ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,148, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd (Marin, Switzerland).
"Watch comprising a solar cell" was invented by Jean-Jacques Born (Morges, Switzerland) and Cedric Nicolas (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watch including a gasket (18) arranged at the periphery of the glass (14), an intermediate portion (20) laterally surrounding the analogue display and defining a radial surface forming an axial stop for the glass, a solar cell (30) extending at least mostly between the lower level of the dial and the glass and being arranged behind the intermediate portion, which is ...