Patents by Inventor Pascal Lagorgette
Pascal Lagorgette 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).
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Patent number: 12248280Abstract: A motor group including motor modules, each including a motor device driving a display wheel set, with a center pipe fixed on a plate, including a device for rotational guiding, about a main axis, of a display wheel set internal or external to the center pipe, this module includes an axial stop arranged to limit to a predetermined value the axial play in the direction of the main axis between the center pipe and the display wheel set, wherein a protruding surface of the center pipe or of the display wheel set, or an added axial stop, captively mounted between the center pipe and the display wheel set, or fixed to the display wheel set.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Raphael Balmer, Pascal Lagorgette
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Patent number: 12242231Abstract: A method for setting an electronic watch including a near-field communication module and a microcontroller configured to exchange electric signals with this module, the method including: establishing a near-field connection between the electronic appliance and the watch; verifying, by way of the microcontroller of the electronic appliance, the accuracy of a datum indicating the clock state of the watch; sending, to the near-field communication module of the watch, by way of the near-field communication device and when instructed to do so by the microcontroller of the electronic appliance, at least one watch setting instruction when the clock state datum is inaccurate; processing said at least one instruction received by means of the microcontroller of the watch, in order to generate watch setting parameters; and configuring the watch when instructed to do so by the microcontroller of the watch, according to the setting parameters generated.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSEInventor: Pascal Lagorgette
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Patent number: 12222681Abstract: A display mechanism for a watch and a watch including the display mechanism, which includes a display for displaying information, a first and second mobile elements and a support, so that when the first mobile element moves with a first primary speed, the second mobile element moves into a first position so as to cover the display and when the first mobile element moves with a first secondary speed, the second mobile element moves into a second position so as to expose the display. Thus, the display can be exposed which allows to maximize the display surface when information is present on the display.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventor: Pascal Lagorgette
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Patent number: 12222685Abstract: A watch is includes a case including at least one pair of horns, a horological movement, and a near field communication module configured to perform contactless electronic transactions. The near field communication module may be connected to the horological movement by being arranged between horns of the at least one pair of horns.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSEInventors: Pascal Lagorgette, Xavier Stehlin
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Patent number: 12204285Abstract: An electromechanical horological movement including an analogue time display device and provided with at least one electromechanical motor, to drive at least one indicator of the analogue time display, and a generator including a rotor and associated with an oscillating mass coaxial with the time display device, this horological movement including a first wheel provided with a shaft, coaxial with said indicator, which is guided in rotation, in a main embodiment, by a fixed cylindrical tube around which is rotatably mounted at least one cannon of the time display device. The first wheel is in meshing relation with the rotor of the generator and is fixedly connected to the oscillating mass, on the side opposite the analogue time display, so that this oscillating mass can rotate the rotor of the generator via the first wheel.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventors: Romain Besuchet, Stéphane Baleon, Pascal Lagorgette
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Patent number: 12169393Abstract: A method for automatically correcting the time and/or the date for a self-correcting watch including at least one receiving member, at least one detecting member, and at least one processing unit for implementing the correction method. The correction method includes at least one step of receiving at least one datum, at least one step of detecting the wrong time and/or the wrong date and at least one step of correcting the time.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventor: Pascal Lagorgette
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Patent number: 12158731Abstract: An analogue display watch (10) including an electronic horological movement including a first and a second electric motor (13, 14) kinematically connected respectively to an hour hand (15) and to a minute hand (16), the electric motors being power supplied by an electric accumulator (12), the horological movement also comprising an integrated circuit (17) connected to the motors and to a control member (18), the watch (10) being characterised in that the integrated circuit (17) is configured so as to control, when the control member (18) is requested by a user, the first and the second electric motor (13, 14) to rotate the hour (15) and minute (16) hands at an angular speed of displacement of six degrees per second, and in such a way that they are disposed so as to be collinear and that they are superimposed on each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSEInventors: Emmanuel Fleury, Pascal Lagorgette
