Patents by Inventor Robert Maire

Robert Maire 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: 4666311
    Abstract: A chronograph watch comprises a first motor controlled by a quartz resonator coupled to a first simple integrated circuit. This motor drives, through gearing, the time indicating members of the watch. A second motor controlled by a second quartz resonator coupled to a second simple integrated circuit, identical to said first integrated circuit, can be operated at a higher frequency when a switch, which is operable manually by means of a pushbutton and interposed between electrical ground and a terminal of the second integrated circuit, is open. The second motor drives, through further gearing, a chronograph hand coupled to a minute counter and to an hour counter. Thus the chronograph indicates fractions of seconds without the timepiece requiring expensive circuits or having an excessive electrical power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Frederic Piguet S.A.
    Inventor: Robert Maire