Patents by Inventor William Warren Morgan, III

William Warren Morgan, III 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).

  • Timepiece and chronometer with overlapping, separately driven analog and digital displays
    Patent number: 6147933
    Abstract: A timepiece and chronometer with a superimposed analog/digital display arrangement. The timepiece comprises a watch case with a back and a display area, a transparent crystal, an electrically-driven digital LCD display, a superimposed analog display comprising an hour hand, minute hand, and interior bezel, an electrical analog watch movement, and a digital display driver. The digital LCD display indicates passing seconds by incrementally displaying either digits 00 through 59 or digits 01 through 60 for one second each, either in dark numerals over a light background, or vice versa. The analog display is driven by an electrical watch movement located beneath the LCD display that comprises a battery, a timing standard, timing circuitry, a stem and crown assembly, and a hand moving assembly that extends upward through the center aperture of the LCD display and couples to the analog watch hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Fossil, Inc.
    Inventors: Diarmuid John St. Colum Bland, Carla Louise Carr, Jeffrey Keith Bruneau, William Warren Morgan, III
  • Timepiece and chronometer with overlapping, separately driven analog and digital displays
    Patent number: 6084828
    Abstract: A timepiece and chronometer with a superimposed analog/digital display arrangement. The timepiece comprises a watch case with a back and a display area, a transparent crystal, an electrically-driven digital LCD display, a superimposed analog display comprising an hour hand, minute hand, and interior bezel, an electrical analog watch movement, and a digital display driver. The digital LCD display indicates passing seconds by incrementally displaying either digits 00 through 59 or digits 01 through 60 for one second each, either in dark numerals over a light background, or vice versa. The analog display is driven by an electrical watch movement located beneath the LCD display that comprises a battery, a timing standard, timing circuitry, a stem and crown assembly, and a hand moving assembly that extends upward through the center aperture of the LCD display and couples to the analog watch hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Fossil, Inc.
    Inventors: Diarmuid John St. Colum Bland, Carla Louise Carr, Jeffrey Keith Bruneau, William Warren Morgan, III
  • Watch
    Patent number: D416499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Fossil, Inc.
    Inventors: Diarmuid John St. Colum Bland, Carla Louise Carr, Jeffrey Keith Bruncau, William Warren Morgan, III
  • Square tic watch
    Patent number: D433951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Fossil, Inc.
    Inventors: Diarmuid John St. Colum Bland, Shannon Elizabeth Washburn, Jeffrey Keith Bruneau, William Warren Morgan, III
  • Watch
    Patent number: D435464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Fossil, Inc.
    Inventors: Diarmuid John St. Colum Bland, Carla Louise Carr, Jeffrey Keith Bruneau, William Warren Morgan, III