Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Timepiece comprising a mechanical oscillator associated with a regulation system
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Application No.: US16220232Application Date: 2018-12-14
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Publication No.: US11422510B2Publication Date: 2022-08-23
- Inventor: Lionel Tombez
- 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: EP17209121 20171220
- Main IPC: G04C3/06
- IPC: G04C3/06 ; G04G19/06 ; G04C10/00 ; G04B17/06 ; G04C3/04

Abstract:
A timepiece includes a mechanical movement with a mechanical oscillator and an electronic device for regulating the medium frequency of this mechanical oscillator. It includes an electromagnetic transducer and an electric converter which includes a primary storage unit for powering the regulation circuit. The electromagnetic transducer is arranged to supply a voltage signal exhibiting first voltage lobes in first half-alternations and second voltage lobes in second half-alternations of the oscillations of the mechanical oscillator. The regulating device includes a load pump arranged to transfer electric loads from the primary storage unit into a secondary storage unit, these electric loads being extracted selectively in different time zones according to a time drift detected in the functioning of the mechanical oscillator relative to an auxiliary oscillator, particularly quartz-based.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190187623A1 TIMEPIECE COMPRISING A MECHANICAL OSCILLATOR ASSOCIATED WITH A REGULATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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