Patents by Inventor Frédéric Vaucher
Frédéric Vaucher 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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Patent number: 11573533Abstract: An elastic holding organ for fastening a timepiece component on a support element, including a rigid portion provided with an inner face including at least three deformable arms provided with free ends defining an opening into which the support element can be inserted, the arms being configured to perform a coupling with the support element by an elastic clamping in compression of this support element in the opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Romain Le Moal, Frederic Vaucher, Pierre Cusin
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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: 11073795Abstract: The invention relates to pallets for an escapement of a clock movement including a pallet-stone support, pallet-stones mounted on the pallet-stone support, a fork including first and second horns, a safety pin and a rod connecting the pallet-stone support to the fork and to the safety pin, the pallet-stone support, the rod, the safety pin and the fork forming a monolithic body of the pallets, the pallet-stone support, the rod and the safety pin being formed by a main layer of constant thickness, the first and second horns of the fork having a greater height than the constant thickness and being formed by the main layer, and also by an additional layer, the main layer and the additional layer forming the monolithic body of the pallets.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventor: Frederic Vaucher
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Publication number: 20210048781Abstract: An elastic holding organ for fastening a timepiece component on a support element, including a rigid portion provided with an inner face including at least three deformable arms provided with free ends defining an opening into which the support element can be inserted, the arms being configured to perform a coupling with the support element by an elastic clamping in compression of this support element in the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Romain LE MOAL, Frederic VAUCHER, Pierre CUSIN
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Publication number: 20190155219Abstract: The invention relates to pallets for an escapement of a clock movement including a pallet-stone support, pallet-stones mounted on the pallet-stone support, a fork including first and second horns, a safety pin and a rod connecting the pallet-stone support to the fork and to the safety pin, the pallet-stone support, the rod, the safety pin and the fork forming a monolithic body of the pallets, the pallet-stone support, the rod and the safety pin being formed by a main layer of constant thickness, the first and second horns of the fork having a greater height than the constant thickness and being formed by the main layer, and also by an additional layer, the main layer and the additional layer forming the monolithic body of the pallets.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventor: Frederic VAUCHER
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Patent number: 9575465Abstract: Pallet lever (2) for the escapement mechanism of a watch movement including a fork portion (4), a pallet-stone holder portion (7), pallet-stones (6) mounted on the pallet-stone holder portion, and a lever (8) interconnecting the pallet-stone holder portion to the fork portion. The fork portion includes a fork (12), guard pin (14) and a stud (16), the lever and the pallet-stone holder portion are integral and form a one-piece main body (3) of the pallet lever, and the fork is an added part secured to the main body by means of the stud driven into a securing hole (18) in the main body and a securing hole (20) in the fork. The stud is manufactured from a hard material, particularly a sapphire.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Alexandre Fussinger, Marc Stranczl, Frederic Vaucher
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Publication number: 20150355598Abstract: Pallet lever (2) for the escapement mechanism of a watch movement including a fork portion (4), a pallet-stone holder portion (7), pallet-stones (6) mounted on the pallet-stone holder portion, and a lever (8) interconnecting the pallet-stone holder portion to the fork portion. The fork portion includes a fork (12), guard pin (14) and a stud (16), the lever and the pallet-stone holder portion are integral and form a one-piece main body (3) of the pallet lever, and the fork is an added part secured to the main body by means of the stud driven into a securing hole (18) in the main body and a securing hole (20) in the fork. The stud is manufactured from a hard material, particularly a sapphire.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: NIVAROX-FAR S.A.Inventors: Alexandre FUSSINGER, Marc STRANCZL, Frederic VAUCHER
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Patent number: 8491182Abstract: The invention relates to a resonator (11) with a balance (13) and balance spring (15) including a balance (13) mounted on a staff (17), a balance spring (15) integral with a collet (14) and mounted on said staff. According to the invention, the collet (14) includes an integral protruding portion or bump (16) forming a pin arranged for cooperating with an escape system. The invention concerns the field of timepiece movements.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Philomène Berger, Emmanuel Graf, Daniel Mallet, Frédéric Vaucher, Pierre Cusin
