Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
368037000 | Movable ring or disk | 50 |
20080279049 | Drive Mechanism for a Timepiece Calendar Date Display - A calendar date display comprises a ten-day indicator ( | 11-13-2008 |
20080316869 | Time Piece Provided With a Date Dial - The inventive timepiece provided with a date dial comprises a date disc driven step by step once per 24 hours. The dial of the time piece is provided with unit figures distributed along a circular sector and crossed by a window which is embodied in the form of a circular arc and extends through the entire angular length of the circular sector. A display member connected to the date disc appears in the window and comprises an index of units, FIGS. | 12-25-2008 |
20090129207 | Calendar mechanism-attached timepiece having month indicator and date indicator - To provide a calendar mechanism-attached timepiece having a thin date feeding mechanism and month feeding mechanism. A calendar mechanism-attached timepiece of the invention includes a date indicator, a month indicator, a date indicator driving wheel, a date feed finger, and a small month end feed lever. The date indicator includes a month feed tooth for rotating an intermediate month wheel and a small month end feed tooth for feeding the date indicator at a month end of a small month. The month indicator includes a month cam for operating a small month end feed lever at a month end of a small month. The small month end feed lever is constituted to be able to feed the date indicator by an amount of 1 day based on rotation of the date indicator driving wheel and rotation of the month cam. | 05-21-2009 |
20090257318 | TIMEPIECE WITH A CALENDAR MECHANISM - A timepiece with calendar function including a dial having a tens digit display aperture for displaying the tens digit of the date and a ones digit display aperture for displaying the ones digit of the date, and a calendar mechanism that displays the date by presenting specific numerals through the dial. The calendar mechanism includes a ones display wheel having ones markers whereby the ones digit is displayed through the ones digit display aperture, a tens display wheel having tens markers whereby the tens digit is displayed through the tens digit display aperture, a ones drive mechanism that drives the ones display wheel, and a tens drive mechanism that drives the tens display wheel. The tens markers include normal tens markers that display only the tens digit in the tens digit display aperture, and a two-digit display marker that displays a tens digit in the tens digit display aperture and a ones digit in the ones digit display aperture. | 10-15-2009 |
20090303841 | Display Device and Timepiece Calendar Device - A display device and a timepiece calendar device capable of large display of letters and numbers is provided, which can be simplified and reduced in size. The display device comprises a first display wheel having a denotation portion for showing information about a part of a period and a toothed portion including a plurality of teeth to be driven. The device also has a second display wheel having a denotation portion for showing a part of the period other than the part of the period shown by the first display wheel, an opening via which the first display wheel is exposed, and a toothed portion including a plurality of teeth to be driven, and placed overlapping the first display wheel. The device also has a driving finger for driving the first display wheel and the second display wheel to rotate. | 12-10-2009 |
20100002544 | DATE MECHANISM FOR A TIMEPIECE - Date mechanism ( | 01-07-2010 |
20100002545 | Timepiece - A timepiece includes a dial having a tens date display window for displaying the tens digit of the date, and a ones date display window for displaying the ones digit of the date; and a calendar mechanism having a tens indicator wheel to which a plurality of tens digit markers are disposed and a ones indicator wheel to which a plurality of ones digit markers are disposed, and which displays one of the plural tens digit markers disposed to the tens indicator wheel from the tens date display window, and displays one of the plural ones digit markers disposed to the ones indicator wheel from the ones date display window. The ones indicator wheel has a ones indicator plate on which the ones digit markers are disposed, and a ones indicator pinion affixed to the ones indicator plate. The tens indicator wheel has a tens indicator plate on which the tens digit markers are disposed, and a tens indicator pinion affixed to the tens indicator plate. The ones indicator pinion is a ring-shaped external tooth wheel having external teeth formed on the outside circumference surface. The tens indicator pinion and a tens intermediate wheel that meshes with and transfers drive power to the tens indicator pinion are disposed in the space on the inside circumference side of the ones indicator pinion. | 01-07-2010 |
20100034055 | LARGE DATE CALENDAR DAY MECHANISM FOR A TIMEPIECE - The large date mechanism comprises three superposed indicator discs ( | 02-11-2010 |
