US Patent Issued to MANUFACTURE D'HORLOGERIE AUDEMARS PIGUET on Oct. 6 for "Control member for controlling at least one function of a timepiece movement" (French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,513, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to MANUFACTURE D'HORLOGERIE AUDEMARS PIGUET SA (Le Brassus, Switzerland).

"Control member for controlling at least one function of a timepiece movement" was invented by Jose-Manuel Fernandez (Le Brassus, Switzerland) and Cedric Chague (Miserey-Salines, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control member for controlling a function of a timepiece movement includes a crown including a head and a central rod rigidly connected to a control rod, and a guide tube, having a longitudinal axis. The central rod is rotatable axially. The crown can rotate between a stable neutral angular position and an unsta...