G04B 5/00
Automatic winding up
Official title: Automatic winding up {(normal winding up by hand or mechanically G04B3/00; automatic winding in combination with hand winding G04B7/00; electrical winding of mechanical clockworks G04C1/00; advertising by making use of vibrations or shocks of land vehicles G09F21/045)}
G04B5/00 (Automatic winding up) appears on 137 US grants and 146 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
- 137
- Published applications
- 146
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 283
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 9 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 | 6 | 7 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11 |
| 2017 | 8 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12 |
| 2022 | 2 | 10 |
| 2023 | 5 | 10 |
| 2024 | 13 | 9 |
| 2025 | 6 | 8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G04B 5/02Automatic winding up: by self-winding caused by the movement of the watch109
- G04B 5/20Automatic winding up: by movements of other objects7
- G04B 5/24Protecting means preventing overwinding6
- G04B 5/002Automatic winding up: by moving of parts of the clockwork which are4
- G04B 5/22Automatic winding up: by thermometric, barometric or like effects or alterations4
- G04B 5/005Automatic winding up: by relative movement between watch bands, case or parts1
- G04B 5/007Clockworks, which wind up by driving the function0
Recent patents
- Transmission mechanism for an automatic winding chain18 Aug 2026US 12,710,724 B2Rolex SA
- Winding device, in particular for a horological barrel, provided with a disconnectable winding gear train11 Aug 2026US 12,704,811 B2Nivarox-FAR S. A.
- Oscillating winding mass provided with a rotating decorative element for automatic movement of a timepiece14 Jul 2026US 12,681,434 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Method for depositing a coating on an item, such as a clockwork component and item coated by such a method16 Jun 2026US 12,656,736 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Device for automatic winding of a barrel spring of a horological movement3 Mar 2026US 12,566,407 B2Montres Breguet S. A.
- Timepiece movement comprising an automatic winding mechanism10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267287 A1Manufacture D'Horlogerie Au Demars Piguet SA
- Method for setting the time on a watch positioned on a support, implementing neural networks27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253388 A1Montres Breguet S. A.
- Process for manufacturing a gold alloy timepiece component, and resulting timepiece16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199972 A1Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
- Shock absorbing support11 Jun 2026US 2026/0161136 A1Montres Breguet S. A.
- Timepiece comprising an oscillating mass and a shock-absorbing organ2 Apr 2026US 2026/0093210 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-winding watch96US 6,409,379 B1Montres Rolex S. A. · 2002
- Watch winder having wireless energy transferring function39US 8,714,813 B2Gooten Innolife Corporation · 2014
- Non-linear vibration device35US 5,608,693 A1997
- Self-winding mechanical watch with activity tracking32US 9,448,536 B1DP Technologies, Inc. · 2016
- Watch winder26US 7,927,009 B2Abest Products Resourcing Inc. · 2011