G04B 11/00
Click devices
Official title: Click devices; Stop clicks; Clutches {(mechanisms for winding up by hand G04B3/00; automatic winding up G04B5/00; clutches in general, class 111)}
G04B11/00 (Click devices) appears on 110 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
- 110
- Published applications
- 103
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 172
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 9 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 9 |
| 2025 | 7 | 8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Winding device, in particular for a horological barrel, provided with a disconnectable winding gear train11 Aug 2026US 12,704,811 B2Nivarox-FAR S. A.
- Stop pawl for horological movement4 Aug 2026US 12,699,354 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Mechanism for displaying periods of an annual cycle of a timepiece21 Apr 2026US 12,607,963 B2Blancpain SA
- Mechanism for displaying periods of an annual cycle of a timepiece17 Mar 2026US 12,578,683 B2Blancpain SA
- Device for automatic winding of a barrel spring of a horological movement3 Mar 2026US 12,566,407 B2Montres Breguet S. A.
- Quick correction device with connecting rod for a horology movement21 May 2026US 2026/0140479 A1Montres Breguet S. A.
- Thermally-actuated micromechanical device, in particular for horology12 Mar 2026US 2026/0072403 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Bistable timepiece control mechanism25 Dec 2025US 2025/0390065 A1LVMH Swiss Manufactures SA
- Bistable timepiece control mechanism18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383630 A1LVMH Swiss Manufactures SA
- Horological movement comprising a rigid mobile element coupled to a resilient element and method for coupling these two elements26 Jun 2025US 2025/0208576 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-winding watch96US 6,409,379 B1Montres Rolex S. A. · 2002
- Unidirectional coupling-clutch runner15US 8,337,077 B2Patek Philippe SA Geneve · 2012
- Unidirectional gear transmission14US 4,223,528 ASociete Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogere Management Services S.A. · 1980
- Monodirectional torque-transmission gear14US 4,321,839 ASociete Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogere Management Services S.A. · 1982
- Battery powered time piece13US 4,464,062 A1984