US Patent Issued to The Swatch Group Research and Development on May 20 for "Device for fastening a back on a middle for a timepiece" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,586, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd (Marin, Switzerland).

"Device for fastening a back on a middle for a timepiece" was invented by Joel Allimann (Vallon, Switzerland) and Benjamin Chartrel (St-Blaise, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for fastening a back on a middle of a watch, the back having a shoulder forming a cover arranged to cover totally or partially with the middle and a body arranged to rest in the middle, the device including at least one pin integral with the middle and a gasket mounted between the back and the middle. The back includes, close to its per...