Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balance for timepieces and method for manufacturing the same
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Application No.: US16767778Application Date: 2018-12-03
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Publication No.: US11809137B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Alexandre Haemmerli , Francois Gueissaz , Jean-Claude Martin , Lionel Paratte , Yves Winkler , Gianni Di Domenico , Pascal Winkler , Jean-Luc Helfer , Lionel Tombez , Baptiste Hinaux , Donald William Corson , Michel Willemin
- 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: EP 210298 2017.12.22
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/083295 2018.12.03
- International Announcement: WO2019/120959A 2019.06.27
- Date entered country: 2020-05-28
- Main IPC: G04B17/22
- IPC: G04B17/22

Abstract:
A balance for timepieces includes a rim, a hub, and at least one arm connecting the hub to the rim. At least one portion of the balance is made of an at least partially amorphous metal alloy. The at least partially amorphous metal alloy is based on an element chosen from the group consisting of platinum, zirconium and titanium, and has a coefficient of thermal expansion comprised between 7 ppm/° C. and 12 ppm/° C. The balance can be manufactured by moulding. A resonator can include such a balance and a monocrystalline quartz balance spring.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210181679A1 BALANCE FOR TIMEPIECES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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