US Patent Issued to PATEK PHILIPPE SA GENEVE on Sept. 30 for "Timepiece comprising a vibration-amplifying device" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,824, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to PATEK PHILIPPE SA GENEVE (Geneva).

"Timepiece comprising a vibration-amplifying device" was invented by Sylvain Geiser (Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland) and Quentin Benoist (Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timepiece includes a case containing a movement, at least one device for generating vibrations intended to produce at least one sound, and at least one device for amplifying the vibrations generated by the vibration-generating device. The device for amplifying the vibrations includes a lever linked to a support by an articulation about a single axis of rotation an...