Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically
Official title: Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically; Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously {(automatic winding up G04B5/00; combined normal and automatic winding up G04B7/00; click devices G04B11/00; winding up the striking mechanism by the clockwork and vice versa G04B21/14; mechanical devices for setting the time-indication by using the winding means G04B27/02, G04B27/083; calibers of which the mainsprings are easily removable G04B33/14; winding mechanical clocks electrically G04C1/00; tools for setting springs G04D1/04; driving mechanisms for gramophones G11B19/00; driving mechanisms for cinematographs G03B1/00)}
G04B3/00 (Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically) appears on 293 US grants and 320 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
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| 2025 | 16 | 21 |
| 2026 | 14 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
- G04B 3/04Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns229
- G04B 3/006Mechanical winding up34
- G04B 3/001Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically: by push button16
- G04B 3/02Removably-mounted keys or the like11
- G04B 3/08Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically: by parts of the10
- G04B 3/06Keys or the like with means preventing overwinding7
- G04B 3/003Normal winding of clockworks by hand or mechanically: by lever mechanism5
- G04B 3/008Winding up several mainsprings or driving weights simultaneously4
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- Control member for controlling at least one function of a timepiece movement27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252030 A1Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
- Crown Assembly and Wearable Device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244158 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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Most cited
- Rotary input mechanism for an electronic device145US 9,753,436 B2Apple Inc. · 2017
- Electric device for switching between at least three different contacts111US 6,672,758 B2The Swatch Group Management Services AG · 2004
- Waterproof watch pushbutton110US 9,123,483 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd · 2015
- Switch device and wristwatch97US 8,783,944 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd. · 2014
- Wearable electronic device96US 10,599,101 B2Apple Inc. · 2020