Patents by Inventor Francois Berthoud

Francois Berthoud 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).

  • Analogic display module for a watch movement
    Patent number: 5222051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an analogic display module for a watch movement. This module comprises a dial (1) provided with a time graduation (2) and hands (3,4,5) to display the time. It comprises a display for the rhythm of the tides (50) presenting six juxtaposed zones 49 of different thicknesses cooperating with a hand (52) the axis of which is located on the line separating the two middle zones (49) and making one revolution in a time corresponding approximately to the time interval separating two sucessive high tides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Dubois & Depraz S.A.
    Inventors: Gerald Dubois, Francois Berthoud
  • Display module for watch movement
    Patent number: 5086416
    Abstract: A dial 1 provided with an hour graduation 2 cooperating with hands 3, 4, 5, intended to be driven by the hand setting of a movement on which the module can be fixed. This dial 1 comprises further a circular twenty-four hours graduation 11 cooperating simultaneously on the one hand with a hand 13 driven in rotation by a mechanism of the module at a speed of one complete revolution per twenty-four hours and on the other hand a tides disc 12 driven in rotation by the mechanism of the module at a speed of one complete turn for each moon cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Dubois & Depraz S.A.
    Inventors: Gerald Dubois, Francois Berthoud
  • Analogic display module for watch movement
    Patent number: 5043955
    Abstract: The invention relates to an analogic display module for watch movement which comprises several movement sector displays each comprising a movable display member (7-10) cooperating with at least one fixed mark (2-5). The time indications given by each sector display relate to each other sequentially fractions of days or hours following after without discontinuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Le Phare Jean d'Eve S.A.
    Inventors: Gerald Dubois, Francois Berthoud