Horology: time measuring systems or devices inventions 09/08

20080232199 - Time management device: A time management device includes a body portion including a front side and a back side, the front side including at least one elapsed time indicator, and at least one of the front side and back side including a programmable elapsed time controller, wherein the programmable elapsed time controller receives... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20080225645 - User interface features for a watch: A watch provides a chronographic function while the watch is in a “sport” mode. If a user activates a button relating to the chronographic function, such as a “start/lap” button, then the light for the watch will automatically activate. The light may remain active for a significantly long time, such... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080225647 - Electronic timepiece with generator function: An electronic timepiece with a generator function, including a generating means, a storage means that stores electrical energy produced by the generating means, a timekeeping control means that is driven by the electrical energy stored in the storage means, a time display means that is controlled by the timekeeping control... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080225648 - Electronic timepiece with generator function: An electronic timepiece with a generator function, including a generating means, a storage means that stores electrical energy produced by the generating means, a timekeeping control means that is driven by the electrical energy stored in the storage means, a time display means that is controlled by the timekeeping control... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080225646 - Timepiece including a power reserve indicator device: The present invention concerns a timepiece including a movement fitted with a power reserve indicator device, said timepiece including a barrel closed by a cover, a mainspring housed in said barrel and respectively connected to a barrel arbour and means for winding said mainspring, said indicator device including a differential... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20080225649 - Watch casing construction incorporating watch band lugs: A watch case construction incorporating a pair of watch band lugs. The watch case may include an upper casing portion defining two opposing pairs of upper casing apertures and a lower casing portion defining two opposing pairs of lower casing apertures, with the upper casing portion being mated to the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080225650 - Device for securing a back cover to the middle part of a watch: The invention concerns a device for securing a back cover on a middle part of a watchcase, characterized in that it includes an intermediate element to which the back cover is connected, said intermediate element being screwed onto the middle part of the watch, means being provided to allow the... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20080219102 - Apparatus for forming an apparatus for indicating the passage of time and the formed apparatus: The present invention discloses a time passage indicating apparatus which comprises a substrate, a background layer on the substrate, and a time passage indicating layer on the background layer. The background layer and the time passage indicating layer bond to each other through a first and second polymer binder. The... Agent: Wpat, Pc

20080219103 - Detent escapement for timepiece: An escapement for a timepiece movement includes a toothed escape wheel, a balance and a detent respectively pivoted on rotation axes. The detent supports a pallet lock that interacts with the first tooth of the escape wheel along a certain length of penetration in order to block it in an... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080219104 - Tangential impulse escapement: The tangential impulse escapement includes a lever device (1) including a lever (3) driving a roller (65) and a ring (7) surrounding an escapement wheel set (8), said ring being fitted with pallet-stones (9, 10, 11, 12) for cooperating with the teeth (13, 14, 15, 16) of said wheel set,... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, Pc

20080219105 - Al zimuth christian meter with formula, and tables: This invention is a Mathematical Formula, T=d/p, and corresponding tables, that are meant to initiate a manual Method of Process. This process is intended to meter the time differential between the LORDS 360 degree Day, vs. Mans 360 degree Day. Sort of like a shot clock in basketball, vs the... Agent: Julian Franciscus Vaughn

20080219106 - Novel clip system for holding a timekeeping device: A timekeeping device comprising a casing with an aperture for securing a timepiece and a metallic hooking loop. The loop has an integral coupling member for selectively attaching the loop to an object. The coupling member comprises a first locking member integrally formed with the loop and a second slidable... Agent: National Ip Rights Center, Llc Scott J. Fields, Esq.

20080212410 - Dismiss all event reminders: A mobile electronic device that includes a controller including at least one processor, for controlling operation of the mobile device; a display coupled to the controller; a user input device coupled to the controller; and a storage coupled to the controller, the storage storing event reminder information identifying event reminders... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20080212411 - Programmable time signal receiver, method for programming a time signal receiver, and programming device for time signal receivers: A programmable time signal receiver, method for programming a time signal receiver, and programming device for time signal receivers, is provided. The programmable time signal receiver has receiver for receiving an electromagnetic time signal and a programming signal, as well as processor, configured to process the time signal and the... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080212412 - Wireless synchronous time system: A wireless synchronous time keeping system includes a primary device and a secondary device. The primary device includes a receiving unit to receive a first signal, a processor coupled to the receiving unit and operable to process the first signal to produce a processed time component, an internal clock to... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080212413 - Wireless synchronous time system: A method of synchronizing an event system. The method includes receiving a first signal at a primary device. The first signal includes a time component. The method also includes processing the first signal to produce a second signal. The second signal includes the processed time component and an instruction. The... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080212414 - Systems and methods for use with traffic ticket printing parking meters: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to systems and methods for use with traffic ticket printing parking meters. According to certain example embodiments, a parking meter is provided. A payment acceptor may be operable to accept payment. A display may be operable to display a validated period during which... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080212415 - Piezoelectric drive device and electronic device: A piezoelectric drive device has a piezoelectric actuator that has a vibrator with a piezoelectric element, and a rotor that is rotated by the vibrator, an elastic device that can store the rotational energy of the rotor as elastic energy, and a driven body that is rotated by the elastic... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080212416 - Notification device and method for programming a notification device: A notification device with a time signal receiver is provided that has a receiver for receiving an electromagnetic time signal and processor for processing the time signal and is assigned a signal output device to generate a warning signal, and to a method for programming a notification device comprising a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC