Patents by Inventor Sébastien Roder

Sébastien Roder 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: 12147200
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a horological mobile (10) including: depositing a first thin layer (11) with a first material including at least nickel, the periphery of which defines the contour of the geometry of the horological mobile (10); depositing an intermediate layer (12), with a second material including at least nickel and phosphorus, so as to cover a face of the first thin layer (11), the periphery of which corresponds to that of the geometric shape of the first thin layer (11); depositing a second thin layer (13) with the first material, so as to cover a face of the intermediate layer (12), the periphery of which corresponds to that of the geometric shape of the first thin layer (11), wherein the first and the second thin layer (11, 13) are poorer in phosphorus than the intermediate layer (12), or do not contain any phosphorus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventors: Serge Nicoud, Sébastien Roder
  • Publication number: 20230305492
    Abstract: Micromechanical component, particularly a timepiece wheel, particularly an escapement wheel, including a substrate with a first material including at least nickel and phosphorus, which substrate is covered, on at least one surface of the substrate of the wheel, by a coating of a second material including at least nickel and poorer in phosphorus than the first material, or devoid of phosphorus, and the second material constitutes the peripheral layer of the wheel at this at least one surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Serge NICOUD, Samuel VIGNIER, Sébastien RODER, Jean-Luc HELFER, Christian CHARBON, Frédéric KOHLER
  • Publication number: 20230288872
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a timepiece wheel, according to which a substrate is produced with a first material including at least nickel and phosphorus, the substrate is shaped to the geometry of the wheel, and a coating of the substrate is performed, galvanically and/or chemically, on at least one surface of the substrate of the wheel, with at least one second material, which constitutes the peripheral layer of the wheel at the at least one surface of the substrate of the wheel, and which includes at least nickel and which is poorer in phosphorus than the first material, or which includes nickel and is devoid of phosphorus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Serge NICOUD, Samuel VIGNIER, Sébastien RODER, Jean-Luc HELFER, Christian CHARBON, Frédéric KOHLER
  • Publication number: 20220334539
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a horological mobile (10) including: depositing a first thin layer (11) with a first material including at least nickel, the periphery of which defines the contour of the geometry of the horological mobile (10); depositing an intermediate layer (12), with a second material including at least nickel and phosphorus, so as to cover a face of the first thin layer (11), the periphery of which corresponds to that of the geometric shape of the first thin layer (11); depositing a second thin layer (13) with the first material, so as to cover a face of the intermediate layer (12), the periphery of which corresponds to that of the geometric shape of the first thin layer (11), wherein the first and the second thin layer (11, 13) are poorer in phosphorus than the intermediate layer (12), or do not contain any phosphorus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventors: Serge Nicoud, Sébastien Roder