SILICON TIMEPIECE COMPONENT FOR A TIMEPIECE

    公开(公告)号:US20230136065A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US17800467

    申请日:2021-02-18

    申请人: ROLEX SA

    摘要: The method for manufacturing a timepiece component is capable of thermocompensating a functional assembly including the timepiece component. The method includes at least the following actions: a) providing (e1) a substrate (1) of semiconductor or metallic material; b) proceeding with the deposition (e2) of a polycrystalline or monocrystalline silicon layer (5) on the substrate (1); c) releasing (e4) the timepiece component (10) from the substrate (1).

    Method for manufacturing a mechanism

    公开(公告)号:US11467542B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-11

    申请号:US16608319

    申请日:2018-04-24

    IPC分类号: G04D3/00 G04B17/04

    摘要: A method for manufacturing at least a part of a timepiece is disclosed. The method comprises a first step of assembling flat layers together to from a substantially flat multilayer structure, Wherein at least a first layer of said layers is designed to form one flexible blade in the timepiece. Then, the multilayer structure is deployed in a direction substantially normal to the flat layers. Then at least one mass is fixed to the flexible blade, the mass being more rigid than the flexible blade.

    Anti shock protection for a resonator mechanism with a rotary flexure bearing

    公开(公告)号:US11409245B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16654262

    申请日:2019-10-16

    发明人: Pascal Winkler

    IPC分类号: G04B17/04 G04B31/02 G04B17/06

    摘要: A timepiece resonator mechanism includes a structure carrying, via a flexible suspension system, an anchor unit to which is suspended an inertia element oscillating about a pivot axis extending in a first direction Z, in a first rotational degree of freedom RZ, under the action of the return forces of a flexure pivot including longitudinal elastic strips each fixed to this inertia element and to this anchor unit. The flexible suspension system includes, between the anchor unit and a first intermediate mass directly or indirectly fixed to the structure, a transverse translation table with a flexure bearing and including transverse strips or transverse flexible shafts which are rectilinear and extend in this second direction X orthogonal to the first direction Z and symmetrically around a transverse axis crossing this pivot axis.

    SPIRAL SPRING FOR TIMEPIECE RESONATOR MECHANISM PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR SETTING THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF THE SPIRAL SPRING

    公开(公告)号:US20220171335A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17517950

    申请日:2021-11-03

    申请人: Omega SA

    IPC分类号: G04B17/06 G04B17/04

    摘要: A spiral spring for a timepiece resonator mechanism, the spiral spring extending substantially in a plane and including a flexible blade wound on itself in several turns and a setting device for modifying the effective length of the wound blade, the setting device including a clamp movable along at least one ending portion of the spiral spring, the clamp extending substantially in the plane of the spiral spring, the clamp including two bearing faces arranged on either side of the wound blade in a multiplicity of positions so as to define a variable effective length of the spiral spring, the clamp and the wound blade being linked to each other by a flexible element allowing the clamp and the bearing faces to be displaced along the wound blade.

    MECHANISM FOR ADJUSTING A TIMEPIECE BRIDGE

    公开(公告)号:US20210157270A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-27

    申请号:US17060496

    申请日:2020-10-01

    发明人: Laurent KAELIN

    IPC分类号: G04B15/14 G04B17/04

    摘要: A mechanism for adjusting a timepiece bridge fixed to a structure, including, coaxial and able to move one with respect to the other by sliding and/or rotation on a common axis, and returned one towards the other by an elastic return or clamping means, a first component fixed to the structure and a second component fixed to the bridge, the first component including a first relief facing a second relief that the second component includes, the first relief and the second relief having variable cooperation depending on the relative angular position between the first component and the second component, each the particular relative angular position defining a particular distance between reference surfaces of the first component and the second component.

    FLEXIBLE GUIDE AND SET OF SUPERIMPOSED FLEXIBLE GUIDES FOR ROTARY RESONATOR MECHANISM, IN PARTICULAR OF A HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210124306A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-29

    申请号:US17023565

    申请日:2020-09-17

    IPC分类号: G04B17/04 G04B17/08

    摘要: A flexible guide for a rotary resonator mechanism, in particular of a horological movement, the guide including a first support, an element movable relative to the first support, a first pair of flexible strips connecting the first support to the movable element, so that the movable element can displace relative to the first support by bending the strips in a circular movement about a centre of rotation, the flexible guide being arranged substantially in a plane, including a prestressing device, the prestressing device being configured to apply a force for buckling the flexible strips by bringing the first support closer to the movable element, so that the flexible guide includes two stable positions of the element movable relative to the first support for which the return moment is zero, the two stable positions having a predetermined angle of rotation therebetween.

    Tuning fork mechanical oscillator for clock movement

    公开(公告)号:US10459405B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-29

    申请号:US15309342

    申请日:2015-05-01

    发明人: Ilan Vardi

    IPC分类号: G04B17/20 G04B17/04 G04B17/22

    摘要: The present invention relates to a wristwatch comprising a mechanical clock movement with a tuning fork resonator. The oscillator preferably comprises a material A with a low internal friction. In the oscillator of the invention, the unwanted symmetrical oscillations are avoided, for example, by the choice of the materials from which the tuning fork is manufactured. According to preferred embodiments, the rod and/or fastening of the oscillator comprises a material having greater internal friction than that of said material A, such that the quality factor Q2 of the symmetrical oscillations is reduced, in contrast to the quality factor Q1 of the anti symmetrical oscillation mode.

    Method for maintaining and regulating the frequency of a timepiece resonator

    公开(公告)号:US10324416B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15620050

    申请日:2017-06-12

    摘要: A method for maintaining and regulating frequency of a timepiece resonator mechanism around its natural frequency, the method including: at least one regulator device acting on the resonator mechanism with a periodic motion, to impose a periodic modulation of resonant frequency or quality factor or a position of a point of rest of the resonator mechanism, with a regulation frequency between 0.9 times and 1.1 times the value of an integer multiple of the natural frequency, the integer being greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 10, and the periodic motion imposes a periodic modulation of the quality factor of the resonator mechanism, by acting on losses and/or damping and/or friction of the resonator mechanism.