Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090154303 | MICRO-MECHANICAL PART WITH A SHAPED APERTURE FOR ASSEMBLY ON A SHAFT - The part is made from a plate ( | 06-18-2009 |
20090236782 | ONE-PIECE DOUBLE BALANCE SPRING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention relates to a double balance spring ( | 09-24-2009 |
20090245030 | ONE-PIECE HAIRSPRING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention relates to a one-piece hairspring ( | 10-01-2009 |
20100238771 | RADIAL CLAMPING SYSTEM FOR A TIMEPIECE COMPONENT - The invention relates to a timepiece component ( | 09-23-2010 |
20100238772 | RADIAL CLAMPING SYSTEM FOR A TIMEPIECE COMPONENT - The invention relates to a timepiece component ( | 09-23-2010 |
20100243603 | SILICON-METAL COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention relates to a method ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100320661 | THERMOCOMPENSATED SPRING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention relates to a method ( | 12-23-2010 |
20110103196 | COMPOSITE BALANCE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention relates to a composite balance ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110103197 | ONE-PIECE REGULATING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention relates to a one-piece regulating member including a balance cooperating with a hairspring made in a layer of silicon-based material and including a balance spring coaxially mounted on a collet. According to the invention, the collet includes one extending part that projects from the balance spring and which is made in a second layer of silicon-based material and is secured to the balance. | 05-05-2011 |
20110141860 | GEAR SYSTEM FOR A TIMEPIECE - The invention relates to a system including a pinion ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110225801 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A MICRO-MECHANICAL COMPONENT - The invention relates to a method ( | 09-22-2011 |
20110310709 | SINGLE PIECE WHEEL SET FOR A TIMEPIECE - The invention relates to a single piece coaxial escape wheel set ( | 12-22-2011 |
20120090933 | ASSEMBLY OF A PART THAT HAS NO PLASTIC DOMAIN - An assembly including a member made of a first material, which is axially driven into a circular aperture of a part made of a second material, having no plastic domain, using an intermediate part made of a third material and mounted between the member and the part is disclosed. The intermediate part is a continuous cylinder including a hole for receiving the member so that the intermediate part absorbs radially and in a uniform manner, at least part of the axial driving force of the member. The part includes pierced holes forming elastic deformation units distributed around the circular aperture thereof for absorbing any of the radial force not absorbed by the intermediate part, so as to secure the assembly in a non-destructive manner for the part. | 04-19-2012 |
20120159766 | ASSEMBLY OF A PART THAT HAS NO PLASTIC DOMAIN - A method of assembling a member made of a first material in a part made of a second material having no plastic domain, including forming the part with an aperture; inserting an intermediate part, which is made of a third material and includes a hole into the aperture without any stress; introducing the member into the hole without any stress; elastically and plastically deforming the intermediate part by moving two tools towards each other axially, respectively on the top and bottom parts of the intermediate part, so as to exert a radial stress against the member and against the wall of the part surrounding the aperture by causing the elastic deformation of the part, in order to secure the assembly in a manner that is not destructive for the part. The member can be a time piece. | 06-28-2012 |
20120159767 | ASSEMBLY OF A PART THAT HAS NO PLASTIC DOMAIN - A method of assembling a member made of a first material in a part made of a second material having no plastic domain, includes forming the part with an aperture, inserting a radially flared portion of the member into the aperture, without any stress, and elastically and plastically deforming the flared portion of the member in the aperture by moving two tools towards each other axially, respectively on the top and bottom parts of the flared portion, so as to exert a radial stress against the wall of the part surrounding the aperture, causing the elastic deformation of the part, to secure the assembly in a manner that is not destructive for said part. The member can be a timepiece. | 06-28-2012 |
20120320718 | ONE-PIECE HAIRSPRING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention relates to a one-piece hairspring ( | 12-20-2012 |
20130148480 | ESCAPEMENT SYSTEM FOR A TIMEPIECE - An escapement system that includes an anchor fitted with a fork configured to cooperate with a pin mounted on a disc and a shaft including arms configured to receive pallets to cooperate with at least one escape wheel. A part of the escapement system is made from an at least partially amorphous metal alloy. | 06-13-2013 |
20130176829 | OSCILLATING MECHANISM WITH AN ELASTIC PIVOT AND MOBILE ELEMENT FOR TRANSMITTING ENERGY - An oscillating mechanism for a timepiece movement, including a first rigid element and a second rigid element, each one fixed on a different element of the movement and at least one of which is mobile relative to the other and pivots about an axis. The mechanism is monobloc and flexible with a variable geometry, and includes a first elastic restoring mechanism producing an elastic connection between the first rigid element and an intermediate rigid element, and a second elastic restoring mechanism producing an elastic connection between the intermediate element and the second rigid element, which all are coplanar according to one plane and configured to be deformed according to the plane. | 07-11-2013 |
