Patents by Inventor Jérôme Daout

Jérôme Daout 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: 20120008468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hairspring for a timepiece hairspring-balance oscillator, which can be produced, in particular, from a low-density material such as silicon, diamond or quartz, and to a method of manufacturing such a hairspring. According to the invention, this hairspring comprises at least one leaf (2) the cross section of which has a thickness and a height and its characterizing feature is that the leaf (2) comprises a plurality of apertures (3) extending in the heightwise direction of the leaf and alternating with bridges (5). The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a hairspring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: ROLEX S.A.
    Inventors: Richard Bossart, Jérôme Daout
  • Publication number: 20110249537
    Abstract: Hairspring for a balance wheel/hairspring resonator, comprising n blades, where n?2, which are fastened via at least one of their respective homologous ends and wound in spirals with an angular offset capable of neutralizing the lateral forces liable to be exerted on its central arbor when one of the ends of each blade is moved angularly around said central arbor relative to its other end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: ROLEX S.A.
    Inventors: Jérôme Daout, Richard Bossart
  • Patent number: 8002460
    Abstract: Hairspring for a balance wheel/hairspring resonator, comprising n blades, where n?2, which are fastened via at least one of their respective homologous ends and wound in spirals with an angular offset capable of neutralizing the lateral forces liable to be exerted on its central arbor when one of the ends of each blade is moved angularly around said central arbor relative to its other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Rolex S.A.
    Inventors: Jérôme Daout, Richard Bossart
  • Publication number: 20110069591
    Abstract: This flat balance spring for a horological balance comprises a wound strip shaped to ensure an approximately concentric development of the balance spring and almost zero force on the pivots and on the fixing point, during a rotation of less than 360° of its inner end relative to its outer end in both directions from its rest position. The stiffness of its strip decreases gradually and through more than 360° from each of its two ends, the lowest stiffness being situated in the median part of said strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: ROLEX S.A.
    Inventor: Jérôme Daout
  • Publication number: 20100043578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a backlash-compensating toothed moving part, for a precision gear assembly, particularly in clock-making, in which the backlash-compensating teeth each have a section extending symmetrically to both sides of the radius of said mobile passing the tip of said teeth with an elastic connection to said mobile to give said teeth a freedom of movement in the plane of the mobile, at least one tooth in two being a backlash-compensating tooth comprising stop means arranged to limit the freedom of movement as a function of the backlash in the gear assembly to be compensated for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: ROLEX S.A.
    Inventor: Jérôme DAOUT
  • Patent number: 7633837
    Abstract: The invention relates to a backlash-compensating toothed moving part, for a precision gear assembly, particularly in clock-making, in which the backlash-compensating teeth each have a section extending symmetrically to both sides of the radius of said mobile passing the tip of said teeth with an elastic connection to said mobile to give said teeth a freedom of movement in the plane of the mobile, at least one tooth in two being a backlash-compensating tooth comprising stop means (6, 7; 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b; 14; 17a; 18a; 29; 31a, 34; 31b, 35; 40) arranged to limit the freedom of movement as a function of the backlash in the gear assembly to be compensated for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Rolex S.A.
    Inventor: Jérôme Daout
  • Publication number: 20070180943
    Abstract: The invention relates to a backlash-compensating toothed moving part, for a precision gear assembly, particularly in clock-making, in which the backlash-compensating teeth each have a section extending symmetrically to both sides of the radius of said mobile passing the tip of said teeth with an elastic connection to said mobile to give said teeth a freedom of movement in the plane of the mobile, at least one tooth in two being a backlash-compensating tooth comprising stop means (6, 7; 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b; 14; 17a; 18a; 29; 31a, 34; 31b, 35; 40) arranged to limit the freedom of movement as a function of the backlash in the gear assembly to be compensated for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: ROLEX S.A.
    Inventor: Jérôme Daout