G04B 17/06
Oscillators with hairsprings
Official title: Oscillators with hairsprings, e.g. balance {(electrically driven balances G04C3/04; contacts actuated by a balance G04C13/065)}
G04B17/06 (Oscillators with hairsprings) appears on 318 US grants and 391 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
- 318
- Published applications
- 391
- Assignees
- 82
- Inventors
- 359
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15 |
| 2012 | 10 | 16 |
| 2013 | 11 | 13 |
| 2014 | 19 | 25 |
| 2015 | 29 | 30 |
| 2016 | 27 | 18 |
| 2017 | 16 | 34 |
| 2018 | 22 | 19 |
| 2019 | 25 | 24 |
| 2020 | 10 | 29 |
| 2021 | 6 | 22 |
| 2022 | 21 | 20 |
| 2023 | 28 | 25 |
| 2024 | 27 | 25 |
| 2025 | 18 | 26 |
| 2026 | 18 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device for autonomously adjusting the active length of a balance spring6 Oct 2026US 12,754,514 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Part for attaching an outer last coil of a balance spring of a horological movement29 Sep 2026US 12,748,379 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Method for treating a balance spring for a horological movement29 Sep 2026US 12,748,383 B2Nivarox-FAR S. A.
- Flexible guide with adjustable translation table for rotary resonator mechanism, in particular of a horological movement8 Sep 2026US 12,730,411 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Device for autonomous adjustment of the active length of a spiral25 Aug 2026US 12,717,279 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Temperature compensation-type balance with hairspring, movement, and timepiece17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277160 A1Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha (Trading AS Seiko Watch Corporation)
- Method for manufacturing a series of timepiece movements10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267288 A1Breitling SA
- Regulating system for a timepiece movement30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219636 A1Csem SA
- Timepiece component, timepiece movement, timepiece, and method for manufacturing timepiece component23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211373 A1Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha (Trading AS Seiko Watch Corporation)
- Horology component coloured by interference effect25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177125 A1Nivarox-FAR S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-compensating balance spring for a mechanical oscillator of a balance-spring/balance assembly of a watch movement and process for manufacturing this balance-spring31US 5,881,026 AMontres Rolex S. A. · 1999
- Watch hairspring and method for making same28US 7,077,562 B2CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA · 2006
- Method for manufacturing a balance-spring obtained according to said method18US 5,907,524 AETA SA Fabriques d'Ebauches · 1999
- Mechanical timepiece with posture detector18US 6,520,674 B1Seiko Instruments Inc. · 2003
- Hairspring for a balance wheel/hairspring resonator16US 8,002,460 B2Rolex SA · 2011