公开(公告)号：WO2021016242A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：PCT/US2020/042886

申请日：2020-07-21

Applicant: FOSSIL GROUP, INC.

Inventor： BRINSON, Brad, D ,  DALEY, Sean, E. ,  WU, Simon ,  PIERCEY, Brad, William

IPC: B22F3/24 ,  G04B37/22

Abstract: Each type of metal component part for two or more watch designs can be derived from instances of that corresponding type of MIM blank for that component part, which is formed from a same injection molding tool (respectively for each type of component part). An example instance of the MIM blank formed for a type of component part then has at least a portion of the instance of the MIM blank subtracted through a CNC milling process to form an interim shape and geometry of an instance of the type of component part for a given watch design. The CNC milling process can be applied to the MIM blank for that component part when the MIM blank is in its interim shape and geometry and has not yet been hardened to a finished shape and geometry of an instance of that type of component part for the watch design.

公开(公告)号：WO2023027957A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-02

申请号：PCT/US2022/040889

申请日：2022-08-19

Applicant: FOSSIL GROUP, INC.

Inventor： BRINSON, Brad, D. ,  DALEY, Sean, E. ,  WU, Simon ,  TEE, Min, Li ,  LAW, Wai, Yuen

IPC: A44C5/14 ,  A44C27/00 ,  B22F3/24 ,  G04B19/28 ,  G04B37/22 ,  B23C1/16

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.