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Publication number: 20240226425Abstract: A drug delivery device (1), including a delivery unit (3) comprising a subcutaneous delivery system including a needle support (10), an injection needle (9) mounted on the needle support, and an injection needle actuation mechanism configured to engage and slidably move the needle support from a retracted position where the injection needle is within a housing (2) of the drug delivery device to an extended delivery position where the injection needle projects through a skin contact wall of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: FABIAN BÜRLI, PASCAL LAGORGETTE
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Publication number: 20240131254Abstract: A drug delivery device (1), including a delivery unit (3) comprising a subcutaneous delivery system including a needle support (10), an injection needle (9) mounted on the needle support, and an injection needle actuation mechanism configured to engage and slidably move the needle support from a retracted position where the injection needle is within a housing (2) of the drug delivery device to an extended delivery position where the injection needle projects through a skin contact wall of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: FABIAN BÜRLI, PASCAL LAGORGETTE
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Publication number: 20240091460Abstract: A drug delivery device (1), including a delivery unit (3) comprising a subcutaneous delivery system including a needle support (10), an injection needle (9) mounted on the needle support, and an injection needle actuation mechanism configured to engage and slidably move the needle support from a retracted position where the injection needle is within a housing (2) of the drug delivery device to an extended delivery position where the injection needle projects through a skin contact wall of the housing. The delivery unit further comprises a needle shield mechanism comprising a needle shield cover (16) slidably movable from a retracted position within the housing to an extended position covering the needle and a spring (26) biasing the needle shield cover towards the extended position, the needle support comprising a shoulder engaging a shoulder of the needle shield cover configured to hold the needle shield cover in the retracted position prior to actuation of the injection needle actuation mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: FABIAN BÜRLI, PASCAL LAGORGETTE
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Publication number: 20240082486Abstract: A drug delivery device (1), comprising a delivery unit (3) including a drug container (6) comprising a barrel portion (6a) and a plunger (12) slidably mounted within the barrel portion and sealing the drug (78) within the container at one end of the barrel portion, and a drive unit (4) comprising a pneumatic flow system (74) and a pneumatic pumping system configured to pump air via the pneumatic flow system (74) to a space behind the plunger to generate a gas pressure to advance the plunger in the container during drug delivery. The drug delivery device comprises a sealing adaptor (9) mounted on an end of the drug container facing an outer side of the plunger, the sealing adaptor (9) comprising a sealing plug (23) inserted inside an end of the barrel portion, the sealing plug (23) comprising an orifice (26) configured for pluggable sealing connection to a gas channel connector (40) of the pneumatic flow system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: PASCAL LAGORGETTE, FABIAN BÜRLI, MATTHIAS MÜLLER, PEER KOSTAL
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Publication number: 20240082485Abstract: Drug delivery device (1) comprising a housing (2), a delivery unit (3), a drive unit (4) and a pumping system, the delivery unit comprising a subcutaneous delivery system (6) and a needle actuator system (7), the subcutaneous delivery system comprising a slidable needle support (10) and an injection needle mounted to the slidable needle support, the needle support movable with respect to the housing (2) from a retracted position where the needle is mounted within the housing, to an extended position where the needle projects through a skin contact wall (48) of the housing for subcutaneous delivery, the needle actuator mechanism comprising an actuation disc (12) rotatably mounted to a housing portion (38) within the housing (2) configured to displace the slidable needle support from the retracted position to the extended position by rotation of the actuation disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: PASCAL LAGORGETTE, FABIAN BÜRLI
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Patent number: 11921466Abstract: A method for updating (500) the date for a watch implemented by an updating device (100). The updating method (500) including storing in memory the current date (171) according to a perpetual calendar programmed on a time zone (175), receiving a second signal (181) before verifying a first signal (131) after having received the second signal (181). A comparison is carried out between the second signal (181) and the current date (171) in order to control the driving of at least one date-disc (120) with a drive member (160) if the second portion (127) is different from the current date (171) until the first sensor (130) detects a first portion (126) of the at least one date-disc (120).Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSEInventor: Pascal Lagorgette
