Patents by Inventor Paul Suppa

Paul Suppa 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).

  • Single switch arrangement for adjusting the time being displayed by a timepiece
    Patent number: 3953964
    Abstract: A one button-switch time display set and adjustment apparatus for an electronic timepiece having a digital electro-optic display. The (time) information being displayed is set or adjusted by depressing and holding depressed the buttonswitch which causes the display indicia, i.e. digit (s) and other time display intervals, each to flash or flicker separately in a predetermined order. If the button-switch is released while the segment to be adjusted is being interrogated, indicated by the flickering or flashing of that indicia, the interrogation operation or sequence is interrupted and that indicia continues to flicker. Depressing and holding depressed the button-switch again, for a predetermined time, causes updating of the interrogated indicia at a 1 HZ rate. Releasing the button-switch stops the updating of the selected display indicia and causes the timepiece to return to the normal running mode or operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: Timex Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Suppa, Alan E. Willis
  • Single switch arrangement for adjusting the time being displayed by a timepiece
    Patent number: RE31225
    Abstract: A one button-switch time display set and adjustment apparatus for an electronic timepiece having a digital electro-optic display. The (time) information being displayed is set or adjusted by depressing and holding depressed the buttonswitch which causes the display indicia, i.e. digit (s) and other time display intervals, each to flash or flicker separately in a predetermined order. If the button-switch is released while the segment to be adjusted is being interrogated, indicated by the flickering or flashing of that indicia, the interrogation operation or sequence is interrupted and that indicia continues to flicker. Depressing and holding depressed the button-switch again, for a predetermined time, causes updating of the interrogated indicia at a 1 HZ rate. Releasing the button-switch stops the updating of the selected display indicia and causes the timepiece to return to the normal running mode or operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1983
    Assignee: Timex Corporation
    Inventors: Alan E. Willis, Paul Suppa