrate, whose back face is placed on the emitting surface of the OLED, and a secondary object to be illuminated, said transparent substrate comprising a front face and at least one side face arranged to light a secondary object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Nicolas Blanckaert, Jerome Thiault, Cyrille Gernez, Pierry Vuille, Ariane Gachet-Mueller
  • Publication number: 20210200161
    Abstract: A watch dial having an organic light-emitting diode display. The display includes an anode, a structured layer of coloured resin, which is preferably photosensitive, in contact with the anode. The display further includes an organic layer stack in contact with the anode and with the structured coloured resin layer. At least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer. The display also includes a cathode in contact with the organic layer stack. Also, a watch including the dial and a method for manufacturing the dial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Nicolas BLANCKAERT, Cécile BARRON, Jérôme THIAULT, Cyrille GERNEZ
  • Patent number: 10743625
    Abstract: A method for assembling a stone on a setting support, the stone being cut to exhibit a table, a crown, a girdle and a pavilion. A substrate with a recess for the stone, the recess forming, between the substrate and the stone, a peripheral free space in the vicinity of the girdle and of the zones of the crown and of the pavilion contiguous to the girdle, the peripheral free space including a bottom having a conductive surface. Electroplating, in the peripheral free space, a metal layer in the vicinity of the girdle and of the zones of the crown and of the pavilion contiguous to the girdle, so as to confine the girdle in the metal layer to form, around the girdle, the setting support. The stone and its setting support are released from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Stewes Bourban, Pascal Grossenbacher, Jean-Claude Martin, Vladislav Spassov, Cecile Barron, Lionel Blaser, Yann Caloz, Cyrille Gernez, Stephane Lauper, Ahmad Odeh, Simon Springer
  • Patent number: 10736389
    Abstract: A method for assembling a stone on to a mounting includes sinking the stone into an adhesive layer on a substrate and then positioning a setting sheet around the stone above the adhesive layer so as to form a peripheral free space between the setting sheet and the stone, at least at the level of the girdle and of areas of the crown and the pavilion adjacent to the girdle. Then, a metallic layer is deposited in the peripheral free space from the setting sheet, at least at the level of the girdle and of the areas of the crown and the pavilion adjacent to the girdle, such that the metallic layer and the setting sheet form the mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Stewes Bourban, Pascal Grossenbacher, Jean-Claude Martin, Vladislav Spassov, Cecile Barron, Lionel Blaser, Yann Caloz, Cyrille Gernez, Stephane Lauper, Ahmad Odeh, Simon Springer
  • Publication number: 20190133271
    Abstract: A method for assembling a stone on to a mounting, the stone being cut to have a crown, a girdle and a pavilion, the method including providing a substrate including an adhesive layer; positioning the stone on the adhesive layer; heating the adhesive layer; exerting a pressure on the stone; positioning a setting sheet around the stone above the adhesive layer, so as to form a peripheral free space between the setting sheet and the stone, at least at the level of the girdle and of areas of the crown and the pavilion adjacent to the girdle; depositing a metallic layer in the peripheral free space from the setting sheet, at least at the level of the girdle and of the areas of the crown and the pavilion adjacent to the girdle, the metallic layer and the setting sheet forming the mounting; releasing the stone and its mounting from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Stewes Bourban, Pascal Grossenbacher, Jean-Claude Martin, Vladislav Spassov, Cecile Barron, Lionel Blaser, Yann Caloz, Cyrille Gernez, Stephane Lauper, Ahmad Odeh, Simon Springer
  • Publication number: 20190133270
    Abstract: A method for assembling a stone on a setting support, the stone being cut to exhibit a table, a crown, a girdle and a pavilion. A substrate with a recess for the stone, the recess forming, between the substrate and the stone, a peripheral free space in the vicinity of the girdle and of the zones of the crown and of the pavilion contiguous to the girdle, the peripheral free space including a bottom having a conductive surface. Electroplating, in the peripheral free space, a metal layer in the vicinity of the girdle and of the zones of the crown and of the pavilion contiguous to the girdle, so as to confine the girdle in the metal layer to form, around the girdle, the setting support. The stone and its setting support are released from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Stewes BOURBAN, Pascal GROSSENBACHER, Jean-Claude MARTIN, Vladislav SPASSOV, Cecile BARRON, Lionel BLASER, Yann CALOZ, Cyrille GERNEZ, Stephane LAUPER, Ahmad ODEH, Simon SPRINGER
  • Publication number: 20190018372
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a display assembly comprising an organic light-emitting diode display device comprising at least one OLED comprising an emitting stack placed on a transparent substrate, whose back face is placed on the emitting surface of the OLED, and a secondary object to be illuminated, said transparent substrate comprising a front face and at least one side face arranged to light a secondary object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Nicolas BLANCKAERT, Jerome THIAULT, Cyrille GERNEZ, Pierry VUILLE, Ariane GACHET-MUELLER