Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Quenet

Jean-Claude Quenet 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: 7782717
    Abstract: The display device, which is arranged to display the minutes and hours, includes two cams (14 and 34) driven separately and respectively from the cannon pinion (11) and the hour wheel (31) of a horological movement. A lever (15, 35) held in the idle position by a spring (18, 38), is arranged so as to be actuated on demand by means of a push button (4) placed outside the corresponding timepiece, so as to make a rack (24, 44) pivot until the moment when a sensing finger (25, 45) of each rack abuts against the periphery of the corresponding cam. Each rack during its rotation drives a pinion (26, 46) carrying hands indicating the minutes and the hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Franck Müller Watchland S.A.
    Inventors: Ramon Gil, Jean-Claude Quenet
  • Patent number: 7646679
    Abstract: A display mechanism is described, driven by the hour wheel of a mechanical or quartz horological movement, the hour wheel driving a cam controlling a rack turning about an axis and arranged in engagement with a pinion, secured to an hour hand, the cam having a configuration allowing different spaces or angles between the hours to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Franck Müller Watchland S.A.
    Inventors: Ramon Gil, Jean-Claude Quenet
  • Publication number: 20090067295
    Abstract: The display device, which is arranged to display the minutes and hours, includes two cams (14 and 34) driven separately and respectively from the cannon pinion (11) and the hour wheel (31) of a horological movement. A lever (15, 35) held in the idle position by a spring (18, 38), is arranged so as to be actuated on demand by means of a push button (4) placed outside the corresponding timepiece, so as to make a rack (24, 44) pivot until the moment when a sensing finger (25, 45) of each rack abuts against the periphery of the corresponding cam. Each rack during its rotation drives a pinion (26, 46) carrying hands indicating the minutes and the hour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Ramon Gil, Jean-Claude Quenet
  • Publication number: 20080151699
    Abstract: A display mechanism is described, driven by the hour wheel of a mechanical or quartz horological movement, the hour wheel driving a cam controlling a rack turning about an axis and arranged in engagement with a pinion, secured to an hour hand, the cam having a configuration allowing different spaces or angles between the hours to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Ramon GIL, Jean-Claude QUENET
  • Publication number: 20080151698
    Abstract: The display device, which is arranged to display the minutes and hours, comprises two cams driven separately from the cannon pinion and the hour wheel of a horological movement, a lever held in the idle position by a spring being actuated manually on demand by means of a push button placed outside the corresponding timepiece, so as to make a rack turn on its axis until the moment when a finger of each rack abuts on its respective cam, the rack during its rotation driving a pinion carrying hands indicating the minutes and the hour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Ramon GIL, Jean-Claude QUENET