Patents by Inventor Philippe Rhul

Philippe Rhul 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: 10191451
    Abstract: A method to manufacture a hairspring of a timepiece movement, which includes: producing a malleable elongated element in a form of under a fiber or ribbon form, from a first heated material capable of guiding light; conforming the malleable elongated element in order to achieve into a spiral form; and handling processing the spiral form thus created in order to obtain a hairspring for providing both a mechanical oscillating function in a balance wheel and a light guiding guide lighting function arranged for in situ adjusting of a mechanical performance of said hairspring. The conforming includes coiling the malleable elongated element around a rotating mobile conformation tool, and receiving the malleable elongated element in a guiding channel within a guiding mechanism and guiding the received malleable elongated element via mobile equipment turning on an inner periphery of the guiding mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventors: Philippe Rhul, Sylvain Allano