G04B 35/00
Adjusting the gear train
Official title: Adjusting the gear train, e.g. the backlash of the arbors, depth of meshing of the gears {(adjusting the escapement G04B15/12)}
G04B35/00 (Adjusting the gear train) appears on 64 US grants and 68 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
- 64
- Published applications
- 68
- Assignees
- 28
- Inventors
- 95
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Brake spring for supporting arbor of a display, horological movement comprising said brake spring and method for installing said brake spring26 May 2026US 12,638,810 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Timepiece display device on multiple levels15 Jul 2025US 12,360,496 B2Montres Breguet S. A.
- Motor group for watches11 Mar 2025US 12,248,280 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Selection and actuation device for a plurality of functions of a watch movement19 Nov 2024US 12,147,196 B2Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
- Variation reduction mechanism of stop position of pointer1 Oct 2024US 12,105,478 B2Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
- Magnetic control and/or drive mechanism through a watchcase14 May 2026US 2026/0133541 A1The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Locking mobile for an escapement device of a timepiece30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118823 A1Rolex SA
- Mechanism for a striking timepiece8 Jan 2026US 2026/0010120 A1Bulgari Horlogerie SA
- Electromechanical horological movement comprising a wheel set carrying a display member and provided with a braking device25 Sep 2025US 2025/0298375 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Device for retaining a moving part3 Jul 2025US 2025/0215918 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
Most cited
By later US patents
- Backlash-compensating toothed moving part, gear assembly and use of this gear assembly15US 7,633,837 B2Rolex SA · 2009
- Chronograph timepiece and lever device for timepiece13US 6,428,201 B1Seiko Instruments Inc. · 2002
- Backlash-compensating gear train for horological mechanism11US 8,042,423 B2Rolex SA · 2011
- Backlash-compensating mobile9US 8,904,894 B2Patek Philippe SA Geneve · 2014
- Micromechanical part with an opening for fastening to a spindle8US 7,926,355 B2Rolex SA · 2011