G04B 17/02
Oscillators acting by gravity
Official title: Oscillators acting by gravity, e.g. pendulum swinging in a plane {(setting the pendulum to the required length G04B18/003; temperature compensation for pendulums G04B17/225; bearings in general, e.g. knife-edge G04B31/00; clocks fitted in pendulums G04B45/043; imitation pendulums driven by the clock mechanism G04B45/0046, G04B45/0053; pendulum ornamentation G04B45/0061; contacts actuated by a pendulum G04C13/065; measurement of force with a pendulum G01V7/12)}
G04B17/02 (Oscillators acting by gravity) appears on 26 US grants and 13 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 3 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Three-dimensional karussel for a horological movement3 Feb 2026US 12,541,175 B2Blancpain SA
- Pendulum, particularly for use in a clock16 Dec 2025US 12,498,670 B2
- Pendulum device10 Oct 2023US 11,782,387 B2
- Method and oscillation controller for compensating for oscillations of an oscillatable technical system17 May 2022US 11,334,027 B2B&R Industrial Automation GmbH
- Watch case with dial23 Feb 2021US D911,190 S1Patek Philippe SA Geneve · Design
- Pendulum, particularly for use in a clock24 Oct 2024US 2024/0353798 A1
- Three-dimensional karussel for a horological movement26 Oct 2023US 2023/0341818 A1Blancpain SA
- Pendulum device2 Feb 2023US 2023/0034623 A1
- Method and oscillation controller for compensating for oscillations of an oscillatable technical system21 May 2020US 2020/0159169 A1B&R Industrial Automation GmbH
- Time-keeping movement comprising a regulator with three-dimensional magnetic resonance15 Mar 2018US 2018/0074459 A1HUBLOT SA, Geneve
Most cited
By later US patents
- Watch dial22US D869,977 S1Patek Philippe SA Geneve · 2019 · Design
- Watch case with dial19US D911,190 S1Patek Philippe SA Geneve · 2021 · Design
- Clock having magnetically-levitated pendulum13US 5,638,340 A1997
- Pendulum device for clocks10US 4,829,495 ASeikosha Co., Ltd. · 1989
- Oscillating mechanism with an elastic pivot and mobile element for transmitting energy9US 9,201,398 B2Nivarox-FAR S. A. · 2015