Patents by Inventor Pierre-Michel Golay

Pierre-Michel Golay 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: 7794137
    Abstract: A tourbillon is disclosed which presents a carriage comprising an upper bridge 1, a lower bridge 2 and an escapement bridge 3 supporting a balance spring 4, an escapement wheel 5 and a pallet assembly 6, the lower bridge 2 presenting a circular periphery designed to fit into a groove on the outer edge of three pivoting rollers positioned between a plate and bridges of a corresponding timepiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Franck Müller Watchland S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Golay, Pierre-Michel Golay
  • Patent number: 7480211
    Abstract: The secular perpetual calendar comprises an additional mechanism (4 to 13) integrated in a conventional perpetual calendar mechanism comprising a last wheel (13) making one revolution in 400 years, this wheel (13) carrying a cam (13?) of which the steps cooperate with a lever (9) on which pivots a wheel (6) which carries a satellite (7?) on which is attached the February cam (7) and the cam (13?), which makes one quarter turn every century, presenting three low steps enabling the lever (9) to move back in such a way that the cam (7) on which the multiple lever (2) will press is in the same position as for a conventional 28-day month of February three times in succession for the years 2100, 2200 and 2300, and then a high step to restore the 29th of February of the year 2400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Franck Müler Watchland S.A.
    Inventor: Pierre-Michel Golay
  • Publication number: 20080074955
    Abstract: A tourbillon is disclosed which presents a carriage comprising an upper bridge 1, a lower bridge 2 and an escapement bridge 3 supporting a balance spring 4, an escapement wheel 5 and a pallet assembly 6, the lower bridge 2 presenting a circular periphery designed to fit into a groove on the outer edge of three pivoting rollers positioned between a plate and bridges of a corresponding timepiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre GOLAY, Pierre-Michel GOLAY
  • Publication number: 20070189122
    Abstract: The secular perpetual calendar comprises an additional mechanism (4 to 13) integrated in a conventional perpetual calendar mechanism comprising a last wheel (13) making one revolution in 400 years, this wheel (13) carrying a cam (13?) of which the steps cooperate with a lever (9) on which pivots a wheel (6) which carries a satellite (7?) on which is attached the February cam (7) and the cam (13?), which makes one quarter turn every century, presenting three low steps enabling the lever (9) to move back in such a way that the cam (7) on which the multiple lever (2) will press is in the same position as for a conventional 28-day month of February three times in succession for the years 2100, 2200 and 2300, and then a high step to restore the 29th of February of the year 2400.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventor: Pierre-Michel Golay