US Patent Issued to ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse on Nov. 3 for "Bearing for a timepiece" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,875, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse (Grenchen, Switzerland).

"Bearing for a timepiece" was invented by Cyril Ruchti (Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland) and Antonio Merino (Moutier, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing for a timepiece including a bearing housing with a through-opening, the opening including a stressed, compact assembly including a first resilient member mounted in a first orifice of the through-opening; a second resilient member arranged between the first resilient member and a second orifice of the opening; a pivot element for pivoting a staff of a timepiece componen...