Patents by Inventor Sylvain Helfenstein

Sylvain Helfenstein 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).

  • Portable tactile electronic object
    Patent number: 9516767
    Abstract: A portable electronic object is provided with a case including a middle part closed by a back cover and by a glass and a bezel fixed to the middle part. The case contains at least one electronic module formed of a printed circuit board to which is fixed at least one microcontroller sending information to a display. The object further includes a tactile control including at least one base element on which there is arranged at least one electrode. The electrode is electrically connected to the microcontroller by a conductive path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Martin Jufer, Stephan Schwegler, Sylvain Helfenstein
  • PORTABLE TACTILE ELECTRONIC OBJECT
    Publication number: 20150109744
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a portable electronic object provided with a case including a middle part closed by a back cover and by a glass and a bezel fixed to the middle part, said case containing at least one electronic module formed of a printed circuit board to which is fixed at least one microcontroller sending information to display means, said object further including tactile control means including at least one base element on which there is arranged at least one electrode, said electrode being electrically connected to the microcontroller by a conductive path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Martin Jufer, Stephan Schwegler, Sylvain Helfenstein