Patents by Inventor Matthieu ERARD

Matthieu ERARD 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: 12248278
    Abstract: A key for holding a dial foot, the key including a cylindrical head arranged at the end of a rod, the head and the rod being coaxial, the head including a flat and a collar extending over a portion of its periphery in an angular sector defined around the longitudinal axis of the rod, on either side of the flat. The collar includes a cross section with a frustoconical shape and, with respect to the periphery of the head, forms a minimum radial projection, substantially zero, at the ends of this angular sector and forms a maximum radial projection between these ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Baptist Wyssbrod, Matthieu Erard
  • Publication number: 20220404772
    Abstract: A dial including an external parts plate (11) intended to be visible for a user, resting on a bearing surface (120) of a support plate (12) on which it is superimposed, the external parts plate (11) and the support plate (12) being fastened to one another at their periphery by the cooperation of peripheral fastening members that they both include, and at their centre by the cooperation of central fastening members that they both include.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventors: Laurent KAELIN, Zoé SCHAFFTER, Matthieu ERARD