IP Library Granted Patent US 8,601,784
Granted Patent B2
US 8,601,784 · App. 13/709,653 · Granted Dec 10, 2013

Anti-rotation link

Inventor: Cédric Kaltenrieder (Bienne, CH)
Assignee: The Swatch Group Management Services AG
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Patent No.
US 8,601,784
App. No.
13/709,653
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Link for a wristwatch, characterized in that it comprises a central core connecting a lower wing and an upper wing.

Claims (16)

1. A link for a wristwatch, comprising:

a central core connecting a lower wing and an upper wing,

wherein a length of the upper wing is different from a length of the lower wing,

wherein the link is made from plastic material,

wherein said lower and upper wings respectively comprise first and second parts, and

wherein lengths of the respective first parts are different.

2. The link according to claim 1 , wherein the first part of the upper wing has a first thickness, the second part of the upper wing has a second thickness, the first part of the lower wing has a third thickness, the second part of the lower wing has a fourth thickness, and

wherein a sum of the first and third thicknesses is less than a sum of the second and fourth thicknesses.

3. The link according to claim 2 , wherein said lower and upper wings are shaped.

4. The link according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the core comprises first flanks, the lower wing comprises second flanks and the upper wing comprises third flanks, and

wherein said first, second and third flanks are located in a same plane.

5. The device for fastening a closure to a watch band strand comprising an attachment piece and a link comprising a central core connecting a lower wing and a upper wing, wherein said link is arranged between said attachment piece and an end of said strand, wherein a first inside surface of the upper wing, a first inside surface of the lower wing and a first side wall of said core of said link form a first receptacle for the end of the strand, that a second inside surface of the upper wing, a second inside surface of the lower wing and a second side wall of said core of said link form a second receptacle for a central part of said attachment piece, and wherein said upper wing covers said end of the strand and said central part of said attachment piece.

6. The device for fastening a closure to a watch band strand according to claim 5 , wherein said first inside surface of the upper wing and first inside surface of the lower wing of said link act as a guide surface respectively for an upper surface of the end of the strand and a lower surface of the end of the strand.

7. The device for fastening a closure to a watch band strand according to claim 6 , wherein the first and second side walls of the core of the link act respectively as an abutment surface for a cut edge of the end of the strand of the watch band and as an abutment surface for the side wall of the central part of the attachment piece.

8. The device for fastening a closure to a watch band strand according to claim 7 , wherein the core of said link has first flanks and said attachment piece has side faces having inside surfaces, wherein said inside surfaces of said side faces act as guide surfaces for said first flanks of said core.

9. The device for fastening a closure to a watch band strand according to claim 8 , wherein said closure comprises a protruding part and that said upper wing of said link has a cut-out, the shape of which corresponds to a shape of said protruding part of a cover of the closure.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: THE SWATCH GROUP MANAGEMENT SERVICES AG
To: THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTD.
Reel/Frame 071822/0977 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2013
From: KALTENRIEDER, CEDRIC
To: THE SWATCH GROUP MANAGEMENT SERVICES AG
Reel/Frame 029657/0267 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 11194104 · Dec 16, 2011 · regional
Continuity (1)
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