METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TIMEPIECE HAND WITH A CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20230418228A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US18333001

    申请日:2023-06-12

    CPC classification number: G04B19/042 B23K26/38

    Abstract: A timepiece hand and method for manufacturing same, including: obtaining a single-piece part, the part extending along a longitudinal axis; rotating the single-piece part; emitting a first modulation of the laser light; exposing a first portion of the single-piece part to the first modulation of the laser light to form a first volume with a circular cross-section with a length L1 and with a mean diameter D1, the ratio





    L
    1


    D
    1





    being less than or equal to 20 or 10; emitting a second modulation of the laser light; and exposing a second portion of the single-piece part to the second modulation of the laser light, to form a second volume with a circular cross-section with a length L2 and with a mean diameter D2, the ratio





    L
    2


    D
    2





    being less than or equal to 10.

    Timepiece comprising a mechanical oscillator associated with a regulation system

    公开(公告)号:US11846915B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-19

    申请号:US16222124

    申请日:2018-12-17

    Inventor: Lionel Tombez

    CPC classification number: G04C11/00 G04C3/047 G04C3/06 G04C10/00 H02M3/07

    Abstract: A timepiece includes a mechanical oscillator and an electromechanical transducer formed by an electromagnetic assembly including a coil and a magnet mounted on the balance of the mechanical oscillator. The induced voltage signal, produced by the electromagnetic transducer during each oscillation, exhibits, in a first half-alternation between the oscillator passes via the neutral position thereof, a first lobe of maximum amplitude having a first polarity and, in a second half-alternation following a passage via the neutral position, a second lobe of maximum amplitude having a second polarity opposite the first. An electric converter includes two power supply capacitors and a device for regulating the medium frequency of the mechanical oscillator. The first power supply capacitor is charged merely with a positive voltage whereas the second capacitor is charged merely with a negative voltage. A load pump is arranged to transfer electric loads between the two capacitors according to a time drift of the mechanical oscillator relative to a time base.

    Timepiece movement comprising a rotating element provided with a magnetized structure having a periodic configuration

    公开(公告)号:US11822294B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US16891168

    申请日:2020-06-03

    CPC classification number: G04C5/005 G04B15/14

    Abstract: A timepiece movement includes a magnetic escapement formed of a magnetic escape wheel with an annular magnetized structure and a pallet fork whose shaft is formed by a ferromagnetic material. The pallet shaft exerts on the escape wheel a magnetic disturbance torque due to the fact that the annular magnetized structure exhibits an angular variation of at least one defining physical parameter thereof, such that the magnetic attraction varies as a function of the angular position of the escape wheel and has a tangential component. A magnetic compensation pin is incorporated in the timepiece movement, this magnetic compensation pin being arranged such that the second magnetic disturbance torque that it exerts on the escape wheel exhibits an angular phase shift relative to the first magnetic disturbance torque generated by the pallet shaft, so as to compensate largely for this first magnetic disturbance torque.

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