G04B 5/18
Supports, suspensions or guide arrangements, for oscillating weights
Official title: Supports, suspensions or guide arrangements, for oscillating weights {(transmission of the movement of the winding up weight to the mainspring G04B5/04, G04B5/10; support of the driving weight by protecting means which prevent overwinding, e.g. by interposing of a glide clutch G04B5/24; bearings in general G04B33/00)}
G04B5/18 (Supports, suspensions or guide arrangements, for oscillating weights) appears on 28 US grants and 28 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
- 28
- Published applications
- 28
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 72
- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2025
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| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G04B 5/19Suspension of the oscillating weight at its centre of rotation10
- G04B 5/184Guide arrangement of the moving weight in a circular course5
- G04B 5/187Bearing, guide arrangements or suspension allowing movement in more than one plane4
- G04B 5/181The bearing of the rocking bar is in the centre of rotation3
- G04B 5/182Guide arrangement of the moving weight in a straight course3
- G04B 5/185Suspension of the moving weight by elastic means1
- G04B 5/188Bearing, guide arrangements or suspension of the movement forming oscillating weight1
Recent patents
- Protective ring for a horology movement and horology movement including said protective ring16 Dec 2025US 12,498,674 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Transmission mechanism for a horological movement27 May 2025US 12,314,009 B2Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
- Timepiece movement29 Oct 2024US 12,130,590 B2Greubel Forsey S. A.
- Flexible monolithic component for a timepiece6 Aug 2024US 12,055,896 B2Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
- Mechanical horological bearing provided with a damping19 Mar 2024US 11,934,153 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Timepiece movement comprising an automatic winding mechanism10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267287 A1Manufacture D'Horlogerie Au Demars 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
- Annular oscillating mass and timepiece comprising such an oscillating mass13 Nov 2025US 2025/0348041 A1Montres Breguet S. A.
- Protective ring for a horology movement and horology movement including said protective ring30 Mar 2023US 2023/0100861 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
Most cited
By later US patents
- Timepiece movement including two opposed analog displays19US 5,377,171 A1994
- Oscillating winding weight for a timepiece with an automatic movement and timepiece fitted with such a winding weight19US 6,354,731 B1Janvier S.A. · 2002
- Watch having a visible energy producing oscillatory mass13US 4,910,720 ALe Phare-Jean D'Eve S.A. · 1990
- Watch movement6US 4,132,061 ABouchet-Lassale S.A. · 1979
- Setting a double face watch6US 5,297,112 ARafal SA · 1994