ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,942, issued on April 15, was assigned to ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse (Grenchen, Switzerland).
"Timepiece display mechanism" was invented by Fabrice Delevaux (Le Noirmont, Switzerland), Ivan Villar (Brugg, Switzerland), Julien Christan (Bienne, Switzerland), Christophe Cattin (Le Noirmont, Switzerland) and Anne Philipps (Selzach, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timepiece display mechanism includes at least one display having a shaft, and having at least one plate and/or a bridge carrying at least one guide device for carrying and guiding this shaft around an axis, including, on a first side of said axis, a support ...