US Patent Issued to ROLEX on April 14 for "Connecting ring for a timepiece dial, plate and timepiece dial, assembly method" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,009, issued on April 14, was assigned to ROLEX SA (Geneva).

"Connecting ring for a timepiece dial, plate and timepiece dial, assembly method" was invented by Daniel Fiammingo (Sciez, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Connecting ring (2) for a dial (10) of a timepiece (90) having a first connecting portion (21) provided with plastically deformable connecting elements (210) that are intended to press against a second portion (11) formed on a dial plate (1), the dial plate having a lower first surface (12) that is intended to be positioned on the inner side of a timepiece (90) and an upper second surface (13) that is opposite and i...