ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,142, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Montres Breguet S.A. (L'Abbaye, Switzerland).

"Head-to-tail flexible guide assembly for a horological movement, in particular for a display device" was invented by Marc Stranczl (Nyon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible guide assembly for a horological movement, in particular for a display device of the horological movement, the assembly including two flexible guides arranged in series in a substantially head-to-tail manner, the first flexible guide including a support and a first movable element that is capable of moving relative to the support, as well as a first elongate, ...