US Patent Issued to Montres Breguet on Feb. 10 for "Stopping mechanism for stopping or releasing a horological regulating or chronograph mechanism wheel" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,122, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Montres Breguet S.A. (L'Abbaye, Switzerland).

"Stopping mechanism for stopping or releasing a horological regulating or chronograph mechanism wheel" was invented by Jean-Philippe Rochat (Les Bioux, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanism for stopping (100) or releasing a regulating or chronograph mechanism wheel (1) in rotation about a main axis (D), including a control organ (210) operable by a user and linked with a stopping lever (2) including a support surface (20) arranged to cooperate with a complementary support surface (11) of the wheel (1), and movable between a working ...