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. 12,699,357, 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) including 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...