20130272100 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE OSCILLATION FREQUENCY AND/OR ADJUSTING THE INERTIA AND/OR BALANCING OF A MOVABLE TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT COMPONENT OR OF A TIMEPIECE SPRING BALANCE ASSEMBLY - A method for adjusting oscillation frequency of a spring balance assembly. A removal and/or an addition and/or a displacement of material is/are conducted on a component of the assembly under effect of a pulse of a transformation mechanism to conduct a micromachining and/or microfusion operation on the material of the component or of an addition material to vaporize and/or displace and/or weld the material. The pulse is controlled by a controller configured to generate, sequence, interrupt any pulse and to control movements of a beam of the transformation mechanism, wherein the controller is connected to or automatically controlled by a measuring or comparing mechanism. | 10-17-2013 |
20130279307 | SILICON-METAL COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention relates to a method ( | 10-24-2013 |
20130286795 | ASSEMBLY OF A PART THAT HAS NO PLASTIC DOMAIN - An assembly of an axially extending member, made of a first material, in an aperture of a part, made of a second material having no plastic domain. The part includes pierced holes forming an elastic deformation mechanism distributed around the aperture thereof. Further, the member includes an elastically and plastically deformed, radially flared portion that radially grips a wall of the part surrounding the aperture by stressing the elastic deformation mechanism, so as to secure the assembly in a manner that is not destructive for the part. The assembly can be used in the field of timepieces. | 10-31-2013 |
20130308430 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE OSCILLATION FREQUENCY OF A TIMEPIECE SUB-ASSEMBLY - Method of adjusting the oscillation frequency of a timepiece regulating assembly with no index assembly, formed of a balance and balance spring assembly, to a predetermined oscillation frequency:
| 11-21-2013 |
20130309446 | ASSEMBLY OF A PART THAT HAS NO PLASTIC DOMAIN - An assembly of a member, made of a first material in an aperture of a part, made of a second material having no plastic domain, using an intermediate part made of a third material, mounted between the member and the part. The intermediate part includes a hole for receiving the member. The part includes pierced holes forming a deformation mechanism distributed around the aperture thereof. The elastically and plastically deformed intermediate part radially grips the member and stresses the elastic deformation mechanism of the part so as to secure the assembly in a manner that is not destructive for the part. Such an assembly can for example be used in the field of timepieces. | 11-21-2013 |
20140029389 | ANTI-TRIP BALANCE SPRING FOR A TIMEPIECE - Anti-trip mechanism ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140029390 | TIMEPIECE BALANCE SPRING - Balance spring ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140137411 | THERMOCOMPENSATED SPRING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a spring for a timepiece, including the following steps: (a) forming a body using first and second metallic materials secured to each other; (b) decreasing the section of the body; and winding the body to form the spring. The invention also relates to the spring obtained via the method. The invention concerns the field of regulating members for timepieces. | 05-22-2014 |
20140157601 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE OSCILLATION FREQUENCY OF A SPRUNG BALANCE ASSEMBLY - A method adjusting oscillation frequency of a sprung balance assembly formed at random from balance springs and balance wheels. A production mechanism is set to limit a sample standard deviation of a single batch of balance springs to a predetermined maximum value, and to limit a sample standard deviation of a single batch of balance wheels to a predetermined maximum value within a given unbalance tolerance. The mean of the balance population is classified according to the mean of the balance springs, to obtain a difference corresponding to a maximum inertia decrease value of the balances, between extreme gaussian distribution values of balances and of balance springs. A random balance spring sample is taken from the single batch of balance springs and a random balance from among the single batch of balances. The inertia of the balance is adjusted according to a torque value of the balance spring sample. | 06-12-2014 |
20140198624 | PART FOR A TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT - The invention relates to a pivot pin for a timepiece movement including at least one pivot at at least one of the ends thereof, characterized in that said at least one pivot is formed of a composite material having a metallic matrix including at least one metal selected from among nickel, titanium, chromium, zirconium, silver, gold, platinum, silicon, molybdenum, aluminium or an alloy of the above metals, said matrix being charged with hard particles selected from among WC, TiC, TaC, TiN, TiCN, Al2O3, ZrO2, Cr2O3, SiC, MoSi2, Al N or a combination thereof, so as to limit the sensitivity of the pin to magnetic fields. | 07-17-2014 |
20140198625 | PART FOR A TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT - The invention relates to a metal pivot pin including a pivot at each of its ends, wherein the metal is an austenitic steel, an austenitic cobalt alloy or an austenitic nickel alloy in order to limit the sensitivity of the pin to magnetic fields and in that at least the outer surface of one of the two pivots is hardened to a predetermined depth relative to the rest of the pin in order to harden the pivot(s). | 07-17-2014 |
20140355397 | METHOD OF IMPROVING THE PIVOTING OF A WHEEL SET - A method of improving pivoting of a wheel set for a scientific instrument, including an arbor pivoting or oscillating about an axis, in which: static balancing of the wheel set is performed to bring the center of gravity onto the axis; a desired value is determined for resulting unbalance moment of the wheel set about the axis, corresponding to a predetermined divergence between a first principal longitudinal axis of inertia of the wheel set, and the axis; at a predetermined speed about the axis, the resulting unbalance moment is measured with regard to the axis; and an adjustment of the resulting unbalance moment is made within a given determined tolerance with regard to the desired value, and performed by machining both sides of a median plane including the two secondary axes of inertia of the wheel set. | 12-04-2014 |