20100135125 | Watch with calendar mechanism equipped with month indicator and date indicator - The present invention aims to provide a watch with a calendar mechanism which allows a reduction in the thickness of a date feeding mechanism and a month feeding mechanism. In a watch with a calendar mechanism according to the present invention, a date indicator includes a month end tooth for driving a month feeding lever at the end of a month and feeding the date indicator at the end of a shorter month. A month indicator includes a month cam for operating a shorter month end feeding lever at the end of a shorter month. The shorter month end feeding lever can feed the date indicator by one day based on the rotation of a date indicator driving wheel and the rotation of the month cam. The month feeding lever moves toward the month indicator at the end of a month based on the rotation of the date indicator, and can feed the month indicator by one month. | 06-03-2010 |
20100188937 | Watch with calendar mechanism having two date indicators - The present invention aims to provide a watch with a calendar mechanism which has a first date indicator and a second date indicator and which is of a satisfactory operability. The watch with a calendar mechanism of the present invention is equipped with a second date indicator feeding lever adapted to move based on the rotation of the first date indicator and to rotate the second date indicator. The first date indicator includes first date indicator tooth portions, and calendar shift teeth. The calendar shift teeth consist of a first calendar shift tooth, a second calendar shift tooth formed at an interval of (360*2/31) degrees in a first direction using the first calendar shift tooth as a reference, a third calendar shift tooth formed at an interval of (360*9/31) degrees in the first direction using the second calendar shift tooth as a reference, and a fourth calendar shift tooth formed at an interval of (360*10/31) degrees in a direction opposite to the first direction using the first calendar shift tooth as a reference. | 07-29-2010 |
20110090766 | Calendar mechanism and analog timepiece equipped with same mechanism - To provide a calendar mechanism which can easily and reliably cause first and second date indicators to coincide in rotation phase, and an analog timepiece equipped therewith. A calendar mechanism of an analog timepiece includes a first date indicator including a first date character indication portion which indicates the ones column of the date, a first date indicator gear portion, and a drive cam portion which defines an endless ring-shaped cam face; a drive cam lever which includes a driven lever portion whose one end portion abuts against the drive cam portion, and an operating lever portion which includes a first fan-shaped gear portion at the leading end portion, the operating lever portion being pivoted in accordance with the driven lever portion; and a second date indicator which, being rotatable, includes a second date character indication portion which indicates the tens column of the date, and a second fan-shaped gear portion meshing with the first fan-shaped gear portion. The first fan-shaped gear portion and second fan-shaped gear portion have specified teeth which are brought into selective meshing engagement in a condition in which the first date indicator and second date indicator coincide in rotation phase. | 04-21-2011 |
20110134726 | DATE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - A date displaying apparatus includes: a rotating plate including an upper surface on which a plurality of numerals respectively indicating a plurality of dates are inscribed in a circular pattern; and a fix plate provided above the rotating plate, the fix plate having an aperture portion to expose numerals of a predetermined number, the numerals respectively indicating successive dates of a predetermined number (integer of two or more), among the plurality of numerals, wherein the numerals of the predetermined number respectively indicating the successive dates of the predetermined number are simultaneously displayed by the rotating plate and the fix plate, and the plurality of numerals respectively indicating the plurality of dates include all arrangements of the numerals of the predetermined number respectively indicating the successive dates of the predetermined number which can appear on a calendar. | 06-09-2011 |
20120075961 | LARGE APERTURE DISPLAY FOR A TIMEPIECE - The timepiece includes first ( | 03-29-2012 |
20120127835 | TIMEPIECE - This timepiece comprises an indicator dial ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120213037 | PROGRAM WHEEL OF A CALENDAR MECHANISM - Calendar mechanism comprising a program wheel device | 08-23-2012 |
20120213038 | CALENDAR MECHANISM - Calendar mechanism comprising a day program wheel | 08-23-2012 |
