Horology: time measuring systems or devices inventions 02/08

20080049556 - Playing card - hand protector and playing skill development device: A playing card hand protector (after cards are dealt from a playing card deck to individual players, the cards held by player (s) is considered a hand) skill development device with a programmed clock built-in, for timing, signaling, in the form of sound and lighting. The device also allows for... Agent: Beaunos P. Smith

20080049557 - Common drive device for date/am/pm display: A common drive device for date/am/pm display to change transmission ratio of driven mechanism with 24H as a stepping cycle found with the date display in window or indicator hand of the conventional timepiece into that with 12H as a stepping cycle; 00:00 at midnight and 12:00 at noon being... Agent: Bacon & Thomas

20080049558 - Radio-controlled timepiece and method of changing the waveform discrimination standard: A radio-controlled timepiece has a reception means that receives a standard radio signal containing time information; a demodulation means that demodulates the standard radio signal received by the reception means and outputs a demodulated signal; a waveform discrimination means that discriminates the waveform of the demodulated signal based on a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080049559 - Locking device and unauthorized unlocking prevention method: A locking device comprising: a lock body; a plurality of dial rings; and a fixing member which is elongated in shape and is locked by being directly fixed with the plurality of dial rings, wherein said fixing member includes a convex-concave part with repeated concaves and convexes formed in the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080049560 - Watch casing integrally formed with watch band: A watch band construction in which the watch band itself forms at least a part of a watch casing. The watch band includes an integral casing portion that forms at least a part of a casing assembly for the watch. The casing portion of the watch band can then be... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080049561 - Timepiece: A timepiece having an external case, a sound source disposed inside the external case, an internal filter that is gas permeable and waterproof and is disposed opposite with a gap to the external case and the sound source, and a communication opening that communicates the space between the external case... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080049562 - Rocking bezel control: A control for operating a portable electronic device includes a bezel surrounding a display for the portable electronic device. The bezel is resiliently supported so that it can rock toward the electronic device. One or more portions of the bezel are then positioned relative to inputs for the electronic device,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080043575 - Wristwatch with earphone function: A wristwatch comprising a main unit associated in removable manner with a seating prepared on a support and/or positioning element, which is in turn associated with an attachment element to attach it to the user's wrist. The main unit incorporates both the normal functions of a watch and also the... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20080043576 - Zero-resetting device for a timepiece: A zero-resetting device for a timepiece, and more particularly for a chronograph, comprises a manual control organ (2), a second control organ (4) that can be actuated by the manual control organ (2), one or several zero-resetting cams (6) and one or several hammers (5) that can be actuated by... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080043577 - Watchcase including a back cover and method for fixing a back cover on a watch case: The present invention concerns a watchcase including a middle part (2) defining a housing (4) closed by a crystal and a back cover (6), the back cover (6) having a screw thread portion (14) in a first direction, characterised in that the middle part (2) includes a screw thread portion... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20080037373 - Perpetual day reminder calendar: A perpetual day reminder calendar consisting of display stand, date indicating cubes, day indicating plates and month indicating plates uniquely styled for ease of operation and clarity of information. The displaying of the current day is accomplished by the use of indica placed on both sides of day indicating plates,... Agent: James Allen Scurlock

20080037374 - Portable time display device: A time display device, which is a strip-like member to be wrapped around user's body or other object, includes a flexible circuit board and a flexible case receiving the flexible circuit board therein. The flexible circuit board is provided with a controller and a plurality of hour light emitting devices... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080037375 - Watch with hidden compartment: A timekeeping apparatus having a hidden compartment. The compartment can contain permanent or removable psychological messages and/or printed messages, pictures or photographs. The apparatus has a timepiece which is pivotable relative to a backing. The backing has a removable door on its underside which is removed for placement of the... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg Co. L.p.a.

20080037376 - Micro-mechanical part made of insulating material and method of manufacturing the same: A micro-mechanical part made of insulating material, such as a silicon balance spring (1) for a timepiece movement, tends to adhere to a neighbouring part when it is in movement, such as the balance cock (9) as shown in the left part of the Figure. This drawback is removed, as... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20080031095 - Timepiece and time correction method for a timepiece: A timekeeping device having a reception unit that captures positioning information satellites orbiting the Earth and receives satellite signals from the captured positioning information satellites; a time correction information generating unit that generates time correction information based on the satellite signals received by the reception unit; a display information correction... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept