Patents by Inventor Jean-Baptiste LE BRIS

Jean-Baptiste LE BRIS 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: 11543775
    Abstract: A drive member and a mechanism for a timepiece including such a drive member includes at least two monolithic units stacked and connected in series, each of these units including a hub and a rim which are connected by at least one elastic arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PATEK PHILIPPE SA GENEVE
    Inventor: Jean-Baptiste Le Bris
  • Publication number: 20220382216
    Abstract: Disclosed is a unidirectional clutch wheel assembly that includes a first wheel, a second wheel coaxial with the first wheel and including an inner toothing, a rigid drive member rotationally fixed with respect to the first wheel and at least one rigid pawl connected to the rigid drive member by an elastic strip. The rigid pawl is locked against the inner toothing by the rigid drive member to rotationally fix the first and second wheels to each other when the first wheel or the second wheel is rotationally driven in a direction corresponding to coupling. The inner toothing has asymmetrical teeth. The rigid pawl is arranged, in its position locked against the inner toothing, to be in point contact, in top plan view, with two consecutive teeth of the inner toothing and with the rigid drive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Pascal HUMAIR, Jean-Baptiste LE BRIS
  • Publication number: 20200004202
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drive member for a timepiece including at least two monolithic units stacked and connected in series, each of these units including a hub and a rim which are connected by at least one elastic arm. Also disclosed is a mechanism for a timepiece including such a drive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: Jean-Baptiste LE BRIS