20120314544 | CALENDAR MECHANISM AND TIMEPIECE HAVING THE SAME - A calendar mechanism of a timepiece includes a date indicator having a date wheel portion provided with a notched portion. An operation lever attached to the date indicator is pivotable between a pre-feed allowing position, where a tooth-shaped engaged portion thereof is inserted into the notched portion whereby excess feeding of the date indicator is possible, and a normal feed allowing position, where the tooth-shaped engaged portion retreats from the notched portion whereby normal feeding is possible. The date indicator is rotated by a day earlier than the normal feeding when set to the pre-feed allowing position. A driving lever structure includes a cam follower engaged with a month cam and is driven in response to rotation of the month cam to allow the operation lever to be pivoted between the normal feed allowing position and the pre-feed allowing position. | 12-13-2012 |
20130170325 | CALENDAR MECHANISM AND TIMEPIECE HAVING THE SAME - A calendar mechanism of a timepiece includes a month cam having a cam surface distinguishing between a long month (31 days) and a short month (30 days or less) and makes one rotation a year. A date indicator driving wheel has a date finger that makes one rotation every 24 hours and engages with a date wheel of a date indicator to rotate the date indicator. An operating lever structure has a proximal portion friction-engaged with an offset shaft to rotate around the offset shaft offset with respect to the rotation center of the date indicator driving wheel. The operating lever structure has a first distal end portion engaged with the month cam and a second distal end portion engaged with a month end tooth of the date indicator to effect additional date feeding by one day with respect to the date indicator at the end of a short month. | 07-04-2013 |
20130329531 | WALL CLOCK WITH PERPETUAL CALENDAR MECHANISM - A wall clock with a perpetual calendar mechanism comprising an outer case, a quartz movement, a day of the week disc, a tens disc, and a units disc, a gear train for driving the discs, another gear train for driving a month indicator hand, a battery set for a clock movement, another battery set for a drive motor, a calendar cam with forty-eight interstices, the depths of the interstices are various, depending on the lengths of months spanning four years, including a leap year, and a three step cam formed on the rear surface of the units disc and a switch control assembly having a control arm which has one end thereof contacts a bottom of the interstice of the control arm, where the three step cam initiates an end-of-the-month day-correction mechanism. | 12-12-2013 |
20140022872 | ACTUATING MECHANISM FOR A TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT AND CORRESPONDING TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT - An actuating mechanism for a timepiece movement is disclosed. The actuating mechanism may include a first mobile driven by a driving mobile of the timepiece movement, and a second mobile mounted to rotate on a frame element of the timepiece movement and control a displacement of at least one driven mobile of the timepiece movement to actuate at least one additional mechanism. In addition, an elastic member may be provided to act on the second mobile and define a rest position thereof. | 01-23-2014 |
20140029387 | ANALOG ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An analog electronic timepiece comprising: a plurality of rotating display bodies; a gear train mechanism; a drive control unit; a detection unit; and a delay cycle counting unit, wherein the delay cycle counting unit adds 1 to the number of delay cycles in a case where it is determined, for each detection cycle of a predetermined reference display mode, that the first rotating display body is stopped during a rotation cycle of the first rotating display body based on detection results by the detection unit at a first timing and at a second timing, and the drive control unit rotationally moves the first rotating display body for a number of times, the number corresponding to the number of delay cycles, in a case where the first rotating display body is capable of operating at the first timing. | 01-30-2014 |
20140036640 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND ANALOG ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An information display device includes a dial plate having a display window; a rotatable date display plate provided under the dial plate and having dates to be selectively displayed through the window; an information display plate provided between the dial plate and the date display plate and including a display portion having an information item on a top surface thereof; an information display plate driver capable of moving the information display plate to any one of first and second positions. When the information display plate is in the first position, the display portion does not lie just under the window and a date in a position corresponding to the window is displayed through the window. When the information display plate is in the second position, the display portion is in a position corresponding to the window. | 02-06-2014 |
