G04B 31/08
Lubrication
Official title: Lubrication {(self-lubricated plastic bearings G04B31/016; lubrication of the escape wheel G04B15/14; lubrication of synchronous clockworks G04C15/009; lubrication devices and lubricant containers G04D5/00)}
G04B31/08 (Lubrication) appears on 44 US grants and 47 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
- 44
- Published applications
- 47
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 99
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Micromechanical component, particularly a timepiece wheel, particularly an escapement wheel, the surface of which is optimised25 Aug 2026US 12,717,278 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Micromechanical component for containing a lubricant substance8 Apr 2025US 12,271,155 B2Association Suisse Pour La Recherche Horlogere
- Timepiece assembly with at least two elements in contact12 Mar 2024US 11,927,919 B2Patek Philippe SA Geneve
- Micro-mechanical timepiece part28 Nov 2023US 11,829,107 B2Patek Philippe SA Geneve
- Method for manufacturing a mechanical timepiece part provided with a magnetic functional area16 May 2023US 11,649,412 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Method for wet-depositing a metal matrix composite plating on a support part23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209982 A1The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Bearing for a horology component axis12 Mar 2026US 2026/0072406 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Micromechanical component, particularly a timepiece wheel, particularly an escapement wheel, the surface of which is optimised28 Sep 2023US 2023/0305492 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Method for manufacturing a micromechanical component, particularly a timepiece wheel, the surface of which is optimised14 Sep 2023US 2023/0288872 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Device for guiding a shaft of a sprung balance14 Sep 2023US 2023/0288878 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lubricating oil composition and watch using the same51US 6,858,567 B2Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. · 2005
- Tribological coatings for the protection of moving machine parts from wear and corrosion27US 4,522,453 ALaboratoire Suisse de Recherches Horlogeres · 1985
- Process for depositing on substrates, by cathode sputtering, a self-lubricating coating of metal chalcogenides and the coating obtained by this process21US 4,324,803 ABattelle Memorial Institute · 1982
- Disk reproducing apparatus14US 5,740,144 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1998
- Lubricant with non-terminal functional groups12US 7,683,012 B2Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B. V. · 2010