Patents by Inventor Stephane CADAU

Stephane CADAU 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).

  • Striking or musical timepiece with a resonant bezel
    Patent number: 10295960
    Abstract: A musical timepiece includes a gong fastened to a structure or a resonator of a watch case, the resonator rigidly assembled to the structure around a chamber, by lugs allowing vibration of the resonator within a determined frequency range, the chamber enclosing a sealing element forming with the lugs the only mechanical connection between the structure and the resonator. The structure or the resonator includes a groove receiving a gasket in contact with the structure and the resonator The structure structure or the resonator or the sealing element includes a rigid protruding relief portion compressing a gasket in its groove, with a hardness less than 20 Shore A, for minimum damping of the vibration of the resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Montres Breguet S.A.
    Inventors: Younes Kadmiri, Sylvain Marechal, Stephane Cadau, Davide Sarchi
  • STRIKING OR MUSICAL TIMEPIECE WITH A RESONANT BEZEL
    Publication number: 20170269553
    Abstract: A musical timepiece includes a gong fastened to a structure or a resonator of a watch case, the resonator rigidly assembled to the structure around a chamber, by lugs allowing vibration of the resonator within a determined frequency range, the chamber enclosing a sealing element forming with the lugs the only mechanical connection between the structure and the resonator. The structure or the resonator includes a groove receiving a gasket in contact with the structure and the resonator The structure structure or the resonator or the sealing element includes a rigid protruding relief portion compressing a gasket in its groove, with a hardness less than 20 Shore A, for minimum damping of the vibration of the resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Montres Breguet S.A.
    Inventors: Younes KADMIRI, Sylvain MARECHAL, Stephane CADAU, Davide SARCHI