Patents by Inventor Patrice Nagel

Patrice Nagel 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: 11880169
    Abstract: The invention concerns a timepiece member including a first axis and a first threading intended to cooperate with 5 a second threading provided on a second timepiece member. The first threading is configured so that a zone of contact between the first threading and the second threading extends over less than 50% of the height of the threads of the second threading or is configured so that the zone of contact between the first 10 threading and the second threading extends over less than 0.3 times the pitch of the threading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Benoit Junod, Patrice Nagel, Jean-Baptiste Robin
  • Patent number: 11745536
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a watch component (10) for a timepiece, wherein it comprises a first stage of manufacturing a watch component (10) comprising a first surface (1), in which there is arranged at least one recess (20), that is to say a surface recessed from the first surface (1), and wherein it comprises a second finishing stage the watch component, leading to a change in the surface condition, more particularly the roughness, more particularly measured by the parameters Ra and/or Str, and/or the gloss, of the first surface (1) but not of the at least one recess (20) or of a portion exclusively of this at least one recess (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Carine Bienvenu, Patrice Nagel, Quoc-Hien Nguyen, Alexandra Roulet
  • Publication number: 20220066393
    Abstract: The invention concerns a timepiece member including a first axis and a first threading intended to cooperate with 5 a second threading provided on a second timepiece member. The first threading is configured so that a zone of contact between the first threading and the second threading extends over less than 50% of the height of the threads of the second threading or is configured so that the zone of contact between the first 10 threading and the second threading extends over less than 0.3 times the pitch of the threading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Benoit Junod, Patrice Nagel, Jean-Baptiste Robin
  • Publication number: 20200326656
    Abstract: Method for producing a surface of revolution of a clock or watch component comprising a step of machining, with a femtosecond laser beam, a first surface of the clock or watch component so as to obtain a second surface, in particular so as to obtain a second surface whose roughness Ra is less than 100 nm, or less than 70 nm, and then a tribofinishing step applied to the second surface so as to obtain the surface of revolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Giulio Cunto, Patrice Nagel, Alexandre Oliveira
  • Publication number: 20200086678
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a watch component (10) for a timepiece, wherein it comprises a first stage of manufacturing a watch component (10) comprising a first surface (1), in which there is arranged at least one recess (20), that is to say a surface recessed from the first surface (1), and wherein it comprises a second finishing stage the watch component, leading to a change in the surface condition, more particularly the roughness, more particularly measured by the parameters Ra and/or Str, and/or the gloss, of the first surface (1) but not of the at least one recess (20) or of a portion exclusively of this at least one recess (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Carine Bienvenu, Patrice Nagel, Quoc-Hien Nguyen, Alexandra Roulet