Shock protection for a strip resonator with RCC pivots

    公开(公告)号:US11454934B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US16372768

    申请日:2019-04-02

    Abstract: A timepiece resonator mechanism including a structure and an inertia element oscillating about an axis, subjected to return forces exerted by a RCC flexure pivot with elastic resonator strips, which are each fixed to the structure and to the inertia element and essentially deformable in a plane perpendicular to the axis, straight and extending in parallel or coincident planes, the crossing, in projection onto a plane perpendicular to the axis, of their directions defining this axis, these strips are fixed on the inertia element side to a stiff element, comprised in an anti-shock element and on which are fixed the strips and which is integral with anti-shock flexible elements arranged to keep suspended the inertia element, the anti-shock element providing shock protection for the strips of the flexure pivot.

    METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220197085A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17487458

    申请日:2021-09-28

    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a reflective or transflective liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal cell whose liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a planar or vertical manner, this liquid crystal cell being formed of a transparent front substrate located on the side of an observer, and a rear substrate, also transparent, which extends under the front substrate, parallel to and at a distance from the latter, these two front and rear substrates being joined together with a sealing frame which delimits a sealed enclosure in which a liquid crystal composition is confined, the front and rear substrates being coated on the opposite faces thereof with electrically conductive transparent electrodes and counter-electrodes, the optical properties of the liquid crystal composition being changed by applying an electric field at the crossing point between an electrode and a corresponding counter-electrode.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING AT LEAST ONE PHYSICAL PARAMETER FOR A BICYCLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220170762A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17442390

    申请日:2020-03-09

    Abstract: A method and system for measuring a physical parameter, such as speed and/or distance travelled by a bicycle, includes a permanent magnet disposed on a front fork and a measuring circuit with a magnetic sensor disposed on a rim of the wheel at the same distance from the axis of rotation of the wheel as the magnet. The sensor passes in front of the magnet, in order to generate an induced voltage pulse at each passage. The induced voltage is rectified and stored on a capacitor to power the measuring circuit. A calculation of the parameter is performed in the calculation unit clocked by an oscillator based on the received induced voltage pulses received by knowing the value of the diameter of the bicycle wheel. Measurements performed from the measuring circuit are transmitted to a portable device carried by the user or mounted on the bicycle to be displayed.

    METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE COMPONENT OF A TIMEPIECE OR OF A JEWELRY PART, AND COMPOSITE COMPONENT OBTAINABLE BY SUCH METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220133003A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17575758

    申请日:2022-01-14

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a composite component of a timepiece or of a jewelry part, the composite component comprising a porous ceramic part and a metallic material filling the pores of said ceramic part, said method comprising the steps of: providing a porous ceramic preform of the component, providing a metallic material, heating the metallic material to a temperature higher than the melting point of the metallic material, filling the pores of the ceramic preform with the molten metallic material, cooling the metallic material and the ceramic preform to obtain a solidified metallic material in the pores of the ceramic preform, and applying finishing treatments to obtain the composite component, wherein said porous ceramic preform consists essentially of a material selected from the group consisting of Si3N4, SiO2 and mixtures thereof, and said metallic material is selected from the group consisting of gold, platinum, palladium metals and alloys of these metals.
    The invention relates also to a composite component of a timepiece or of a jewelry part comprising a porous ceramic part and a metallic material filling the pores of said ceramic part, wherein said porous ceramic part consists essentially of a material selected from the group consisting of Si3N4, SO2 and mixtures thereof, and said metallic material which is selected from the group consisting of gold, platinum, palladium metals and alloys of these metals.

    ASSEMBLY FOR MEASURING THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVEL INSIDE A WATCH CASE

    公开(公告)号:US20220120668A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17479421

    申请日:2021-09-20

    Abstract: An assembly (1) for measuring a relative humidity level inside a watch (2), the watch (2) provided with a movement (10) and a device (4) for determining the humidity level present in the enclosure (9) of a case (3) of this watch (2). The determination device (4) includes a receiver module (6a, 6b, 6c) for receiving at least one acoustic signal from a timepiece component (11) of said movement (10), and a control unit (7) connected to said receiver module (6a, 6b, 6c). The control unit (7) is configured to run a model for evaluating a water vapour content of a gaseous fluid contained inside the enclosure (9) based on the at least one acoustic signal received by the receiver module (6a, 6b, 6c).

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