20140104992 | WATCH DEVICE WITH EVENT PLANNING ELEMENTS - A watch of the present invention includes a calendar date finder in the form of two interacting disks rotatable relative to the other thereby providing calendar date information. A first disk has a circular periphery with a numeric indicia printed thereon. The numeric indicia is further defined by segments representing months of the year with each segment presenting sequential numbers representing the thirty-one or thirty days of the calendar month. A second disk has week day indicia printed thereon uniformly spaced along the periphery thereof, in a sequential pattern and a marker printed thereon. The position of the marker next to any given day indicia on the first disc as both disks are rotatable next to one another will indicate a day of a future event indicated on the first disk within the segment as the user will identify number of weeks counted from the marker. | 04-17-2014 |
20140146645 | MECHANISM FOR DRIVING THE HANDS OF AN ELECTROMECHANICAL WATCH, PROVIDED WITH A LOCKING DEVICE - The mechanism ( | 05-29-2014 |
20140160897 | MECHANISM FOR DRIVING AN INDICATOR FOR A TIMEPIECE - A mechanism for driving an indicator for a timepiece includes: a mobile for driving the indicator; a first lever mounted about a first pivot and including a beak to cooperate with a toothing of the mobile; a first cam arranged to rotate the first lever about the first pivot; a second lever mounted about a second pivot and to which the first pivot is rigidly connected; a second cam arranged to rotate the second lever about the second pivot; and elastic elements for maintaining the cooperation between the levers and cams; the levers and the cams being arranged so that the beak of the first lever cyclically describes a closed curve, each cycle including a first motion during which the beak leaves the toothing of the mobile without changing the angular position thereof and a second motion during which the beak re-enters the toothing to move the mobile. | 06-12-2014 |
20140301170 | DISPLAY MECHANISM FOR DISPLAYING A LARGE DATE - A display mechanism is disclosed for displaying the day and date in large date form, for a timepiece movement. The display mechanism may include first and second concentric disks, respectively for displaying the tens of the date and for displaying the units of the date. The first disk may have a diameter greater than that of the second disk. The first and second disks may be respectively attached to first and second star wheels each having a toothing. The display mechanism may also include a programmed wheel arranged to drive the first and second star wheels in rotation. The programmed wheel may include first and second outer toothings arranged to cooperate respectively, at least indirectly, with the first and second star wheels. The first toothing may have a diameter less than that of the second toothing. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301171 | MECHANISM FOR DRIVING AN INDICATOR - Mechanism for driving an information indicator connected to a timepiece movement and varies according to a plurality of periods, during each of which the information changes, step by step, to a maximum value that varies between n and n−m. The mechanism includes a drive wheel including a first set of gear teeth arranged to advance by n steps per period, m retractable teeth borne by the wheel, encoding cams corresponding to the retractable teeth, each cam corresponding to one maximum value n−x of the information, x being between 1 and m, for a period, and a drive unit to provide adequate rotation speed to the cams relative to the wheel such that, when the information reaches a maximum value n−x for a period, x retractable teeth pass in an operative position and then return to an inoperative position, the wheel advancing by x additional steps for the period. | 10-09-2014 |
20150036465 | DATE INDICATION DISPLAY DEVICE - Date indication display device for a timepiece including a support element having a plurality of display areas on which are arranged the indications of the days of the month, wherein the support element moves behind an aperture arranged in a dial of the timepiece, wherein:
| 02-05-2015 |
20150355601 | TIMEPIECE WITH DATE DISPLAY - A timepiece with date display comprises two supports ( | 12-10-2015 |
20160103429 | Electronic timepiece - An electronic timepiece has a case made at least in part from a conductive material and including a main case member and back cover and; a drive module disposed inside the case for displaying the time; a GPS antenna disposed inside the case around the drive module; and a crystal made from a non-conductive material and disposed to the opposite side of the case as the back cover. The GPS antenna is superimposed with the crystal in plan view, and not superimposed with parts of the main case on the crystal side of the GPS antenna. | 04-14-2016 |
20160124386 | GRAND DATE DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A TIMEPIECE - The invention concerns a grand date display device that can change from displaying the last day of the month to displaying the first day of the following month by means of a single step of the first and of the second upper plates. This feature avoids the requirement for a correction at the end of months of less than 31 days. | 05-05-2016 |
