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).

  • Publication number: 20220283544
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel MALLET, Frédéric VAUCHER, Pierre CUSIN
  • Patent number: 11262702
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Daniel Mallet, Pierre Cusin, Raphael Courvoisier, Pascal Winkler
  • Publication number: 20210223741
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Daniel MALLET, Pierre CUSIN, Raphael COURVOISIER, Pascal WINKLER
  • Patent number: 10496038
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet
  • Publication number: 20190011887
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Daniel MALLET, Pierre CUSIN, Raphael COURVOISIER, Pascal WINKLER
  • Patent number: 9989921
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: NIVAROX-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Dubois, Yves Winkler, Daniel Mallet, Christian Charbon
  • Patent number: 9709954
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Dubois, Yves Winkler, Daniel Mallet, Christian Charbon
  • Publication number: 20170192390
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe DUBOIS, Yves Winkler, Daniel Mallet, Christian Charbon
  • Publication number: 20170160701
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Marc STRANCZL, Daniel MALLET
  • Patent number: 9671755
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet, Marco Verardo
  • Patent number: 9488961
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet, Marco Verardo
  • Patent number: 9176478
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Cusin, Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet, Emmanuel Graf
  • Publication number: 20150286188
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe DUBOIS, Yves Winkler, Daniel Mallet, Christian Charbon
  • Publication number: 20150098310
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Marc STRANCZL, Daniel MALLET, Marco VERARDO
  • Publication number: 20150098311
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet, Marco Verardo
  • Patent number: 8944675
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Mallet, Frederic Tolle, Philippe Barthoulot, Daniel Vicente, Emmanuel Graf, Philomene Berger, Pierre Cusin
  • Patent number: 8845184
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Cusin, Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet, Emmanuel Graf
  • Publication number: 20140160902
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre CUSIN, Marc Stranczl, Daniel Mallet, Emmanuel Graf
  • Publication number: 20140160901
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre CUSIN, Marc STRANCZL, Daniel MALLET, Emmanuel GRAF
  • Publication number: 20130188461
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Mallet, Frederic Tolle, Philippe Barthoulot, Daniel Vicente, Emmanuel Graf, Philomene Berger, Pierre Cusin