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THORENS SA

Overview
  • Total Patents
    68
About

THORENS SA has a total of 68 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1951. It filed its patents most often in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Its main competitors in its focus markets audio-visual technology, thermal processes and consumer goods are THORENS, WAWRINA EDUARD and INST NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA IN.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing THORENS SAs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 Switzerland 32
#2 United Kingdom 13
#3 United States 10
#4 France 6
#5 Germany 5
#6 Austria 1
#7 Spain 1

Patent filings per year

Chart showing THORENS SAs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Louis Thevenaz 15
#2 Adrien Zahner 14
#3 Jean-Paul Thorens 4
#4 Roger Bajulaz 3
#5 Thevenaz Louis 3
#6 Robert Thorens 3
#7 Thorens S A 2
#8 Edgar Lecoultre 2
#9 A Thorens S 1
#10 Zahner Adrien 1

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
GB1040184A Automatic record changer
FR1367825A Automatic disc changer
FR1325527A Record players
FR1316939A Pick-up arm fitted with a device for adjusting the needle pressure on a disc
US3129945A Automatic device for the placing in playing position of records of a record changer
US3120356A Magnetic tape recorder
FR1282440A Operating mechanism of the wheel of a pyrophoric lighter
US3074260A Actuating mechanism for the friction wheel of a pyrophoric lighter
GB942023A Actuating mechanism for the friction wheel of a pyrophoric lighter
US3129006A Automatic record changer
FR1284102A Automatic disc changer
GB904218A Pick-up arm assembly for sound reproducing machines
US2946596A Pick-up arm for speaking machine
GB883469A Driving device for the turntable of a sound reproducing machine
US2980429A Driving device of the turn-table of a speaking machine
US2983514A Automatic phonograph, including pickup and record-selecting mechanisms
US2934187A Speaking machine
GB854209A Improvements in or relating to means for regulating the speed of the turntables of gramophones or the like
US2884827A Clockwork music movement
GB817406A Clockword music movement