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Patent number: 11880170Abstract: A watch with annual calendar setting, the watch including at least one setting member configured to displace an hour hand and/or a minute hand, at least one detecting member configured to detect the date change, and at least one central processing unit configured to deduce the set date, to actuate the motor and to implement the annual calendar setting method.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventor: Pascal Lagorgette
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Publication number: 20230195047Abstract: A timepiece (1) intended to transmit commands to an external device (70), including: a digital display (6); a wireless communication circuit (82); a manual selection interface (5, 6); a microphone (87); and a processing unit (81) configured to: transmit a command to an external device (70) depending on an audible signal received on the microphone (87); depending on a history of previously selected commands, environment criteria, behavioural criteria, physiological criteria of the wearer of the timepiece, or state criteria of the external device, define a list of command suggestions to be displayed; display on the digital display (6) a command interface comprising the command suggestions (cmd1, cmd2, cmd3, cmd4, cmd5, cmd6, cmd7) of the defined list.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSEInventor: Pascal LAGORGETTE
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Patent number: 11581826Abstract: A linear piezoelectric motor including a passive element having an elongated shape, and a piezoelectric actuator including a resonator including a pair of arms connected at one of their ends at a connection zone, the two other ends being called free, the passive element being capable of being moved linearly between the free ends by friction of the free ends against the passive element, the passive element and the resonator being inclined with respect to one another by a non-zero angle (?) of less than 90 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Pascal Lagorgette, Pascal Meyer
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Patent number: 11550266Abstract: A timepiece including a timepiece movement and sunrise and sunset indicating device that take account of the date and geolocation of the user, the device including a first device for receiving the current date, a second device for receiving a geolocation signal, and a disc bearing a representation of the sun, arranged to be capable of pivoting about an axis passing through the centre of the disc. The sunrise and sunset indicating device include a movable horizon arranged to move above the disc and to indicate the position of the sun with respect to the horizon.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Pascal Lagorgette, Raphael Balmer
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Publication number: 20220397867Abstract: An analogue display watch (10) including an electronic horological movement including a first and a second electric motor (13, 14) kinematically connected respectively to an hour hand (15) and to a minute hand (16), the electric motors being power supplied by an electric accumulator (12), the horological movement also comprising an integrated circuit (17) connected to the motors and to a control member (18), the watch (10) being characterised in that the integrated circuit (17) is configured so as to control, when the control member (18) is requested by a user, the first and the second electric motor (13, 14) to rotate the hour (15) and minute (16) hands at an angular speed of displacement of six degrees per second, and in such a way that they are disposed so as to be collinear and that they are superimposed on each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventors: Emmanuel Fleury, Pascal Lagorgette
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Publication number: 20220390897Abstract: A fastening method is for fastening at least one display element of a watch using a fastening device. Indeed, the at least one display element is fastened thanks to the fastening method via the fastening device. For this, it is necessary to provide the at least one display element, at least one movement, and at least one split ring, then to deform the at least one split ring so as to adapt to the at least one display element before fastening the at least one split ring with the at least one display element to the at least one movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Laurent MOUCHE, Pascal LAGORGETTE, Raphaël BALMER
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Publication number: 20220373976Abstract: An electromechanical horological movement including an analogue time display device and provided with at least one electromechanical motor, to drive at least one indicator of the analogue time display, and a generator including a rotor and associated with an oscillating mass coaxial with the time display device, this horological movement including a first wheel provided with a shaft, coaxial with said indicator, which is guided in rotation, in a main embodiment, by a fixed cylindrical tube around which is rotatably mounted at least one cannon of the time display device. The first wheel is in meshing relation with the rotor of the generator and is fixedly connected to the oscillating mass, on the side opposite the analogue time display, so that this oscillating mass can rotate the rotor of the generator via the first wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère SuisseInventors: Romain BESUCHET, Stéphane BALEON, Pascal LAGORGETTE