Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
368206000 | WINDING MEANS | 37 |
20080247278 | PROGRAMMABLE WATCH WINDER - An automatic watch winder that is user-programmable via USB (Universal Serial Bus) and/or wireless IrDA (Infrared), IEEE 802.11, or IEEE 802.15 connections to a computer, such as a laptop or notebook computer. The watch winder also includes a user programmable, high intensity LED illuminator used to charge the luminous material on a watch | 10-09-2008 |
20090097362 | MUSICAL MODULE FOR A WATCH MOVEMENT - A musical module for a watch movement, said module comprising a barrel ( | 04-16-2009 |
20100149928 | UNIT THAT COMPRISES A WINDING RATCHET THAT IS ATTACHED TO A BARREL ARBOR AND BARREL ARBOR FOR THIS UNIT - A unit is formed by a winding ratchet ( | 06-17-2010 |
20100165798 | Watch Winder - A watch winder comprising plural watch winder units and a power supply. The plural watch winder units are assembled by connectors in such a manner that the watch winders units are electrically connected to one another, and the power supply is electrically connected to one of the watch winder units to supply power to all the electrically-connected watch winder units. By such arrangements, the respective watch winder units are not required to be provided with one power supply, thus saving the manufacturing cost, satisfying the requirements of environmental protection, and the watch winder units can be assembled as desired. | 07-01-2010 |
20110026374 | Programmable watch winding apparatus - A programmable watch winding apparatus includes a user interface for users to input a winding number and rotational direction of turns the programmable watch winding apparatus performs to wind a mechanical watch, and a control unit controlling a transmission device to rotate a rotatory base according to the users' input. Thereby, the programmable watch winding apparatus is fully controlled to automatically wind the mechanical watch carried thereon. | 02-03-2011 |
20110170380 | DEVICE FOR WINDING WATCHES, IN PARTICULAR MANUALLY-WOUND WATCHES - A device for winding watches, particularly manually-wound watches, comprising a containment structure which accommodates a motor, transmission means and a motor controller. | 07-14-2011 |
20110216632 | SEQUENTIAL CONTROL DEVICE FOR A STRIKING MECHANISM - The invention concerns a mechanical device ( | 09-08-2011 |
20110299366 | UNIDIRECTIONAL COUPLING-CLUTCH RUNNER - A unidirectional coupling-clutch runner includes a coaxial pinion and wheel which pivot relative to one another. The runner includes a first driving part angularly integral with the pinion having at least one elastic catch with the general shape, in plan view, of a C, one branch of which is elongated and terminates with a free end; and a second driving part angularly integral with the wheel and which is coplanar with the first driving part having an internal wolf-toothing. In the neutral rest position the first and second driving parts do not touch one another, the end of the elastic catches in the rest position which are not elastically deformed being located on a circumference whose diameter is larger than a circumference which goes through the top of the wolf-teeth and smaller than a circumference going through the bottom of the toothing of the second driving part. | 12-08-2011 |
20120082011 | WATCH WINDER HAVING WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFERRING FUNCTION - A watch winder includes a housing, a power supply disposed in the housing, a transmitter coil mounted at one side of the housing and electrically connected with a circuit board of the power supply, and a receiver coil mounted at another side of the housing and electrically connected with a circuit board of the power supply. The fist coil can be actuated by the power supply to transmit a signal, and the receiver coil can be used to receive a signal and convert the signal into an electrical current that can be transmitted to the circuit board for charging the power supply. Therefore, the electrical energy of the watch winder can be wireless transmitted through a non-contact interface. | 04-05-2012 |
20120230160 | HAND-WOUND TIMEPIECE RETURN SPRING STRUCTURE, AND HAND-WOUND MECHANISM AND HAND-WOUND TIMEPIECE HAVING THE SAME - A return spring structure of a hand-wound timepiece has a plate-like placement portion that is placed on a surface of a support member. A forced insertion hooking spring portion is forcibly inserted into an opening of a locking plate-like portion of the support member, and has a forced insertion hooking end portion locked in a back surface of a wall defining the opening and a hooking spring arm portion extending from one edge portion of the plate-like placement portion. A return spring portion extends from the other edge portion of the plate-like placement portion. The return spring structure also has a positioning spring portion that includes a positioning spring arm portion extending parallel to the hooking spring arm portion from the one edge portion of the plate-like placement portion and a forced insertion engagement end portion engaged with the opening of the support member at the forward end portion. | 09-13-2012 |
