Patents by Inventor Xavier BERDAT

Xavier BERDAT 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: 20220235438
    Abstract: An assembly (10), in particular fora timepiece, including a rotary wheel and a bearing, like a jewel (20), the rotary wheel being provided with at least one pivot (17) including at least partly a non-magnetic material, preferably entirely, the bearing including a face (6) provided with a hole (8) formed in the body of the bearing and with a functional geometry at the entrance of the hole (8), wherein the functional geometry has the shape of a cone (12), and wherein the non-magnetic material of the pivot (17) includes an alloy to be chosen from materials containing copper, materials containing palladium or materials containing aluminium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Cyril RUCHTI, Xavier BERDAT, Frédéric KOHLER
  • Publication number: 20210080910
    Abstract: An element for radial guiding of a pivot of a rod of a rotating wheel, for example a rod of a balance, for a bearing of an horological movement, in particular shock-absorbing, the guide element including a body configured to cooperate with a bearing unit in such a way as to be maintained in the unit, the body defining a space for radial retention of the pivot, to maintain the rod radially while allowing it to rotate. The radial guide element includes at least three localized radial-bearing parts distributed angularly, the three parts defining the radial retention space, each part having a face for contact with the pivot, each face locally having a cylindrical shape convex towards the inside of the radial retention space, the bearing parts having an elongated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Jean-Luc HELFER, Xavier BERDAT, Cyril RUCHTI
  • Patent number: 10474104
    Abstract: A resonator of the inertia/elasticity type includes a balance-spring coupled to an inertia flywheel and a system for adjusting the frequency of the resonator including an index-assembly arranged to cooperate with one coil of the balance-spring in order to selectively choose the active length of the balance-spring. The portion of the coil of the balance-spring cooperating with the index-assembly includes at least one area of larger cross-section than the other balance-spring coils for finer adjustment of the frequency of the resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Helfer, Marc Stranczl, Laurent Jeanneret, Xavier Berdat
  • Publication number: 20180120769
    Abstract: A resonator of the inertia/elasticity type includes a balance-spring coupled to an inertia flywheel and a system for adjusting the frequency of the resonator including an index-assembly arranged to cooperate with one coil of the balance-spring in order to selectively choose the active length of the balance-spring. The portion of the coil of the balance-spring cooperating with the index-assembly includes at least one area of larger cross-section than the other balance-spring coils for finer adjustment of the frequency of the resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE
    Inventors: Jean-Luc HELFER, Marc STRANCZL, Laurent JEANNERET, Xavier BERDAT