Patents by Inventor Stewes Bourban
Stewes Bourban 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).
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Publication number: 20240365936Abstract: A bracelet (10) for a portable object (1) including a first strand (11) and a second strand (12), each of the strands (11, 12) including a first end able to be attached to a case (2) of the portable object (1), wherein the first strand (11) includes a first optical device (21) having a first diameter (L1); the second strand (12) includes a second optical device (22) having a second diameter (L2), smaller than the first diameter (L1) of the first optical device (21), the first optical device (21) and the second optical device (22) being configured so that the superposition of the first optical device (21) and of the second optical device (22), by the superposition of the first strand (11) and of the second strand (12), forms a microscope having an eyepiece constituted by the first optical device (21) and an objective constituted by the second optical device (22).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Michel WILLEMIN, Nicolas FRANCOIS, Pierpasquale TORTORA, Marek DOVCIK, Sophie NAPOLI, Cedric NICOLAS, Stewes BOURBAN
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Publication number: 20240067873Abstract: A coloured article made of a ceramic including an oxide-based matrix and a doped or co-doped component of the aluminium garnet family, and a method for manufacturing the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTDInventors: Marta FORNABAIO, Lucie TABARD, Stewes BOURBAN
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Publication number: 20240019814Abstract: A method for manufacturing a timepiece component including successive steps of: providing a timepiece component (1); breaking the timepiece component (1) into a plurality of pieces (10); depositing the pieces (10) on a support (2) and creating a desired pattern to be reassembled, the pattern having interstices (1) between the various pieces (10) of the timepiece component (1); transferring the support (2) into a mould adapted by hot forming and placing a preform (3) on the pieces (10) of the timepiece component; heating the whole to a temperature higher than the vitreous transition temperature of the preform (3) and applying a force on the preform to fill the interstices (11) and obtain a reassembled timepiece component (1?); cooling the whole below the vitreous transition temperature of the preform (3) to form the reassembled timepiece component (1?); recovering the reassembled timepiece component (1?) and machining it to the required dimensions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Loïc OBERSON, Alexandre NETUSCHILL, Stéphane LAUPER, Gregory KISSLING, Stewes BOURBAN, Pierre SAURET
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Publication number: 20230287573Abstract: A component intended for internal parts or the movement of a timepiece or piece of jewellery includes a substrate coated at least partially with a black coat including aluminium oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Agnès MARLOT DOERR, Stewes BOURBAN
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Patent number: 11701708Abstract: A method for fabrication of a composite component including a first material containing steel 316L and a second material containing zirconia powder formed in a single sintering. The method for fabrication includes: a) forming a first injection molding composition including steel 316L powder and a second injection molding composition including zirconia powder; b) agglomerating via injection molding one of the first and second compositions to form at least a first part of a blank; c) agglomerating by injection molding the other of the first and second materials against the first part of the blank to form at least a second part of the blank; and d) non-consecutively sintering the first and second compositions forming the blank to obtain the composite component formed of steel 316L and zirconia.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Henning Luebbe, Stewes Bourban
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Patent number: 11679577Abstract: The invention relates to a timepiece component made of composite material including at least one reinforcement and one matrix, the reinforcement having a three-dimensional honeycomb structure with a plurality of cells into which the matrix is injected. The invention also concerns a method for manufacturing such a timepiece component.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Nicolas Francois, Gregory Kissling, Stewes Bourban, Juliette Muller, Jean-Luc Bazin
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Patent number: 11639791Abstract: A decorative item including an element made at least partly of a metallic, polymeric or ceramic based material and including a face visible to an observer, at least one light source external or internal to the element, the decorative item further includes at least one optical fibre embedded in the material of the element, the optical fibre serving as a guide for the light from the light source in order to produce, during use, a light effect on the visible face of the element. A method for manufacturing the decorative item is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Olga Reinauer, Agnes Marlot Doerr, Nicolas Francois, Pierpasquale Tortora, Stewes Bourban
