Patents by Inventor John Corlet

John Corlet 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: 5239522
    Abstract: The invention relates to a setting method of the perpetual calendar of a chronograph watch having an analogic display and comprising a watch case, a time setting stem and two chronograph pushers. The display comprises a dial provided with an hour and a minute graduation as well as a centered chronograph hand and eccentric chronograph counters for the minutes and the hours each presenting a graduation, a corresponding hand and a date display. The watch comprises at least a driving motor for these hands and an electronic circuit provided with a processor controlled by a quartz time base. The setting of the perpetual calendar, number of the years within a cycle of four years, number of the months of the year, and indication of the date is controlled by the time setting stem and the two chronograph pushers. During the setting process, one displays the value of each of the parameters to be set successively by one of the hands and of the corresponding graduation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Complications SA
    Inventor: John Corlet
  • Patent number: 5172351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanism for controlling the actuation of a member of a mechanical or electrical time piece or watch by a push piece. It consists in a planar spring 13, the two end 14, 15 of which cooperate the one with the other. One of these ends 14 of this spring is in contact with a stem of the push piece 7 sliding into the watch case 5 and the side 13 opposite to this end 14 rests against an abutment 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Complications SA
    Inventor: John Corlet