Patents by Inventor William Carreno

William Carreno 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).

  • Publication number: 20230168632
    Abstract: The movement transmission system (90), notably for a timepiece calendar system (200), includes a driving mobile (4) pivoted about a first axis (A4) and has a driving toothset (42) distributed over a curved profile (43); a driven mobile (7) pivoted about a second axis (A7) and having a driven toothset (72); an intermediate pinion (8) pivoted about a third axis (A8) and having a toothset (81) driven by the driving toothset (42) and driving the driven toothset (72); the toothset (42), the curved profile (43), the driven toothset (72) and the toothset (81) being arranged at a same level or in a same plane, and the driving mobile (4), the driven mobile (7) and the intermediate pinion (8) being arranged so that the driving mobile (4) moves the driven mobile (7) via the intermediate pinion (8) through 1/m steps for at least some steps of the driving mobile (4), m being a real number greater than 1, and so that the driving mobile (4) can define an angular position, with minimum play, of the driven mobile (7) via the
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: William Carreno, Vincent Lemosquet, Denis Rudaz
  • Publication number: 20230070627
    Abstract: Timepiece module (300) including a mobile (100), a first bridge (34), a second bridge (36), and a positioning system (150) for positioning the second bridge (36) on the first bridge (34), the positioning system (150) including positioning elements (31a, 31b) each one including a first positioning portion (312a, 312b) for positioning the first bridge (34), a second positioning portion (314a, 314b) for positioning the second bridge (36), and a third positioning portion (311a, 311b) able to position the positioning element (31a, 31b) relative to a frame (99), notably relative to a bridge or to a manipulate (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventor: William Carreno
  • Publication number: 20220291634
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pivot bearing (1) for the pivoting of a timepiece component (2), in particular a pivot stone, includes:—boring (E1) a hole (10a) in a bearing blank (1a) along an axis (A1) intended for the pivoting of a timepiece component (2), this hole (10a) forming a start point (13a) of a first pivot zone (13) of the bearing (1), then—laser engraving (E2), in the blank (1a), in particular using a femtosecond laser, a second clearance zone (14) of the bearing (1), juxtaposed with the start point (13a) of a first pivot zone (13), this second clearance zone (14) of the bearing (1) opening at a first face (11a) of the bearing (1) blank (1a), then—removing material by wear (E3), in particular by olive-cutting, at the start point (13a) of the first pivot zone (13) of the bearing (1) and a boundary zone (14a) between the start point (13a) and the second clearance zone (14) of the bearing (1) in order to form a first pivot zone (13) and a second clearance zone (14) that are juxtaposed, connected to ea
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: William Carreno, Vannina Linck, Alexandre Oliveira, Cédric Moreaux
  • Publication number: 20200371476
    Abstract: A horology device that includes a first component having at least one plastically deformable portion, and a second component provided with a surface, notably a surface of revolution and/or of guidance and/or of attachment of the first component relative to the second component, the first component being fixed permanently to the second component by plastic deformation of the at least one portion against the second component, in a plane perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to an axis of said surface of the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: William Carreno, Aurélien Dumas
  • Patent number: 10067473
    Abstract: A horology calendar system (100; 200) comprising: —a date display member (10) including an opening (10a); and —a month display member (30) arranged in such a way as to display an indication of the month in the opening (10a), notably when the opening (10a) is visible to a user of the calendar system and/or when the calendar system is indicating the first day of a given month.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: William Carreno, Denis Rudaz
  • Publication number: 20170153603
    Abstract: A horology calendar system (100; 200) comprising: —a date display member (10) including an opening (10a); and —a month display member (30) arranged in such a way as to display an indication of the month in the opening (10a), notably when the opening (10a) is visible to a user of the calendar system and/or when the calendar system is indicating the first day of a given month.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: William Carreno, Denis Rudaz
  • Patent number: 9471038
    Abstract: A device for driving a date mobile (3) of a horological calendar mechanism, the device comprising: a driving mobile (2) including a first finger (20a) and a second finger (20b); a programming mobile (1) including a first set of teeth (10a), a second set of teeth (10b) and a third set of teeth (10c); and the date mobile (3) including a fourth set of teeth (30a) and a fifth set of teeth (30b), the first finger cooperating with the first set of teeth, the second finger cooperating with the second set of teeth, the first set of teeth cooperating with the fourth set of teeth and the third set of teeth cooperating with the fifth set of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: William Carreno, Frank Vernay
  • Publication number: 20160202664
    Abstract: A device for driving a date mobile (3) of a horological calendar mechanism, the device comprising: a driving mobile (2) including a first finger (20a) and a second finger (20b); a programming mobile (1) including a first set of teeth (10a), a second set of teeth (10b) and a third set of teeth (10c); and the date mobile (3) including a fourth set of teeth (30a) and a fifth set of teeth (30b), the first finger cooperating with the first set of teeth, the second finger cooperating with the second set of teeth, the first set of teeth cooperating with the fourth set of teeth and the third set of teeth cooperating with the fifth set of teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: William Carreno, Frank Vernay
  • Patent number: 9367039
    Abstract: A device (100) for displaying time information, including: (i) a first mobile (3) including a first toothset (31) and a first disk (32) bearing numerals (33) which are intended to indicate the units of the time information, (ii) a second mobile (4) including a second toothset (41) and a second disk (42) bearing numerals (43) intended to indicate the tenths of the time information, and (iii) a mechanism (90) for driving the first and second mobiles, the mechanism including (i) a control mobile (1) including a third toothset (1a) arranged so as to collaborate by obstacle, with the first toothset, a fourth toothset (1b) arranged so as to collaborate by obstacle, with the second toothset, a drive wheel (2) including a fifth toothset (2c) designed to collaborate by obstacle, with the third and fourth toothsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: MONTRES TUDOR SA
    Inventors: William Carreno, Yacine Belkhanfar
  • Publication number: 20160048107
    Abstract: A device (100) for displaying time information, including: (i) a first mobile (3) including a first toothset (31) and a first disk (32) bearing numerals (33) which are intended to indicate the units of the time information, (ii) a second mobile (4) including a second toothset (41) and a second disk (42) bearing numerals (43) intended to indicate the tenths of the time information, and (iii) a mechanism (90) for driving the first and second mobiles, the mechanism: including (i) a control mobile (1): including a third toothset (1a) arranged so as to collaborate by obstacle, with the first, toothset, a fourth toothset (1b) arranged so as to collaborate by obstacle, with the second, toothset, a drive wheel (2) including a fifth toothset (2c) designed to collaborate by obstacle, with the third and fourth toothsets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: William Carreno, Yacine Belkhanfar