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Patent number: 8439557Abstract: The invention relates to a single piece coaxial escape wheel set (100, 100?) including a first toothing (108, 108?) formed at the periphery of a plate (103, 103?) and a second toothing (113, 113?). According to the invention, the second toothing (113, 113?) is formed in a single piece with the plate (103, 103?) of the first toothing (108, 108?) so as to reduce any problems of alignment of one in relation to the other and to decrease the overall mass of the wheel set (100, 100?). The invention concerns the field of timepieces.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Omega S.A.Inventors: Frédéric Vaucher, Pierre Cusin, Marco Verardo, Jean-Philippe Thiebaud
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Patent number: 8206029Abstract: The part is made from a plate (1) made of a brittle material, such as glass, quartz or silicon and includes at least one aperture (2, 4, 6) for driving in a shaft (5). This aperture is characterized in that it includes alternately rigidifying and positioning zones (8) and resilient deformation zones (10). Application to securing a shaft onto the moving parts of a timepiece movement.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.Inventors: Frédéric Vaucher, Raymond Gabus, Marco Verardo
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Publication number: 20110310709Abstract: The invention relates to a single piece coaxial escape wheel set (100, 100?) including a first toothing (108, 108?) formed at the periphery of a plate (103, 103?) and a second toothing (113, 113?). According to the invention, the second toothing (113, 113?) is formed in a single piece with the plate (103, 103?) of the first toothing (108, 108?) so as to reduce any problems of alignment of one in relation to the other and to decrease the overall mass of the wheel set (100, 100?). The invention concerns the field of timepieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: OMEGA S.A.Inventors: Frédéric Vaucher, Pierre Cusin, Marco Verardo, Jean-Philippe Thiebaud
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Publication number: 20110116347Abstract: The invention relates to a resonator (11) with a balance (13) and balance spring (15) including a balance (13) mounted on a staff (17), a balance spring (15) integral with a collet (14) and mounted on said staff. According to the invention, the collet (14) includes an integral protruding portion or bump (16) forming a pin arranged for cooperating with an escape system. The invention concerns the field of timepiece movements.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: NIVAROX-FAR S.A.Inventors: Philomène Berger, Emmanuel Graf, Daniel Mallet, Frédéric Vaucher, Pierre Cusin
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Publication number: 20090154303Abstract: The part is made from a plate (1) made of a brittle material, such as glass, quartz or silicon and includes at least one aperture (2, 4, 6) for driving in a shaft (5). This aperture is characterized in that it includes alternately rigidifying and positioning zones (8) and resilient deformation zones (10). Application to securing a shaft onto the moving parts of a timepiece movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: NIVAROX-FAR S.A.Inventors: Frederic Vaucher, Raymond Gabus, Marco Verardo
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Patent number: 7415353Abstract: A navigation satellite receiver accepts satellite-position table messages comprising truncated GPS ephemeris parameters. In particular, at least one of the two harmonic corrections to inclination angle, Cic and Cis, are not communicated and not used in the solution of navigation receiver position. In a first method embodiment of the present invention, both the two harmonic corrections to inclination angle, Cic and Cis, are omitted from the computation. In a second method embodiment of the present invention, only one of the two harmonic corrections to inclination angle, Cic and Cis, are omitted from the computation, depending on Min(Cis sin(2?k), Cis cos(2?k)).Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2004Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, eRide, Inc.Inventors: Paul W. McBurney, Frederic Vaucher
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Publication number: 20050278116Abstract: A navigation satellite receiver accepts satellite-position table messages comprising truncated GPS ephemeris parameters. In particular, at least one of the two harmonic corrections to inclination angle, Cic and Cis, are not communicated and not used in the solution of navigation receiver position. In a first method embodiment of the present invention, both the two harmonic corrections to inclination angle, Cic and Cis, are omitted from the computation. In a second method embodiment of the present invention, only one of the two harmonic corrections to inclination angle, Cic and Cis, are omitted from the computation, depending on Min(Cis sin(2?k), Cis cos(2?k)).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2004Publication date: December 15, 2005Inventors: Paul McBurney, Frederic Vaucher
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Patent number: 6584404Abstract: A thin-client navigation-satellite receiver network collects GPS pseudorange measurements and communicates them from many independent clients on a computer network to a server. The server computes the respective navigation solutions and sends the results back to each client. A client manager at the server includes a client-request handler that interfaces with the network and collects the discrete requests from each of the clients. An assembler builds complete data sets from one to five seconds worth of data gathered by the client-request handler and spins each ready-to-go job to a bank of navigation servers. A session manager coordinates the inputs-and-results communication on the network and sends its outputs to a client responder.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2002Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, eRide, Inc.Inventors: Paul W. McBurney, Clark W. Rasmussen, Frederic Vaucher, Kenneth U. Victa