Patents by Inventor Michel Caspar

Michel Caspar 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: 5184333
    Abstract: The clock movement comprises a perpetual calendar mechanism (1-15), an equation-of-time mechanism (16-19) and a third mechanism (20-23) which is actuated by the first so as to modify the angular position of an equation-of-time cam (16) of the second mechanism, as a function of the number of days in the months. Thus this cam (16) always performs exactly one complete revolution in one year, irrespective of the number of days in the year. The movement is therefore a perpetual calendar movement and a perpetual equation-of-time movement. It also has the advantage that, after it has been stopped for an indeterminate time, the exact angular position of the equation-of-time cam (16) is automatically restored, with no possibility of error, simply by bringing the date, year, month and time back into phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Montres Breguet S.A.
    Inventor: Michel Caspar