Patents by Inventor Ludovic BALLOUARD

Ludovic BALLOUARD 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: 9116506
    Abstract: A timepiece includes a timepiece movement provided with an information display mechanism driven from a power take-off. The display mechanism includes N display members for the information regularly distributed over a perimeter of the movement. The N display members are each pivoted on a drive arbour perpendicularly and can take different first and second radial positions in relation to the center of the movement. The display members are driven in succession over time by a common first annular jumping drive so that each display member changes in succession from the first position to the second position and is held in the second position until the end of a cycle in which all of the display members are in their second position. A second annular drive is arranged to reposition all of the display members in their first position at the start of the following cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Harry Winston SA
    Inventor: Ludovic Ballouard
  • Publication number: 20140321249
    Abstract: The invention relates to a timepiece including a timepiece movement provided with an information display mechanism driven from a power take-off, said display mechanism including N display members for said information regularly distributed over a perimeter of the movement, characterized in that the N display members are each pivoted on a drive arbour perpendicularly and can take different first and second radial positions in relation to the centre of the movement, the display members being driven in succession over time by common first annular jumping drive means so that each display member changes in succession from the first position to the second position and is held in said second position until the end of a cycle in which all of the display members are in their second position and in that second annular drive means are arranged to reposition all of the display members in their first position at the start of the following cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Harry Winston SA
    Inventor: Ludovic BALLOUARD