G04D 1/0078
Automated gripping means
Official title: {Automated gripping means (hand-operated gripping means G04D1/02)}
G04D1/0078 (Automated gripping means) appears on 11 US grants and 12 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04D- Granted patents
- 11
- Published applications
- 12
- Assignees
- 4
- Inventors
- 13
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Gripping device for holding, centring and/or collet-clamping a micromechanical or horological component7 Jul 2026US 12,673,373 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Gripping device for holding, centring and/or collet-clamping a micromechanical or horological component, and associated attachment method31 Mar 2026US 12,589,440 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Gripper device for maintaining, centring, and/or clamping a micromechanical or horological component, and associated fastening method17 Feb 2026US 12,554,228 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Gripper for timepiece component27 Jan 2026US 12,535,773 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Horological setting machine and setting method1 Oct 2024US 12,105,477 B2Nivarox-FAR S. A.
- Gripping device for holding, centring and/or collet-clamping a micromechanical or horological component23 May 2024US 2024/0165714 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Gripping device for holding, centring and/or collet-clamping a micromechanical or horological component, and associated attachment method23 May 2024US 2024/0165715 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Gripper device for maintaining, centring, and/or clamping a micromechanical or horological component, and associated fastening method23 May 2024US 2024/0168441 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Gripper for timepiece component21 Dec 2023US 2023/0408981 A1ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Horological setting machine and setting method30 Sep 2021US 2021/0302913 A1Nivarox-FAR S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lathe comprising a guide bush3US 10,507,528 B2Watch Out SA · 2019
- Apparatus and method for setting stones in jewelry2US 6,959,624 B2Jostens, Inc. · 2005
- Ergonomic watchmaker's workstation1US 10,028,577 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse · 2018
- Horological setting and/or adjustment mechanism1US 11,579,568 B2Nivarox-FAR S. A. · 2023
- Gripper device for maintaining, centring, and/or clamping a micromechanical or horological component, and associated fastening method1US 12,554,228 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse · 2026