Patents by Inventor Daniel Mallet
Daniel Mallet 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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Publication number: 20220283544Abstract: A method produces an assembly of an elastic holding member-timepiece component assembly with a support element. The elastic holding member is made of an electrically insulating material and the support element is made of an electrically conductive material. The method includes mounting the assembly with the support element aiming to define at least one zone for receiving at least one element for blocking a movement of the holding member relative to the support element, and producing by galvanic metal growth the at least one blocking element on at least one of the reception zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Daniel MALLET, Frédéric VAUCHER, Pierre CUSIN
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Patent number: 11262702Abstract: A timepiece oscillator structure includes at least one divisible unit, which includes at least one component which includes at least one flexible blade or at least one blade with necks, joining two main units, each more rigid than the flexible blade or blade with necks, where the divisible unit includes at least one protection unit adjacent to at least one main unit to which it is connected by at least one divisible linkage which is designed in order to make possible the detachment of this protection unit from the component when the component is fixed, with at least the particular main unit which is adjacent to the protection unit, to a more rigid external element than the flexible blade or than the necks of the blade with necks.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Daniel Mallet, Pierre Cusin, Raphael Courvoisier, Pascal Winkler
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Publication number: 20210223741Abstract: A timepiece oscillator structure includes at least one divisible unit, which includes at least one component which includes at least one flexible blade or at least one blade with necks, joining two main units, each more rigid than the flexible blade or blade with necks, where the divisible unit includes at least one protection unit adjacent to at least one main unit to which it is connected by at least one divisible linkage which is designed in order to make possible the detachment of this protection unit from the component when the component is fixed, with at least the particular main unit which is adjacent to the protection unit, to a more rigid external element than the flexible blade or than the necks of the blade with necks.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Daniel MALLET, Pierre CUSIN, Raphael COURVOISIER, Pascal WINKLER
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Patent number: 10496038Abstract: Timepiece sub-assembly including a component made of micromachinable material including an attachment area with a peripheral contact surface, and a shell element deformable between two shapes, one contracted and one expanded, arranged to hold the attachment area inside a housing with at least one degree of freedom, and which includes a complementary contact surface arranged, in its contracted shape, to exert a clamping force on the contact surface and to securely immobilise the attachment area in all directions, the shell element including a first element and a second element that are movable with respect to each other in its expanded shape, each including a complementary contact surface, and including clamping means for holding the first and second elements clamped together in its contracted shape.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet
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Publication number: 20190011887Abstract: A timepiece oscillator structure includes at least one divisible unit, which includes at least one component which includes at least one flexible blade or at least one blade with necks, joining two main units, each more rigid than the flexible blade or blade with necks, where the divisible unit includes at least one gripping unit adjacent to at least one main unit to which it is connected by at least one divisible linkage which is designed in order to make possible the detachment of this gripping unit from the component when the component is fixed, with at least the particular main unit which is adjacent to the gripping unit, to a more rigid external element than the flexible blade or than the necks of the blade with necks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Daniel MALLET, Pierre CUSIN, Raphael COURVOISIER, Pascal WINKLER
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Patent number: 9989921Abstract: The invention relates to a timepiece assortment including a timepiece component fixed to an arbor with the aid of a fixing element. According to the invention, the fixing element is made of at least partially amorphous metal alloy, is secured to the timepiece component by partial insertion and includes a hole into which the arbor is driven.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: NIVAROX-FAR S.A.Inventors: Philippe Dubois, Yves Winkler, Daniel Mallet, Christian Charbon
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Patent number: 9709954Abstract: The invention relates to a timepiece assortment including a timepiece component fixed to an arbor with the aid of a fixing element. According to the invention, the fixing element is made of at least partially amorphous metal alloy, is secured to the timepiece component by partial insertion and includes a hole into which the arbor is driven.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Philippe Dubois, Yves Winkler, Daniel Mallet, Christian Charbon
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Publication number: 20170192390Abstract: The invention relates to a timepiece assortment including a timepiece component fixed to an arbor with the aid of a fixing element. According to the invention, the fixing element is made of at least partially amorphous metal alloy, is secured to the timepiece component by partial insertion and includes a hole into which the arbor is driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Philippe DUBOIS, Yves Winkler, Daniel Mallet, Christian Charbon
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Publication number: 20170160701Abstract: Timepiece sub-assembly comprising a component made of micromachinable material comprising an attachment area with a peripheral contact surface, and a shell element deformable between two shapes, one contracted and one expanded, arranged to hold the attachment area inside a housing with at least one degree of freedom, and which comprises a complementary contact surface arranged, in its contracted shape, to exert a clamping force on the contact surface and to securely immobilise the attachment area in all directions, the shell element comprising a first element and a second element that are movable with respect to each other in its expanded shape, each comprising a complementary contact surface, and comprising clamping means for holding the first and second elements clamped together in its contracted shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Marc STRANCZL, Daniel MALLET
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Patent number: 9671755Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly system including a member made of at least a first material including a staff and a shoulder, the staff of the member being received in an aperture of a part made of a second material having little or no plastic domain. According to the invention, the assembly system includes a locking element made of a third material arranged to elastically attach the part between the shoulder of said member and the locking element and in that the locking element is a washer whose internal wall radially grips the staff of said member and whose peripheral portion exerts an elastic radial force vertical to the shoulder of said member in order to secure the assembly of the member-part-locking element.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet, Marco Verardo
