ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,316, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Omega SA (Biel/Bienne, Switzerland).

"Thermal protection case for timepiece" was invented by Billy Nussbaumer (La Cibourg, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal protection case for timepiece, including, in a casing, a device for holding a case of a timepiece, including first elastic pistons with mobile supports each including at least one component thermally less conductive than the casing and the case and creating a thermal barrier between them, and opposite second supports each including a pillar each with at least one component thermally less conductive than the casing and the...