公开(公告)号：US20230068737A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-02

申请号：US17410678

申请日：2021-08-24

Applicant: Fossil Group, Inc.

Inventor： Brad D. Brinson ,  Sean E. Daley ,  Simon Wu ,  Min Li Tee ,  Wai Yuen Law

IPC: G04D3/00 ,  B23K26/361 ,  B23K26/00 ,  G04B37/22

Abstract: Types of metal component parts including a casing, a bezel, a buckle, parts for a watch band, etc. are made with the Metal Injection Molding (MIM) process. Each type of metal component part can be derived from an instance of a MIM blank corresponding to that particular type of metal component part formed from its corresponding injection molding tool. The MIM blank formed for the metal component part from the injection molding tool then has a portion of the MIM blank subtracted through a laser subtraction process to form an interim shape and geometry of the instance of the metal component part. The laser subtraction process is applied to the instance of the MIM blank for the metal component part when the instance of the MIM blank has not yet been sintered and hardened to a finished shape and geometry for that metal component part for the watch design.