20120269045 | Watch winder assembly with moveable attention-attracting mechanism - Provided is the assembly of a watch winder with a moveable attention-attracting mechanism driven from the motor of the watch winder through a transmission mechanism. According to one modification, the attention-attracting mechanism comprises a multilink mechanism composed of a crank driven into rotation from the watch winder through pulleys and driving belt and pivotally connected to a first link, the other end of which is connected to one end of the second link. The other end of the second link is pivotally connected to the base of the assembly. The multilink mechanism of the device of this modification is made in the form of a human being, wherein the first link is formed as hands, the second link as a body, and the base support as legs. Rotation of the crank may be further transmitted to another attention-attracting mechanism that is formed as a Ferris wheel. According to the second modification, the multilink mechanism is formed as an oil-extracting pump. | 10-25-2012 |
20130021880 | SWITCH DEVICE AND WRISTWATCH - A switch device of the present invention includes a rotating operation member in which a through-hole is formed in an axial direction; a pressing operation member which is movable within the through-hole of the rotating operation member and press-operable from one opening of the through-hole that is provided so as to not slip out of the one opening and integrally rotates with the rotating operation member, when rotating the rotating operation member; a first coil spring which is arranged within the through-hole of the rotating operation member and biases the pressing operation member towards the one opening direction; and a second coil spring which is arranged within the through-hole of the rotating operation member and biases the rotating operation member towards the one opening direction. | 01-24-2013 |
20160132022 | WINDING DEVICE WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL DRIVE ARRANGEMENT - The winding device includes a solar pinion mounted for free rotation in a coaxial manner about a central arbor on a winding wheel. The device also includes toothed planetary wheels for meshing with a toothing of the solar pinion. The planetary wheels are mounted for free rotation with play about a respective offset arbor fixed to the winding wheel. The device also includes one or two hooks of a frame fixedly mounted on the winding wheel. In a first direction of rotation of the solar pinion, a planetary wheel is in a locking position in contact with a hook in order to drive the winding wheel. In a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation, the planetary wheel is uncoupled so that the rotation of the solar pinion does not drive the winding wheel. | 05-12-2016 |
368207000 | Self | 18 |
20120044789 | BARREL FOR A SELF WINDING TIMEPIECE - Barrel for a self-winding timepiece including a drum of axis AA provided with an internal lateral wall having friction surfaces alternating with locking structures forming salient or inward edges at the boundary of the friction surfaces and a mainspring forming a winding including an outer coil, which is friction coupled to said internal lateral wall and free to slip against said internal lateral wall in the event of overwinding of the mainspring, characterized in that said friction surfaces are demarcated, downstream relative to the direction in which said outer coil slips, by a rounded salient edge or an inward edge. | 02-23-2012 |
