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).
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Patent number: 12072672Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: ROLEX SAInventors: William Carreno, Aurélien Dumas
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Publication number: 20230168632Abstract: 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 theType: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: William Carreno, Vincent Lemosquet, Denis Rudaz
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Publication number: 20230070627Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: ROLEX SAInventor: William Carreno
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Publication number: 20220291634Abstract: 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 eaType: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: William Carreno, Vannina Linck, Alexandre Oliveira, Cédric Moreaux
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Publication number: 20200371476Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: William Carreno, Aurélien Dumas
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Patent number: 10067473Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: ROLEX SAInventors: William Carreno, Denis Rudaz
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Publication number: 20170153603Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: William Carreno, Denis Rudaz
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Patent number: 9471038Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: ROLEX SAInventors: William Carreno, Frank Vernay
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Publication number: 20160202664Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: William Carreno, Frank Vernay
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Patent number: 9367039Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: MONTRES TUDOR SAInventors: William Carreno, Yacine Belkhanfar
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Publication number: 20160048107Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: ROLEX SAInventors: William Carreno, Yacine Belkhanfar