G04B 3/046
Operation by rotation and axial movement with extra function of axial shift
Official title: {Operation by rotation and axial movement with extra function of axial shift of operating element, e.g. crown combined with push button (winding up by push button G04B3/001)}
G04B3/046 (Operation by rotation and axial movement with extra function of axial shift) appears on 52 US grants and 60 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
- 52
- Published applications
- 60
- Assignees
- 23
- Inventors
- 93
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 7 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Crown assembly and wearable device21 Jul 2026US 12,687,815 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Member for controlling a plurality of functions of a timepiece movement17 Mar 2026US 12,578,681 B2Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
- Multifunction correction device for a timepiece and timepiece comprising such a multifunction correction device10 Mar 2026US 12,572,117 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Crown for an electronic watch17 Feb 2026US 12,554,224 B2Apple Inc.
- Device for selecting and controlling functions of a horological movement28 Oct 2025US 12,455,535 B2Montres Breguet S. A.
- Control member for controlling at least one function of a timepiece movement27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252030 A1Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
- Crown for an electronic watch28 May 2026US 2026/0147314 A1Apple Inc.
- Switch mechanism, timepiece movement, and timepiece2 Oct 2025US 2025/0306532 A1Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha (Trading AS Seiko Watch Corporation)
- Conductive cap for watch crown17 Jul 2025US 2025/0231528 A1Apple Inc.
- Device for locking a push-button of a watchcase12 Jun 2025US 2025/0189930 A1Harry Winston SA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Waterproof watch pushbutton110US 9,123,483 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd · 2015
- Portable apparatus and portable timepiece96US 9,105,413 B2Seiko Instruments Inc. · 2015
- Control device for a timepiece89US 9,052,696 B2Société anonyme de la Manufacture d'horlogerie Audemars Piguet & Cie · 2015
- Cover member for an input mechanism of an electronic device71US 10,018,966 B2Apple Inc. · 2018
- Optical position sensor for a crown51US 10,203,662 B1Apple Inc. · 2019