G04B 3/04
Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns
Official title: Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns {(jointed winding-stem G04B37/06)}
G04B3/04 (Rigidly-mounted keys, knobs or crowns) appears on 229 US grants and 253 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
- 229
- Published applications
- 253
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 369
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 9 | 4 |
| 2009 | 8 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11 |
| 2015 | 10 | 9 |
| 2016 | 12 | 14 |
| 2017 | 4 | 9 |
| 2018 | 10 | 22 |
| 2019 | 9 | 14 |
| 2020 | 17 | 16 |
| 2021 | 18 | 20 |
| 2022 | 16 | 21 |
| 2023 | 21 | 23 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 |
| 2025 | 14 | 17 |
| 2026 | 13 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G04B 3/048Operation exclusively by axial movement of a push-button68
- G04B 3/041Construction of crowns for rotating movement58
- G04B 3/046Operation by rotation and axial movement with extra function of axial shift52
- G04B 3/043Locking of the operating element, also by mounting in a concealed place39
- G04B 3/045Storing the operating element, also bringing it out of storage13
Recent patents
- Control member for controlling at least one function of a timepiece movement6 Oct 2026US 12,754,513 B2Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
- Rotary input mechanism for an electronic device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,388 B2
- Corrector button and method for assembling such a corrector button onto a watch case25 Aug 2026US 12,717,277 B2Meco Corporation
- Crown assembly and wearable device21 Jul 2026US 12,687,815 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Push button device, timepiece and electronic device16 Jun 2026US 12,656,739 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- 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.
- Switch device, timepiece, and method for manufacturing switch device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235988 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Process for manufacturing a gold alloy timepiece component, and resulting timepiece16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199972 A1Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
- Crown for an electronic watch28 May 2026US 2026/0147314 A1Apple Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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