Patents by Inventor Jean-Luc Bovet

Jean-Luc Bovet 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: 20240369358
    Abstract: A watch (2) including a memory (4) and a detection device (6), which device includes an acceleration sensor (8) for measuring an acceleration vector of the watch in a three-dimensional coordinate frame linked to the watch, and an electronic unit (12) that processes measurements supplied by the acceleration sensor. The electronic unit (12) detects, in association with the memory, at least for a rocket of a given type, crossing of the Kármán line by the rocket, solely by means of the watch on board the rocket. Crossing of the Kármán line by the watch is detected by detection device based on periodic measurements carried out by the acceleration sensor from rocket take-off until the crossing of the Kármán line, as defined before the space flight, and based on a corresponding reference value stored in the memory. The Kármán line is defined by a given altitude or a selectable altitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventors: Laurent CHRISTE, Andréa DARDANELLI, Gérard SURMELY, Fabian DUBOIS, Jean-Luc BOVET
  • Patent number: 10152029
    Abstract: An electronic device including a case includes a glass and a back cover, the electronic device including at least one electronic module configured to calculate a current time, to execute plural functions and to provide information relating to the current time and to the functions to a display disposed underneath the glass. The electronic device further including a controller including at least one contact area allowing a user to act on the at least one electronic module, the at least one contact area being monitored by the electronic module at a scanning frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Bovet, Martin Jufer, Andre Nussbaum, Laurent Christe
  • Patent number: 10133363
    Abstract: A portable object including a case in which at least one electronic module is placed, the at least one electronic module configured to execute plural functions and to provide information relating to the functions to a display, the electronic device further including a controller including at least one contact area allowing a user to act on the at least one electronic module, each function being associated with a predetermined time threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Bovet, Martin Jufer, Andre Nussbaum, Laurent Christe
  • Patent number: 9501039
    Abstract: A watch and a method of ultrasonic welding a bezel to the watch at a middle part. The watch includes: a middle part which, with a crystal, delimits a watch case, the crystal being bonded to a shoulder arranged in the watch middle part; and a bezel ultrasonically welded both to the crystal and to the watch middle part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Martin Jufer, Christian Racine, Jean-Luc Bovet, Jerome Grosjean
  • Publication number: 20160077497
    Abstract: An electronic device including a case includes a glass and a back cover, the electronic device including at least one electronic module configured to calculate a current time, to execute plural functions and to provide information relating to the current time and to the functions to a display disposed underneath the glass. The electronic device further including a controller including at least one contact area allowing a user to act on the at least one electronic module, the at least one contact area being monitored by the electronic module at a scanning frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventors: Jean-Luc BOVET, Martin JUFER, Andre NUSSBAUM, Laurent CHRISTE
  • Publication number: 20160070363
    Abstract: A portable object including a case in which at least one electronic module is placed, the at least one electronic module configured to execute plural functions and to provide information relating to the functions to a display, the electronic device further including a controller including at least one contact area allowing a user to act on the at least one electronic module, each function being associated with a predetermined time threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventors: Jean-Luc BOVET, Martin JUFER, Andre NUSSBAUM, Laurent CHRISTE
  • Patent number: 9016935
    Abstract: A wristwatch with capacitive touch zones including a case made of a non electrically conductive material, the case including a housing in which a battery is housed and which is closed by an electrically conductive battery cover. The electrically conductive battery cover is mounted on the watch case with interposition of an electrically conductive sealing gasket between the battery cover and the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogére Suisse
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Jean-Luc Bovet, Christian Racine, Sergio Rota
  • Patent number: 8867321
    Abstract: Method of ultrasonic welding a watch crystal, the watch including a middle part which, with the crystal, delimits a watch case, the crystal including a top face oriented towards the user and an opposite bottom face oriented towards the watch cases, a digital display device being fixed to the bottom face of the crystal, a printed circuit board being disposed inside the watch case, underneath and remote from the digital display device, the digital display device being electrically connected to the printed circuit board by means of a zebra electrical connector, wherein, as the crystal is abutting on a shoulder arranged in the middle part, the ultrasounds are directed onto the shoulder to melt the shoulder and to lower the level of the crystal in the direction of the printed circuit board, so that the zebra connector is compressed between the digital display device and the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Eta Sa Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Martin Jufer, Christian Racine, Jean-Luc Bovet, Jerome Grosjean
  • Publication number: 20130329535
    Abstract: Watch comprising a middle part (2), which, with a crystal (4), delimits a watch case (1), the crystal (4) being bonded to a shoulder (10) arranged in the watch middle part (2), the watch being characterized in that it comprises a bezel (14) ultrasonic welded both to the crystal (4) and to the watch middle part (2). The invention also concerns method of ultrasonic welding a bezel (14) to the watch middle part (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Martin Jufer, Christian Racine, Jean-Luc Bovet, Jerome Grosjean
  • Publication number: 20130279303
    Abstract: Method of ultrasonic welding a watch crystal (4), wherein the watch comprises a middle part (2) which, with the crystal (4), delimits a watch case (1), the crystal comprising a top face oriented towards the user and an opposite bottom face oriented towards the watch case, a digital display device (12) being fixed to the bottom face (10) of the crystal (4), a printed circuit board (26) being disposed inside the watch case (1), underneath and remote from the digital display device (12), the digital display device (12) being electrically connected to the printed circuit board (26) by means of a zebra-type electrical connector (30), the method being characterized in that as the crystal (4) is abutting on a shoulder (6) arranged in the middle part (2), the ultrasounds are directed onto the shoulder (6) to melt said shoulder (6) and to lower the level of the crystal (4) in the direction of the printed circuit board (26), so that the zebra connector (30) is compressed between the digital display device (12) and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Martin Jufer, Christian Racine, Jean-Luc Bovet, Jerome Grosjean
  • Publication number: 20130201803
    Abstract: A wristwatch with capacitive touch zones including a case made of a non electrically conductive material, the case including a housing in which a battery is housed and which is closed by an electrically conductive battery cover. The electrically conductive battery cover is mounted on the watch case with interposition of an electrically conductive sealing gasket between the battery cover and the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE
    Inventors: Andre Kaltenrieder, Jean-Luc Bovet, Christian Racine, Sergio Rota