20160187853 | CALENDAR DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A TIMEPIECE - Grand date calendar display device for a watch movement comprising a first disc and a second disc, arranged to display, on certain dates, first date values by combining symbols borne by said first disc and symbols borne by said second disc, and on other dates, second date values by symbols borne only by said second disc. The first disc is a modified units display disc, bearing a first series of symbols comprising a first sequence of at most nine first consecutive units numerals truncated by at least a second units numeral with respect to the complete series of ten units, and the second disc is a modified tens display disc including a second series of symbols for the display of at least the tens of the date, comprising at least one combination of two numerals formed of a tens numeral and a second units numeral. | 06-30-2016 |
20160195851 | COUPLING MECHANISM FOR DATE DISPLAY DISCS | 07-07-2016 |
20160202664 | DEVICE FOR DRIVING A MOBILE OF A HOROLOGICAL CALENDAR MECHANISM | 07-14-2016 |
20190146412 | DEVICE FOR SELECTION OF A COMBINATION OF MOTIFS, AND TIMEPIECE COMPRISING A DEVICE OF THIS TYPE | 05-16-2019 |
20190146413 | DEVICE FOR SELECTING A COMBINATION OF PATTERNS AND TIMEPIECE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE | 05-16-2019 |
368038000 | With jumper spring | 14 |
20090016169 | INSTANTANEOUS DISPLAY MECHANISM FOR A TIMEPIECE - The invention concerns an instantaneous display mechanism for a timepiece, including:
| 01-15-2009 |
20090316534 | Day display apparatus and watch having the same - The present invention aims to provide a day display apparatus having less risk of occurrence of a day hopping even when an impact caused by a drop or the like is applied and a watch having the same. A day display apparatus of a watch includes a first day display wheel having a program tooth portion, a second day display wheel having a claw wheel portion and a gear portion, a jumper configured to perform a jump-and-stop operation with respect to the claw wheel portion, a day intermediate wheel engaging the gear portion, being rotated by the program tooth portion every time when the first day display wheel reaches a predetermined rotational position, and transmitting the rotation to the second day display wheel, and jump-and-stop control means configured to assume a rotation restrained position in which a jump-and-stop claw portion is restrained from coming apart from between the adjacent claw portions of the claw wheel portion when the jumper is at a rotation restrained state and assume a rotation allowing state in which the jump-and-stop claw portion is allowed to climb over the claw portion of the claw wheel portion every time when the first day display wheel reaches the predetermined rotational position and allows the second day display wheel to rotate. | 12-24-2009 |
20100103780 | DEVICE THAT ASSISTS IN MAINTAINING THE POSITION OF A DATE INDICATOR DISC FOR A TIMEPIECE - Device that assists in maintaining the position of a date indicator disc ( | 04-29-2010 |
20110090767 | Calendar mechanism and analog timepiece equipped with same mechanism - To provide a calendar mechanism wherein the building-in property of a second date indicator is improved, and an analog timepiece equipped therewith. A calendar mechanism of an analog timepiece includes a first date indicator which includes a first date character indication portion, a first date indicator gear portion, and an endless ring-shaped drive cam portion; a drive cam lever which includes an operating lever portion including a first fan-shaped gear portion, wherein a driven lever portion is spring loaded in order to become a cam follower, and the operating lever portion is pivoted in accordance with the driven lever portion abutting against the drive cam portion; a second date indicator which, being rotatable, includes a second date character indication portion and a second fan-shaped gear portion meshing with the first fan-shaped gear portion; and a positioning/locking portion. In a case in which the tens column of the date is 0, one portion of the drive cam lever abuts against the positioning/locking portion, causing the cam follower of the driven lever portion to remain in a condition out of contact with an invalid cam face portion of the cam face of the drive cam portion. | 04-21-2011 |
20110158052 | Timepiece with calendar mechanism including first date indicator and second date indicator - To provide a timepiece with a calendar mechanism whose movement is of a simple construction and whose date display is large and easy to see. A timepiece with a calendar mechanism according to the present invention is equipped with a first date indicator indicating the one place, a first date jumper, a second date indicator capable of indicating the ten place and singly displaying a one-digit date, and a second date jumper. A first date letter display surface is provided with numbers for indicating the one place of a date. A second date letter display surface is provided with numbers for singly indicating a one-digit date and numbers for solely indicating the ten place. A window portion is formed in the second date indicator. The second date letter display surface is arranged at a position closer to a dial than the first date letter display surface. | 06-30-2011 |
