Rotating resonator with flexure bearing maintained by a detached lever escapement

    公开(公告)号:US11619909B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US16344567

    申请日:2017-07-27

    摘要: Timepiece regulator (300) comprising a detached lever (7) escapement mechanism (200), and a resonator (100) including an inertia element (2), which includes an impulse pin (6) cooperating with a fork (8) of the lever (7), and which is subjected to the action of elastic return means (3) fixed to the plate (1) and is arranged to cooperate indirectly with an escape wheel set (4), this resonator (100) is a resonator with a virtual pivot rotating about a main direction (DP), with a flexure bearing returned by flexible strips (5) attached to the plate (1), defining a virtual pivot having a main axis (DP), the resonator (100) is attached to an elastic suspension strip (9) attached to the plate (1), allowing displacement in the main direction (DP), the plate (1) comprising shock absorber stops (11, 12), in the main direction (DP), cooperating with at least one stiff element of the inertial element (2).

    Timepiece resonator comprising at least one flexure bearing

    公开(公告)号:US11520292B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US16685059

    申请日:2019-11-15

    IPC分类号: G04B17/04

    摘要: There is disclosed a timepiece resonator having an inertia element suspended from a flexible strip deformable in a plane XY parallel to a longitudinal direction Y, and whose transverse extension along a transverse axis X, in projection onto the plane XY, is variable and of positive value on at least one side of the neutral axis (FN) of said strip, which includes, at a distance from its embedments, at least one rib extending along an axis Z perpendicular to the plane XY, each having at least one generatrix which is farther from the neutral axis (FN) than the external surfaces of the sections of the strip located outside the ribs, and the longitudinal extension (LN) of each rib of the strip, along the longitudinal axis Y, is less than one fifth of the length L of the strip between its embedments.

    Rotating resonator with flexure bearing maintained by a detached lever escapement

    公开(公告)号:US11467537B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-11

    申请号:US16462812

    申请日:2017-11-07

    摘要: A timepiece regulator includes a detached lever escapement mechanism, and a resonator with a quality factor Q including an inertia element comprising an impulse pin integral with an inertia element and cooperating with a fork of the lever. This inertia element is subjected to the action of elastic return means directly or indirectly fixed to the plate and is arranged to cooperate indirectly with an escape wheel set comprised in the escapement mechanism. This resonator mechanism is a resonator with a virtual pivot rotating about a main axis (DP), with a flexure bearing subjected to the return force of at least two flexible strips attached to the plate, defining together a virtual pivot with a main axis (DP), the lever pivoting about a secondary axis (DS).

    Spherical Oscillator for a Timepiece Mechanism

    公开(公告)号:US20220197217A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17601510

    申请日:2020-03-26

    IPC分类号: G04B17/04 G04B17/10

    摘要: The oscillator for a regulator of a timepiece mechanism comprises a frame, a rigid body and a mechanism) for connecting the rigid body to the frame enabling oscillations of the rigid body relative to the frame. The connecting mechanism comprises at least one first and one second rigid parts, and a first and a second flexible elements, in the form of angular sectors of rings. The first and second flexible elements extend mainly in separate non-parallel planes. The first and second flexible elements are concentric. The first and second flexible elements each connect the first and second rigid parts together.

    FLEXIBLE GUIDE ASSEMBLY FOR A ROTATING RESONATOR MECHANISM, PARTICULARLY FOR A TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20220171337A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17527558

    申请日:2021-11-16

    IPC分类号: G04B17/32 G04B17/04

    摘要: A flexible guide assembly for a rotating resonator mechanism, the assembly including a fixed support and two flexible guides extending in substantially the same plane or in two different parallel planes, the first flexible guide including a first element movable with respect to the fixed support, a first pair of flexible strips connected to the first movable element, such that the first movable element can move by bending the strips of the first pair in a circular motion about a first centre of rotation, the second flexible guide includes a second element movable with respect to first movable element, a second pair of flexible strips connecting the second movable element to the first movable element, such that the second movable element can move with respect to the first movable element by bending the strips of the second pair in a circular motion about a second centre of rotation. The first centre of rotation and the second centre of rotation are offset by a first predefined distance belonging to a plane of the assembly.

    FLEXIBLE HOROLOGICAL COMPONENT, PARTICULARLY FOR AN OSCILLATOR MECHANISM, AND HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT INCLUDING SUCH A COMPONENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210191335A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17113810

    申请日:2020-12-07

    申请人: Nivarox-FAR S.A.

    摘要: A flexible horological component for an oscillator mechanism of a horological movement, the component extending along a principal plane (P) and including at least a part made of a composite material (1), the composite material (1) including a matrix (2) and a multitude of nanotubes or nanowires (3) distributed in the matrix (2), the nanotubes or nanowires (3) being juxtaposed and disposed substantially parallel with an axis (A) substantially perpendicular to the plane (P) of the component, the matrix including a flexible filling material (4) to fill the interstices between the nanotubes or nanowires (3), the filling material (4) comprising at least in part a thermal compensation material wherein the thermoelastic coefficient (TEC) is of the opposite sign to that of the other materials of the composite material (1).

    PIVOTING GUIDE DEVICE FOR A PIVOTING MASS AND TIMEPIECE RESONATOR MECHANISM

    公开(公告)号:US20210124307A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-29

    申请号:US17065648

    申请日:2020-10-08

    IPC分类号: G04B17/04 G04B17/28

    摘要: A device (10) for guiding a pivoting mass in rotary pivoting, in particular for a horological movement comprising, arranged in series substantially in the same plane, a first support (2), a first pair of uncrossed strips (5, 6), a second support (3), a pair of crossed strips (7, 8), and a third support (4), the pair of uncrossed strips including, a first (5) and a second (6) flexible strip connecting the first support (2) to the second support (3) without crossing each other, the pair of crossed strips including a third (7) and a fourth (8) flexible strip connecting the second support (3) to the third support (4), the third (7) and fourth (8) flexible strips crossing each other between the second (3) and the third (4) support.