Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Timepiece comprising a mechanical movement which running is enhanced by a regulation device
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Application No.: US16496822Application Date: 2018-03-16
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Publication No.: US11300929B2Publication Date: 2022-04-12
- Inventor: Lionel Tombez
- Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Applicant Address: CH Marin
- Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marin
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: EP17163248 20170328,EP17172489 20170523
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/056726 WO 20180316
- International Announcement: WO2018/177779 WO 20181004
- Main IPC: G04C3/04
- IPC: G04C3/04 ; H03B5/32 ; G04C13/02 ; H03B5/40

Abstract:
A timepiece with a mechanical movement which includes an indicator mechanism of at least one time data item, a mechanical resonator forming a mechanical oscillator which paces the running of the indicator mechanism, and a regulation device to prevent a potential time drift in the running of the indicator mechanism. The regulation device is formed by a master oscillator and a mechanical braking device of the mechanical resonator, this mechanical braking device being arranged to be able to apply periodically to the mechanical resonator braking pulses at a braking frequency determined by the master oscillator. The system, formed of the mechanical resonator and the mechanical braking device, is configured so as to enable the mechanical braking device to be able to start the braking pulses at any position of the mechanical resonator. The braking pulses have a duration less than one quarter of a set-point period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200285199A1 TIMEPIECE COMPRISING A MECHANICAL MOVEMENT WHICH RUNNING IS ENHANCED BY A REGULATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-09-10
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