Patents by Inventor Giuseppe Cappadona

Giuseppe Cappadona 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: 9862129
    Abstract: A method for making an oscillating weight for an automatic winding mechanism of a self-winding watch including a central part made from a first composite material and a heavy sector made from a second composite material charged with heavy metal particles, the method including: forming the central part with a lateral rib and a rebate by injecting the first composite material into a mold; overmolding the heavy sector onto the central part by injecting the second composite material into a mold containing the central part, so that the second composite material fills the rebate and a gap underneath the lateral rib, so that the lateral rib is embedded in the second composite material and the central part and the heavy sector are interlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Florent Strahm, Laurent Kaelin, Xavier Tinguely, Giuseppe Cappadona
  • Patent number: 9841734
    Abstract: A display mechanism including a mechanism for fast correction of a position of a display wheel set, an intermediate wheel set ensuring synchronization with an automatic drive mechanism, and, inserted between the intermediate wheel set and the display wheel set, a safety lever driven by the display wheel set during periodic driving thereof, in a trajectory that interferes with a spatial volume of the intermediate wheel set, such that, when the intermediate wheel set is correctly synchronized, the trajectory of the lever does not interfere with the intermediate wheel set, and, when the intermediate wheel set is not correctly synchronized, the trajectory of the safety lever interferes with the intermediate wheel set, which the safety lever then drives in an opposite direction to a single direction of normal operation, to resynchronize the intermediate wheel set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Antonio Merino, Jean-Luc Helfer, Christian Ruefenacht, Giuseppe Cappadona
  • Publication number: 20170075307
    Abstract: A display mechanism including a mechanism for fast correction of a position of a display wheel set, an intermediate wheel set ensuring synchronization with an automatic drive mechanism, and, inserted between the intermediate wheel set and the display wheel set, a safety lever driven by the display wheel set during periodic driving thereof, in a trajectory that interferes with a spatial volume of the intermediate wheel set, such that, when the intermediate wheel set is correctly synchronized, the trajectory of the lever does not interfere with the intermediate wheel set, and, when the intermediate wheel set is not correctly synchronized, the trajectory of the safety lever interferes with the intermediate wheel set, which the safety lever then drives in an opposite direction to a single direction of normal operation, to resynchronize the intermediate wheel set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Antonio MERINO, Jean-Luc HELFER, Christian RUEFENACHT, Giuseppe CAPPADONA
  • Publication number: 20160059452
    Abstract: A method for making an oscillating weight for an automatic winding mechanism of a self-winding watch including a central part made from a first composite material and a heavy sector made from a second composite material charged with heavy metal particles, the method including: forming the central part with a lateral rib and a rebate by injecting the first composite material into a mold; overmolding the heavy sector onto the central part by injecting the second composite material into a mold containing the central part, so that the second composite material fills the rebate and a gap underneath the lateral rib, so that the lateral rib is embedded in the second composite material and the central part and the heavy sector are interlocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventors: Florent STRAHM, Laurent KAELIN, Xavier TINGUELY, Giuseppe CAPPADONA
  • Patent number: 9229432
    Abstract: A lever for transmitting motion from an input wheel set pivoting about a first axis on a pivoting plate of the lever, to a receiver wheel set, the input wheel set permanently transmitting its motion to an output wheel set carried by the plate and pivoting under the action of the input wheel set about a second axis whose angular position is variable relative to the first axis, and the lever includes a first friction connection between a first friction surface of the input wheel set and a second friction surface of the plate, this first friction connection is weaker or stronger than a second friction connection between a third friction surface of the output wheel set and a fourth friction surface of the plate included in the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Christian Ruefenacht, Raphael Courvoisier, Antonio Merino, Giuseppe Cappadona
  • Publication number: 20150331392
    Abstract: Lever A lever for transmitting motion from an input wheel set pivoting about a first axis on a pivoting plate of the lever, to a receiver wheel set, the input wheel set permanently transmitting its motion to an output wheel set carried by the plate and pivoting under the action of the input wheel set about a second axis whose angular position is variable relative to the first axis, and the lever includes a first friction connection between a first friction surface of the input wheel set and a second friction surface of the plate, this first friction connection is weaker or stronger than a second friction connection between a third friction surface of the output wheel set and a fourth friction surface of the plate comprised included in the lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Christian RUEFENACHT, Raphael COURVOISIER, Antonio MERINO, Giuseppe CAPPADONA
  • Patent number: D739269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SWATCH LTD
    Inventors: Antonio Fazio, Christophe Cattin, Xavier Tinguely, Ivan Villar, Gaël Feusier, Giuseppe Cappadona, Laurent Kaelin, Alphonse Arellano
  • Patent number: D748517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SWATCH LTD
    Inventors: Antonio Fazio, Christophe Cattin, Xavier Tinguely, Ivan Villar, Gaël Feusier, Giuseppe Cappadona, Laurent Kaelin, Alphonse Arellano
  • Patent number: D759527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SWATCH LTD
    Inventors: Antonio Fazio, Christophe Cattin, Xavier Tinguely, Ivan Villar, Gaël Feusier, Giuseppe Cappadona, Laurent Kaelin, Alphonse Arellano