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Patent number: 9488961Abstract: An assembly system includes a member made of a first material including a staff and a shoulder, the staff of the member being received in an aperture of a part made of a second material having little or no plastic domain. The assembly system includes a locking element made of a third material arranged to elastically attach the part between the shoulder of the member and the locking element, and the locking element is a conical washer including an internal wall which radially grips the staff of the member. A peripheral portion of the locking element exerts an elastic radial force vertical to the shoulder of the member in order to secure assembly of the member, the part, and the locking element.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet, Marco Verardo
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Patent number: 9176478Abstract: The invention relates to a system of assembling a member, made of a first material, in the aperture of a part made of a second material having no plastic domain, using an intermediate portion made of a third material, mounted between said member and said part, According to the invention, the intermediate portion is accommodated against a shoulder of the part and is laterally locked in a resilient manner by at least one resilient locking device of the part to secure together the unit comprising the member-intermediate portion-part. The invention concerns the field of timepieces.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Pierre Cusin, Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet, Emmanuel Graf
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Publication number: 20150286188Abstract: The invention relates to a timepiece assortment including a timepiece component fixed to an arbor with the aid of a fixing element. According to the invention, the fixing element is made of at least partially amorphous metal alloy, is secured to the timepiece component by partial insertion and includes a hole into which the arbor is driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Philippe DUBOIS, Yves Winkler, Daniel Mallet, Christian Charbon
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Publication number: 20150098311Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly system including a member made of at least a first material including a staff and a shoulder, the staff of the member being received in an aperture of a part made of a second material having little or no plastic domain. According to the invention, the assembly system includes a locking element made of a third material arranged to elastically attach the part between the shoulder of said member and the locking element and in that the locking element is a washer whose internal wall radially grips the staff of said member and whose peripheral portion exerts an elastic radial force vertical to the shoulder of said member in order to secure the assembly of the member-part-locking element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet, Marco Verardo
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Publication number: 20150098310Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly system including a member made of a first material including a staff and a shoulder, the staff of the member being received in an aperture of a part made of a second material having little or no plastic domain. According to the invention, the assembly system includes a locking element made of a third material arranged to elastically attach the part between the shoulder of the member and the locking element and the locking element is a conical washer including an internal wall which radially grips the staff of the member, and a peripheral portion of the locking element which exerts an elastic radial force vertical to the shoulder of the member in order to secure the assembly of the member—part—locking element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Marc STRANCZL, Daniel MALLET, Marco VERARDO
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Patent number: 8944675Abstract: A balance set for a timepiece, with inertia adjustment for adjusting inertia and/or balancing and/or oscillation frequency of the balance, with a balance including an insert inserted into a recess of a felloe connected to a hub by a joining surface. The balance includes on the felloe thereof an elastic holding mechanism including two antagonistic elastic lips which, when stressed, allow insertion of the insert into the recess and which, when released, prevent removal of the insert from the recess. A sprung balance or a timepiece can incorporate such a balance.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Daniel Mallet, Frederic Tolle, Philippe Barthoulot, Daniel Vicente, Emmanuel Graf, Philomene Berger, Pierre Cusin
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Patent number: 8845184Abstract: The invention relates to a system of assembling a member, made of a first material, in the aperture of a part made of a second material having no usable plastic domain, using an intermediate portion (7, 27, 47, 67, 87) made of a third material, mounted between said member and said part. According to the invention, the part is accommodated against a first level (6) of the intermediate portion and is resiliently locked on a second level of the intermediate portion by the member in order to secure together the unit comprising the member—intermediate portion—part. The invention concerns the field of timepieces.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Pierre Cusin, Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet, Emmanuel Graf
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Publication number: 20140160901Abstract: The invention relates to a system of assembling a member, made of a first material, in the aperture of a part made of a second material having no usable plastic domain, using an intermediate portion (7, 27, 47, 67, 87) made of a third material, mounted between said member and said part. According to the invention, the part is accommodated against a first level (6) of the intermediate portion and is resiliently locked on a second level of the intermediate portion by the member in order to secure together the unit comprising the member-intermediate portion-part. The invention concerns the field of timepieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Pierre CUSIN, Marc STRANCZL, Daniel MALLET, Emmanuel GRAF
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Publication number: 20140160902Abstract: The invention relates to a system of assembling a member, made of a first material, in the aperture of a part made of a second material having no plastic domain, using an intermediate portion made of a third material, mounted between said member and said part, According to the invention, the intermediate portion is accommodated against a shoulder of the part and is laterally locked in a resilient manner by at least one resilient locking device of the part to secure together the unit comprising the member-intermediate portion-part. The invention concerns the field of timepieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Pierre CUSIN, Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet, Emmanuel Graf
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Publication number: 20130188461Abstract: A balance set for a timepiece, with inertia adjustment for adjusting inertia and/or balancing and/or oscillation frequency of the balance, with a balance including an insert inserted into a recess of a felloe connected to a hub by a joining surface. The balance includes on the felloe thereof an elastic holding mechanism including two antagonistic elastic lips which, when stressed, allow insertion of the insert into the recess and which, when released, prevent removal of the insert from the recess. A sprung balance or a timepiece can incorporate such a balance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Daniel Mallet, Frederic Tolle, Philippe Barthoulot, Daniel Vicente, Emmanuel Graf, Philomene Berger, Pierre Cusin