ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,313, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Blancpain SA (Le Brassus, Switzerland).
"Anterograde display mechanism for timepiece" was invented by Mehdi Denden (Les Rousses, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anterograde display mechanism including: a first wheel driven by a horological movement; a second wheel coaxial with the first wheel and linked to the first wheel by an elastic organ; a first intermediate wheel driven directly by the first wheel and which directly drives a third wheel bearing a display organ; the third wheel including a smooth angular sector where at least two teeth are truncated; a fourth wheel coaxial and rig...