G04B 3/043
Locking of the operating element, also by mounting in a concealed place
Official title: {Locking of the operating element, also by mounting in a concealed place}
G04B3/043 (Locking of the operating element, also by mounting in a concealed place) appears on 39 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
- 39
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 17
- Inventors
- 60
- Latest grant
- 19 Aug 2025
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Horological control device19 Aug 2025US 12,393,163 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Watch with combination lock protection11 Feb 2025US 12,222,682 B2
- Watch equipped with a device for locking an external control unit21 Nov 2023US 11,822,291 B2Omega SA
- Locking system for a control element of a timepiece7 Nov 2023US 11,809,139 B2Rolex SA
- Device for controlling a timepiece18 Jul 2023US 11,703,802 B2Meco Corporation
- Device for locking a push-button of a watchcase12 Jun 2025US 2025/0189930 A1Harry Winston SA
- Switch device and timepiece30 Jan 2025US 2025/0036078 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Timepiece5 Sep 2024US 2024/0295854 A1Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha (Trading AS Seiko Watch Corporation)
- Horological control device24 Aug 2023US 2023/0266713 A1Eta SA Manufacture Hologere Suisse
- Watch with combination lock protection1 Dec 2022US 2022/0382215 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Portable apparatus and portable timepiece96US 9,105,413 B2Seiko Instruments Inc. · 2015
- Portable timepiece90US 7,255,473 B2Seiko Instruments Inc. · 2007
- Watch and crown used in this watch88US 7,591,582 B2Seiko Instruments Inc. · 2009
- Switch device and timepiece including switch device88US 8,905,631 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd. · 2014
- Device for locking the winding button29US 6,679,624 B1Promomark SA · 2004