US Patent Issued to MANUFACTURE D'HORLOGERIE AUDEMARS PIGUET on March 17 for "Member for controlling a plurality of functions of a timepiece movement" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,681, issued on March 17, was assigned to MANUFACTURE D'HORLOGERIE AUDEMARS PIGUET SA (Le Brassus, Switzerland).

"Member for controlling a plurality of functions of a timepiece movement" was invented by Giulio Papi (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) and Jose-Manuel Fernandez (Le Brassus, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-function control member of a timepiece movement includes a crown and rotationally integral control stem that is integral in rotation with a first actuating device of a first function. Under pressure, the crown moves axially between rest and depressed positions in which a second function is actuated, an...