Patents by Inventor Yann LEIGGENER

Yann LEIGGENER 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).

  • Patent number: 10571864
    Abstract: A dial assembly for a timepiece includes a base plate on which feet are fixed. The dial assembly supports a three-dimensional decoration which includes at least one offset element at a remove from the base plate and fixed to the base plate through at least one foot. The at least one offset element includes at least one bush provided to be pressed in on an upper support abutting on a shoulder of this foot. The dial assembly includes a removable fitting which is used for pressing in all the bushes of the dial assembly. The dial assembly includes, opposite a lower support of each foot, a support pin of this lower support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Montres Jaquet Droz SA
    Inventors: David Hurni, Yann Leiggener
  • Patent number: 10470533
    Abstract: Hinged bracelet, for a watch or piece of jewellery, comprising an alternation of H-shaped links comprising side pieces forming the side ends of this bracelet, and central links, hinged to each other by arbors formed by pins or screws, wherein at least one central link is a decorated link comprising a removable surface shell arranged to be placed on a base which includes at least a first guide member and a second guide member both substantially of revolution respectively about a first axis and a second axis parallel to and distinct from one another, and arranged to receive these arbors, and the surface shell of each decorated link is surrounded and protected on either side of its width by the side pieces of the H-shaped links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Montres Jaquet Droz SA
    Inventor: Yann Leiggener
  • Publication number: 20180168293
    Abstract: Hinged bracelet, for a watch or piece of jewellery, comprising an alternation of H-shaped links comprising side pieces forming the side ends of this bracelet, and central links, hinged to each other by arbors formed by pins or screws, wherein at least one central link is a decorated link comprising a removable surface shell arranged to be placed on a base which includes at least a first guide member and a second guide member both substantially of revolution respectively about a first axis and a second axis parallel to and distinct from one another, and arranged to receive these arbors, and the surface shell of each decorated link is surrounded and protected on either side of its width by the side pieces of the H-shaped links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Montres Jaquet Droz SA
    Inventor: Yann Leiggener
  • Publication number: 20180173162
    Abstract: Dial assembly for a timepiece, comprising a base plate on which feet are fixed, and supporting a three-dimensional decoration which comprises at least one offset element at a remove from the base plate and fixed to the base plate through at least one foot, and which comprises at least one bush provided to be pressed in on an upper support abutting on a shoulder which this foot comprises, the dial assembly comprising a removable fitting which is used for pressing in all the bushes which the dial assembly comprises, and comprising, opposite a lower support which each foot comprises, a support pin of this lower support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Montres Jaquet Droz SA
    Inventors: David HURNI, Yann Leiggener
  • Publication number: 20140305163
    Abstract: Deployant or folding clasp including, hinged around a support, a first arm being hinged to a first stirrup member, and a second arm to a second stirrup member. This first stirrup member forms part of a first single-piece cap whose bottom surface defines, with one end of this first arm, in any angular position thereof, a space for the passage of a wristband strand having a thickness smaller than or equal to a given thickness, and this second stirrup member forms the bottom part of a second removable cap and includes at least one securing means arranged to cooperate, by clamping around an orifice of a wristband strand, with a complementary securing means of a removable top part of this second cap, to adjust the useful length of this wristband strand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Montres Jaquet Droz SA
    Inventors: Maamar BOULARAS, Yann LEIGGENER
  • Publication number: 20140307531
    Abstract: External extension piece for a case of a watch or jewel. The extension piece is removable and includes, for housing an auxiliary function or a particular component, at least one housing which is delimited by a body of substantially annular shape, this body being held confined and clamped between, on the one hand, a base, and on the other hand, a cap including an aperture at the level of each this housing, by a securing and clamping means or by screws. This cap includes a continuous elastic holding means around and inside this aperture. This housing confines a spherical moving element with minimum play projecting through this aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Montres Jaquet Droz SA
    Inventors: Maamar BOULARAS, Yann Leiggener