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Patent number: 11583045Abstract: A piece, in particular for jewellery or timepieces, is made of a material comprising a synthetic matrix loaded with particles of a precious or semi-precious stone. The particles have a particle size d90 between 50 ?m and 2 mm, preferably between 100 ?m and 1 mm, and more preferably between 150 ?m and 500 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Nicolas Francois, Stephane Lauper, Gregory Kissling, Stewes Bourban, Agnes Marlot Doerr
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Patent number: 11300930Abstract: A process for producing a part provided with an external element includes: providing an electrically conductive substrate having an upper surface and a raised pattern with a crest on the upper surface; depositing an electrically insulating layer onto the upper surface around the pattern to a thickness less than or equal to the distance between the crest and the upper surface; depositing a metal layer onto the crest by galvanic growth so that the metal layer partly rests on the insulating layer; dissolving the insulating layer; covering an assembly including the substrate and the metal layer with a mass of a base material of the part to form an imprint; separating the mass and the metal layer from the substrate, the mass then exhibiting an external element formed by a recess, the shape of which corresponds to the imprint and the base of which interfaces with the metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Pascal Grossenbacher, Stewes Bourban, Pierry Vuille, Yves Winkler
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Patent number: 11229264Abstract: A decorative piece includes a support made of a material having no usable plastic deformation in which at least one hollow is arranged. The hollow is filled with a first material forming a substrate in which at least one housing is arranged. The housing is arranged so that at least one aesthetic element is housable therein. The substrate further includes a gripper elastically deforming to retain the aesthetic element in the housing. The gripper further includes at least one setting element. A method for setting an aesthetic element on a support includes taking a support provided with at least one hollow, taking at least one aesthetic element, filling the hollow with a first material, making a setting hole and a gripper in the first material, and setting the aesthetic element by placing it in the hole and by deforming the gripper so as to retain the aesthetic element.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: OMEGA SAInventors: Stephane Lauper, Gregory Kissling, Yves Winkler, Alban Dubach, Stewes Bourban, Alexandre Netuschill, Lionel Blaser
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Patent number: 11224266Abstract: External part for a timepiece or piece of jewellery, this external part being produced by means of a polymer matrix in which piezochromic molecules are dispersed that change from a first stable state to a second stable state while changing colour under the effect of applied pressure.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Nicolas Francois, Claire Rannoux, Stewes Bourban
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Patent number: 11027574Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a part provided with an external element comprising the following steps: provide an electrically conductive substrate having an upper surface and a pattern forming a recess in said upper surface deposit an electrically insulating layer into the pattern so that the insulating layer extends as far as the upper surface deposit a metal layer onto the upper surface of the substrate by galvanic growth so that at the end of this step the metal layer partly rests on the insulating layer dissolve the insulating layer cover an assembly comprising the substrate and the metal layer with a mass of a base material of the part, wherein the mass forms an imprint of the assembly separate the mass and the metal layer from the substrate, wherein the mass then exhibits an external element with a shape corresponding to the imprint of the pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Pascal Grossenbacher, Stewes Bourban, Pierry Vuille, Yves Winkler
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Patent number: 10996632Abstract: An exterior element for portable objects including a support, on which is arranged a first material, the first material being chosen to be capable of reflecting different visible wavelengths as a function of applied stress.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Claire Rannoux, Nicolas Francois, Milan Calic, Stewes Bourban
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Publication number: 20210088209Abstract: A decorative item including an element made at least partly of a metallic, polymeric or ceramic based material and including a face visible to an observer, at least one light source external or internal to the element, the decorative item further includes at least one optical fibre embedded in the material of the element, the optical fibre serving as a guide for the light from the light source in order to produce, during use, a light effect on the visible face of the element. A method for manufacturing the decorative item is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Olga REINAUER, Agnes MARLOT DOERR, Nicolas FRANCOIS, Pierpasquale TORTORA, Stewes BOURBAN
