Patents by Inventor Marc Mouthon

Marc Mouthon 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).

  • Device for controlling correction operations of a time display device
    Patent number: 4392217
    Abstract: A device comprises means for distinguishing a short depression from a long depression depending on the period of actuation of a control button (block 14), means for selecting in the case of a short depression a minutes correction mode in which the display advances by one minute for each pressure (block 18) and, in the case of a long depression, an hours correction mode in which the display advances by complete hours as long as the depression lasts (block 19). It further comprises means for defining two different advance speeds, a slower speed (SLOW+60 m) and a faster speed (FAST+60 mn) in the hours correction mode, and means for passing automatically first to the slow speed to advance a first hour and then to the fast speed for the following hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1983
    Assignee: Ebauches Electroniques, S.A.
    Inventors: Niraj Kumar, Marc Mouthon