G04B 3/048
Operation exclusively by axial movement of a push-button
Official title: {Operation exclusively by axial movement of a push-button, e.g. for chronographs (winding up by push button G04B3/001; hermetically sealed push button G04B37/106)}
G04B3/048 (Operation exclusively by axial movement of a push-button) appears on 68 US grants and 68 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
- 68
- Published applications
- 68
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 133
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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
- Corrector button and method for assembling such a corrector button onto a watch case25 Aug 2026US 12,717,277 B2Meco Corporation
- Push button device, timepiece and electronic device16 Jun 2026US 12,656,739 B2Casio Computer 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
- Control member for controlling at least one function of a timepiece movement27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252030 A1Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
- Switch device, timepiece, and method for manufacturing switch device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235988 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Ceramic horology or jewellery component25 Dec 2025US 2025/0390064 A1Comadur SA
- Bistable timepiece control mechanism25 Dec 2025US 2025/0390065 A1LVMH Swiss Manufactures SA
- Bistable timepiece control mechanism18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383630 A1LVMH Swiss Manufactures SA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Waterproof watch pushbutton110US 9,123,483 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd · 2015
- Waterproof push operation member for a time piece84US 9,028,134 B2Seiko Instruments Inc. · 2015
- Interface for actuating a device83US 9,086,717 B2Invicta Watch Company of America, Inc. · 2015
- Device with axial lock and retention device and methods therefor31US 10,222,755 B2Motorola Mobility LLC · 2019
- Watch25US 6,385,134 B1IWC International Watch Co. AG · 2002