US Patent Issued to Montres Jaquet Droz on Aug. 4 for "Horological module actuatable at isolated moments, comprising automatic locking means" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,356, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Montres Jaquet Droz SA (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland).

"Horological module actuatable at isolated moments, comprising automatic locking means" was invented by Steven Denoreaz (Bellefontaine, France) and Julien Leskerpit (Pontarlier, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A horological module (1) for a horological movement, for example an automaton or a ringing mechanism. The horological module (1) includes a plate (2) and a mechanical device (10) able to pass from an idle state, wherein the mechanical device (10) is immobile with respect to the plate (2), to an operating state, wherein at least ...