20120176870 | INVERTER DEVICE FOR A CLOCK MOVEMENT - An inverter device for timepiece movements is disclosed which includes first and second toothed wheels intended to be driven in opposite rotation directions and coaxial with an output toothed member intended to be kinematically connected to a pivoting member of the timepiece movement. The wheels are connected to the output member by unidirectional transmission members adapted to transmit to the output member rotation in only the same one predefined rotation direction and to prevent the transmission of rotation of the output member in this predefined rotation direction to one or the other of the wheels. Each unidirectional transmission member includes two diametrically opposite teeth of asymmetrical shape and is connected to the output member in such a manner as to be constrained to rotate with it whilst being able to be moved between first and second extreme positions in a radial direction. Each wheel includes a plate provided with a central counterbore defining a housing for the corresponding unidirectional transmission member and the periphery of which includes n peripheral tips intended to cooperate with the teeth of the corresponding unidirectional transmission member in the predefined rotation direction, and each of which is defined by the intersection of a circular hole with the periphery, n being equal to or greater than one. | 07-12-2012 |
20140177400 | SOLAR ELECTRIC WINDER FOR A SELF-WINDING WATCH - The electric solar watch winder includes a rotating support, a motor arranged to drive the rotating support, an accumulator arranged to power the motor, a solar cell arranged to charge the accumulator, an internal clock, an electronic means of controlling the motor, a light sensor connected to the electronic means, and a user control interface for the electronic means. The electronic means is arranged to be controlled by the user to be selectively placed in one or other of a plurality of operating modes, said plurality of operating modes including a first mode in which the rotating support is only driven when the winding mechanism is illuminated and a second mode in which a rotating support drive programme is started at a pre-selected time using the control interface. | 06-26-2014 |
20160004223 | WINDING DEVICE FOR SELF-WINDING AUTOMATIC WATCH - A device for winding automatic watches, including an electrical energy source and a receptacle support including a surface configured to receive in abutment a back cover of a watch, the device configured to generate a magnetic and/or electrostatic field or eddy currents, in a fixed position underneath the bearing surface and generate, on a substantially annular angular sector, a magnetic and or electrostatic field that varies as a function of time and whose direction is orthogonal to the bearing surface, or generating eddy currents that vary as a function of time. The device can be provided for a watch including an automatic winding mechanism with an oscillating weight including a first ferromagnetic inner part and a second heavy metal peripheral part, and possibly with a paramagnetic conductive disc coaxial to the oscillating weight. | 01-07-2016 |
368208000 | Inertia | 14 |
20080304371 | Automated, mechanical elevator for mainspring of mechanical clockwork of wristwatch, and wristwatch with such a mechanical elevator - Automatic mechanical winding device for the driving spring of a mechanical clockwork of a wristwatch with an eccentric mass that can be swiveled on a joint, said mass having a center of mass that is radially offset from the axis of the joint, with gear means for converting the swivel or rotary motion of the eccentric mass into a motion that winds the driving spring. | 12-11-2008 |
20090129211 | SELF-WINDING WATCH INCLUDING AN INDICATOR OF THE POWER RESERVE - The present invention relates to a self-winding watch including an oscillating mass ( | 05-21-2009 |
20090257322 | SHOCK ABSORBER FOR THE OSCILLATING WEIGHT OF A TIMEPIECE - The oscillating weight ( | 10-15-2009 |
20100226216 | UNCOUPLING DEVICE FOR A TIMEPIECE MECHANISM AND A WATCH MOVEMENT COMPRISING THE SAME - The invention concerns a vertical type uncoupling device, in particular in an automatic watch winding mechanism that includes an oscillating mass and a gear train connecting the oscillating mass to a barrel ( | 09-09-2010 |
20100254229 | Mechanical Watch Having Constant Spring Force - A mechanical watch comprises a motive spring in a first spring barrel and a mechanical and/or automatic winding device. A second spring barrel and a differential having three drive trains are provided, wherein the train connected to the winding device acts on the first and second spring barrels in the same direction. | 10-07-2010 |
20100278018 | TIMEPIECE HAVING AN AUTOMATIC WINDING MECHANISM - A timepiece has a basic movement including at least one barrel ( | 11-04-2010 |
20110149697 | TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT FITTED WITH A VIBRATING ALARM - Timepiece movement | 06-23-2011 |
20110205857 | OSCILLATING WEIGHT FOR AN AUTOMATIC WINDING WATCH, INCLUDING A POWER RESERVE INDICATOR DEVICE INTEGRATED IN SAID OSCILLATING WEIGHT - The invention concerns an oscillating weight ( | 08-25-2011 |