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Publication number: 20200383438Abstract: The present invention relates to a piece, in particular for jewellery or timepieces, made of a material comprising a synthetic matrix (2) loaded with particles (3) of a precious or semi-precious stone, said particles (3) having a particle size d90 comprised between 50 ?m and 2 mm, preferably between 100 ?m and 1 mm, and, more preferably between 150 ?m and 500 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Nicolas FRANCOIS, Stephane LAUPER, Gregory KISSLING, Stewes BOURBAN, Agnes MARLOT DOERR
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Publication number: 20200305561Abstract: A decorative piece includes a support made of a material having no usable plastic deformation in which at least one hollow is arranged. The hollow is filled with a first material forming a substrate in which at least one housing is arranged. The housing is arranged so that at least one aesthetic element is housable therein. The substrate further includes a gripper elastically deforming to retain the aesthetic element in the housing. The gripper further includes at least one setting element. A method for setting an aesthetic element on a support includes taking a support provided with at least one hollow, taking at least one aesthetic element, filling the hollow with a first material, making a setting hole and a gripper in the first material, and setting the aesthetic element by placing it in the hole and by deforming the gripper so as to retain the aesthetic element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: OMEGA SAInventors: Stephane LAUPER, Gregory KISSLING, Yves WINKLER, Alban DUBACH, Stewes BOURBAN, Alexandre NETUSCHILL, Lionel BLASER
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Patent number: 10772396Abstract: The present invention relates to a decorative piece comprising a support produced in a material which does not include plastic deformation and in which at least one hollow is provided, characterised in that said hollow being filled with a first material being an at least partially amorphous alloy forming a substrate in which at least one housing is provided, said at least one housing being designed so that at least one aesthetic element can be housed therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Omega S.A.Inventors: Stephane Lauper, Gregory Kissling, Yves Winkler, Alban Dubach, Stewes Bourban, Alexandre Netuschill, Lionel Blaser
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Patent number: 10743625Abstract: A method for assembling a stone on a setting support, the stone being cut to exhibit a table, a crown, a girdle and a pavilion. A substrate with a recess for the stone, the recess forming, between the substrate and the stone, a peripheral free space in the vicinity of the girdle and of the zones of the crown and of the pavilion contiguous to the girdle, the peripheral free space including a bottom having a conductive surface. Electroplating, in the peripheral free space, a metal layer in the vicinity of the girdle and of the zones of the crown and of the pavilion contiguous to the girdle, so as to confine the girdle in the metal layer to form, around the girdle, the setting support. The stone and its setting support are released from the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Stewes Bourban, Pascal Grossenbacher, Jean-Claude Martin, Vladislav Spassov, Cecile Barron, Lionel Blaser, Yann Caloz, Cyrille Gernez, Stephane Lauper, Ahmad Odeh, Simon Springer
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Patent number: 10736389Abstract: A method for assembling a stone on to a mounting includes sinking the stone into an adhesive layer on a substrate and then positioning a setting sheet around the stone above the adhesive layer so as to form a peripheral free space between the setting sheet and the stone, at least at the level of the girdle and of areas of the crown and the pavilion adjacent to the girdle. Then, a metallic layer is deposited in the peripheral free space from the setting sheet, at least at the level of the girdle and of the areas of the crown and the pavilion adjacent to the girdle, such that the metallic layer and the setting sheet form the mounting.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Stewes Bourban, Pascal Grossenbacher, Jean-Claude Martin, Vladislav Spassov, Cecile Barron, Lionel Blaser, Yann Caloz, Cyrille Gernez, Stephane Lauper, Ahmad Odeh, Simon Springer
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Publication number: 20200245732Abstract: External part for a timepiece or piece of jewellery, this external part being produced by means of a polymer matrix in which piezochromic molecules are dispersed that change from a first stable state to a second stable state while changing colour under the effect of applied pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development LtdInventors: Nicolas FRANCOIS, Claire RANNOUX, Stewes BOURBAN