Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Timepiece assembly comprising a mechanical oscillator associated with a regulating device
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Application No.: US15832909Application Date: 2017-12-06
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Publication No.: US10386791B2Publication Date: 2019-08-20
- Inventor: Lionel Tombez , Alexandre Haemmerli
- Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Applicant Address: CH Marin
- Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marin
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: EP16206778 20161223; EP17172554 20170523
- Main IPC: G04C9/04
- IPC: G04C9/04 ; G04C11/08 ; G04C3/04 ; G04C9/08

Abstract:
A mechanical movement timepiece assembly with a mechanical oscillator is formed by a resonator of the balance-hairspring type, and a device for regulating the oscillation frequency thereof using an auxiliary oscillator equipped with a quartz resonator. The regulating device includes a sensor, suitable for detecting the passage of the resonator via the neutral position thereof, a measuring device suitable for measuring, on the basis of position signals supplied by the sensor, a time drift of the mechanical oscillator relative to the auxiliary oscillator, and a device for applying to the resonator mechanical braking pulses when a certain time drift is observed. For this purpose, the resonator has a braking surface which extends over at least a certain sector having a certain length along the oscillation axis and against which a braking member may press in order to momentarily brake the resonator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180181073A1 TIMEPIECE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A MECHANICAL OSCILLATOR ASSOCIATED WITH A REGULATING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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