20110286311 | Calendar mechanism and timepiece equipped with the same - A calendar mechanism includes: a calendar driving wheel equipped with a calendar finger portion rotating a calendar cogwheel portion and a cam portion equipped with a torque reduction shape portion; a lever main body portion rotatably supported on a substrate, a jumper support lever equipped with a cam follower portion following the cam portion, and a jumper operating spring shoe portion provided in an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the lever main body portion and formed on the same side as the cam follower portion with respect to the rotating direction thereof; and a jumper arranged so as to be rotatable with respect to the jumper support lever while overlapping the lever main body portion of the jumper support lever, the jumper being equipped with a jump control finger portion which is directed in a direction opposite to the cam follower portion of the jumper support lever and whose distal end side end portion is pressed against the calendar cogwheel portion by a jumper spring portion locked to the jumper operating spring shoe portion. | 11-24-2011 |
20120014224 | BACKLASH-COMPENSATING MECHANISM FOR A TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT - A backlash-compensating mechanism includes a cam, an actuating member bearing against the cam and a wheel coaxial to the cam and intended to be driven by a gear train of the movement. The cam and the wheel are connected to each other such that one revolution of the wheel includes a sequence of a first phase in which the wheel drives the cam whilst the co-operation between the cam and the actuating member cocks the latter, a second phase in which the actuating member uncocks and causes the cam to effect an instantaneous jump, and a third phase in which the cam is immobilized and the wheel continues to advance until it catches up with the cam to once again drive it during the first phase of the following revolution. This mechanism includes a resilient element acting between the cam and the wheel and applying a return torque to the wheel during the third phase to compensate the backlash in the gear train. | 01-19-2012 |
20120188852 | ANNUAL CALENDAR DEVICE FOR A TIMEPIECE - The annual calendar device carries a date ring ( | 07-26-2012 |
20120195169 | DATE SYSTEM FOR A TIMEPIECE - A timepiece includes a timepiece movement. The timepiece movement includes a time measuring system for displaying the time and a date system connected to the time measuring system for displaying the date. The date system includes a display of the continuously moving type and a correction device which can correct the date display at any time, by a predetermined step, while maintaining the relationship of the continuous movement relative to that of the time during the correction operation. | 08-02-2012 |
20120243382 | INSTANTANEOUS SINGLE CLICK PERPETUAL DATE MECHANISM - Date mechanism ( | 09-27-2012 |
20140286135 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE WITH SOLAR CELL - An electronic timepiece with a solar cell is provided with a solar cell, a solar cell holding member, a light-transmissive character plate, a ground plate, and a ring-shaped calendar wheel. The solar cell includes a base material that is made of an insulating material, and a light-receiving unit that is arranged on a first surface of the base material. The solar cell holding member is fixedly attached to a second surface of the base material. The light-transmissive character plate is arranged on a timepiece front side of the solar cell. The ground plate is arranged on a back surface of the solar cell. The ring-shaped calendar wheel is disposed between the character plate and the ground plate. The solar cell holding member is arranged on a character plate side of the calendar wheel to position the calendar wheel. | 09-25-2014 |
20140362670 | SPRING FOR CLOCK MOVEMENT | 12-11-2014 |
20160048107 | HOROLOGY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING TIME OR TIME-DERIVED INFORMATION | 02-18-2016 |
20160098011 | COAXIAL DISENGAGEABLE WHEELS FOR A TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT - Device with coaxial disengageable wheels for a timepiece movement including an input wheel, an output wheel, a hub, and a jumper mechanism including a spring and positioning elements defining a certain number of discrete angular positions of the input wheel with respect to the output wheel around an axis of rotation. The positioning elements including hollow elements and protruding elements, the spring being configured to apply an elastic force pushing the protruding elements against the hollow elements to couple the wheels to each other below a disengagement torque. The protruding elements and the hollow elements extend in the axial direction and the spring is configured to apply an elastic force in the axial direction. | 04-07-2016 |