20120195173 | OSCILLATING WEIGHT - The oscillating weight for a self-winding watch mechanism is made by moulding a plastic material charged with heavy metal particles. Moreover, the plastic material is also charged with fibres, wherein said fibres form between 1.5% and 7% of the total weight of the charged plastic material, and the density of the charged plastic material is greater than 8. | 08-02-2012 |
20130114381 | OSCILLATING WEIGHT - The oscillating weight is intended to be used in a self winding watch mechanism. It includes a basic part ( | 05-09-2013 |
20140153372 | OSCILLATING MASS PIVOTED ON THE EXTERIOR OF A TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT, TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT FITTED WITH SUCH AN OSCILLATING MASS AND TIMEPIECE COMPRISING SUCH AN OSCILLATING MASS - The oscillating mass able to be fixed to a frame ( | 06-05-2014 |
20150117164 | Automatic Winding Device Used for Automatic Winding Watch - The patent application relates to an automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch, which comprises a box body, a rotating seat arranged on the box body and relatively rotatable to the box body, a holding seat fixed on the rotating seat and used for placing the automatic winding watch, a driving mechanism driving the rotating seat to rotate, and a control device controlling the rotating mode of the driving mechanism, wherein the driving mechanism is arranged in the box body. The automatic winding device used for automatic winding watch can be rotatably arranged on the box body through the rotating seat; compared with the existing rotation in a rotating cavity, the patent application reduces the noise, and is beneficial for displaying the watch; the watch is sheathed on the holding seat and then placed on the rotating seat. | 04-30-2015 |
20160139563 | ANNULAR OSCILLATING WEIGHT AND TIMEPIECE COMPRISING SUCH AN OSCILLATING WEIGHT - The oscillating weight includes a drive ring and a heavy sector. The drive ring includes an annular transmission portion which has a coaxial toothing and a second annular portion concentric to the annular transmission portion, the heavy sector being fixed to the second annular portion. The drive ring further includes a plurality of connecting elements which are elastically deformable and which connect the annular transmission portion to the second annular portion. | 05-19-2016 |
20160170373 | MECHANICAL WINDING DEVICE FOR A WATCH | 06-16-2016 |
368210000 | With condition indicator | 2 |
20100165799 | Watch Winder with a Sensing Switch - A watch winder with a sensing switch comprises a housing, a driving member, a rotary watch mount, a light sensor, an adjustable counting device and a main board. The housing is divided by a mid clapboard into a display space and an assembly space. The drive member has a rotary shaft and is disposed in the assembly space, and the rotary shaft is inserted through the mid clapboard into the display space. The rotary watch mount has a fixing portion fixed to the rotary shaft of the drive member and a lightproof portion. The light sensor is disposed on the mid clapboard to sense the lightproof portion. The adjustable counting device is disposed on the mid clapboard and its value is manually adjustable. The main board is disposed in the assembly space of the housing and electrically connected with the drive member, the light sensor and the adjustable counting device. | 07-01-2010 |
368212000 | Pointer and scale | 1 |
20110182152 | POWER RESERVE DISPLAY MECHANISM - A power reserve display mechanism includes a differential ( | 07-28-2011 |
368216000 | Stem | 4 |
20100061194 | MECHANISM FOR THE POSITIONING OF WRISTWATCH CONTROL ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a mechanism for the positioning of wristwatch control elements, whereas such control element may be implemented as a crown intended for the adjustment of the watch—as well as winding up the energy storage spring, for mechanical watches—or a pushbutton, and it is embedded in a hole in the watch case in an axially movable manner. The position mechanism contains a seat for the control element, as well as an actuating element linked to the control element from the side through at least one drive element designed to move the control element in its normal position countersunk in the seat, or one or more elevated operating positions. | 03-11-2010 |
20110176394 | TIMEPIECE CROWN INCLUDING AN UNCOUPLING MECHANISM - Winding crown for a timepiece, said crown ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110228646 | WINDING CROWN FOR A TIMEPIECE - Winding crown for a timepiece, said crown ( | 09-22-2011 |
20120039154 | TIMEPIECE WITH DISPLAY BY AN ENDLESS RIBBON - A timepiece ( | 02-16-2012 |