ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,590, issued on May 20, was assigned to Omega SA (Biel/Bienne, Switzerland).
"Temperature control for a timepiece" was invented by Christiane Gimkiewicz (Ismaning, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature control device for a timepiece, includes a first light-transmitting portion, defining with a second adjacent portion an intermediate chamber of variable dimensions according to the temperature of the first portion, the first portion includes first microlouvers according to a first spatial distribution, the second portion includes second microlouvers according to a second spatial distribution and substantially facing the f...