ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,360, issued on April 1, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Timepiece component and timepiece" was invented by Kazushi Kawanishi (Shiojiri, Japan) and Saki Ogawa (Nasushiobara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a timepiece component including a train wheel bridge, wherein the train wheel bridge includes a base material in which a first groove, a second groove, and a flat portion are formed along a first direction, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the flat portion is provided between the first groove and the second groove, in the first direction, in the first groove and the second groove,...