Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for making a flexure bearing mechanism for a mechanical timepiece oscillator
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Application No.: US16438960Application Date: 2019-06-12
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Publication No.: US11454932B2Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Gianni Di Domenico , Pierre Cusin , Jean-Luc Helfer , Alex Gandelhman , Pascal Winkler , Baptiste Hinaux , Dominique Lechot , Olivier Matthey , Laurent Klinger , Jerome Favre
- 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: EP18185139 20180724
- Main IPC: G04B13/02
- IPC: G04B13/02 ; G04B17/04 ; G04B17/32 ; G04B17/26

Abstract:
A method for making a flexure bearing for an oscillator with an inertial element oscillating in a plane supported by flexible strips fixed to a stationary support returning it to a rest position includes: forming the bearing with basic strips in superposed levels, each having an aspect ratio of less than 10; breaking down the number of basic levels into a plurality of sub-units, each including one or two strips joining a basic support and a basic inertial element, which are made by etching substrates; assembling the sub-units by joining their basic inertial elements; and fixing the basic supports to the support, directly or via translational tables along one or two in-plane translational degrees of freedom, of lower translational stiffness than that of the sub-unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200033804A1 METHOD FOR MAKING A FLEXURE BEARING MECHANISM FOR A MECHANICAL TIMEPIECE OSCILLATOR Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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