Shock resistant bearing for a timepiece
    2.
    发明授权
    Shock resistant bearing for a timepiece 有权
    钟表防震轴承

    公开(公告)号:US09292005B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-22

    申请号:US14364550

    申请日:2012-12-07

    Inventor: Thierry Hessler

    CPC classification number: G04B31/004 G04B31/02 G04B31/06

    Abstract: Shock resistant bearing for a timepiece including an elastic structure and a central portion carried by the elastic structure, the central portion having a blind hole intended to receive a pivot of a rotating wheel set of the timepiece. The elastic structure and the central portion are formed by a single-piece part formed of single crystal quartz and the blind hole has at least partially the shape of a truncated or non-truncated trigonal pyramid against which the end of the pivot abuts. The invention also concerns a method of manufacturing a shock resistant bearing of this type wherein the single-piece wafer is machined in an anisotropic etching bath for single crystal quartz. Preferably, two masks are respectively arranged on the two sides of the wafer to simultaneously etch the quartz from both sides.

    Abstract translation: 一种包括弹性结构和由弹性结构承载的中心部分的钟表的防震轴承,该中心部具有用于容纳钟表的旋转轮组的枢轴的盲孔。 弹性结构和中心部分由单晶石英形成的单件部分形成,并且盲孔至少部分地具有截头或非截顶的三角锥体的形状,枢轴的端部抵靠该三角锥体。 本发明还涉及一种制造这种类型的抗冲击轴承的方法,其中单片晶片在用于单晶石英的各向异性蚀刻槽中加工。 优选地,两个掩模分别布置在晶片的两侧以同时从两侧蚀刻石英。

    Frequency regulation of a timepiece regulator via action on the rigidity of an elastic return means
    3.
    发明授权
    Frequency regulation of a timepiece regulator via action on the rigidity of an elastic return means 有权
    通过对弹性返回装置的刚性的作用对时钟调节器的频率调节

    公开(公告)号:US09201400B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-01

    申请号:US14620733

    申请日:2015-02-12

    CPC classification number: G04B18/02 G04B17/063 G04B17/26 G04B18/04

    Abstract: Method of regulating the frequency of a resonator mechanism around its natural frequency, this mechanism including an elastic return means with a balance spring or a torsion wire, wherein a regulator device acts on this resonator mechanism with a periodic motion, with a regulation frequency which is comprised between 0.9 times and 1.1 times the value of an integer multiple between 2 and 10 of this natural frequency, controlling a periodic variation in the real part and/or the imaginary part of the rigidity of this elastic return means, this method being applied to a timepiece movement comprising a resonator mechanism of this type and including a regulator device arranged to control a periodic variation in the rigidity of this elastic return means.

    Abstract translation: 谐振器机构围绕其固有频率调节频率的方法,该机构包括具有平衡弹簧或扭力线的弹性返回装置,其中调节器装置以周期运动作用在该谐振器机构上,调节频率为 在该固有频率的2至10之间的整数倍的值的0.9倍和1.1倍之间,控制该弹性返回装置的实部和/或虚部的虚部的周期性变化,该方法适用于 包括这种类型的谐振器机构的钟表机芯,并且包括调节器装置,该调节器装置被布置成控制该弹性返回装置的刚度的周期性变化。

    Illuminated timepiece display device
    5.
    发明授权
    Illuminated timepiece display device 有权
    照明钟表显示装置

    公开(公告)号:US09342050B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-17

    申请号:US14433284

    申请日:2013-09-20

    CPC classification number: G04B19/30 G04B1/145 G04B17/066 G04B19/32

    Abstract: A watch includes a mechanical timepiece movement that includes at least one timepiece display device including a mobile timepiece component. The component transmits and diffuses light emitted by at least one light energy source included in the display device. The component is formed of a first material which is silica, or quartz, or single crystal quartz, or glass, or sapphire, or ceramic or material partially transparent to visible or ultraviolet wavelengths, or a transparent or translucent at least partially amorphous material, and of at least a second phosphorescent or fluorescent material applied in a thin layer to at least one of surfaces of the component. The light source, which is active or passive, injects light into one portion of the component which conveys and diffuses the light over at least one portion of the component, or throughout an entirety of the component, to make the component visible in the dark.

    Abstract translation: 手表包括具有包括移​​动时计部件的至少一个钟表显示装置的机械钟表机芯。 该分量透射和扩散由显示装置中包括的至少一个光能源发射的光。 该部件由二氧化硅或石英或单晶石英,玻璃或蓝宝石或对可见光或紫外波长部分透明的陶瓷或材料或透明或半透明的至少部分无定形材料形成的第一材料形成,以及 至少将第二磷光或荧光材料施加到薄层中的至少一个表面上。 主动或被动的光源将光注射到部件的一部分中,该部分将光传播并扩散到部件的至少一部分上,或者整个部件的整个部分上,以使部件在黑暗中可见。

    Resonator with matched balance spring and balance
    7.
    发明授权
    Resonator with matched balance spring and balance 有权
    谐振器与平衡弹簧和平衡

    公开(公告)号:US09030920B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-12

    申请号:US14011892

    申请日:2013-08-28

    Inventor: Thierry Hessler

    CPC classification number: G04C3/04 G04B17/063 G04B17/066

    Abstract: A resonator includes a balance spring formed in a single crystal quartz with crystallographic axes x, y, z, where the x axis is an electrical axis and the y axis is a mechanical axis, and cooperating with a balance. A thermal expansion coefficient of the balance is comprised between +6 ppm.° C.−1 and +9.9 ppm.° C.−1 and a cut angle of the balance spring to the z axis of the single crystal quartz is comprised between −5° and +5°, so as to match the balance to the balance spring.

    Abstract translation: 谐振器包括形成在具有晶轴x,y,z的单晶石英中的平衡弹簧,其中x轴是电轴,y轴是机械轴,并与平衡配合。 余量的热膨胀系数在+6ppm·℃-1和+9.9ppm·℃-1之间,并且平衡弹簧与单晶石英的z轴的切割角度在 - 5°和+ 5°,以使天平与天平弹簧相匹配。

    Resonator thermocompensated by a shape-memory metal
    8.
    发明授权
    Resonator thermocompensated by a shape-memory metal 有权
    谐振器由形状记忆金属热补偿

    公开(公告)号:US09016932B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-28

    申请号:US14170874

    申请日:2014-02-03

    Inventor: Thierry Hessler

    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermocompensated resonator comprising a body used in deformation, the core of the body being formed by a first material. According to the invention, at least one part of the body comprises at least one coating made of shape-memory metal, the variations in the Young's modulus of which as a function of the temperature (CTE) are of opposite sign to those (CTE) of the first material used for the core so as to allow said resonator to have a frequency variation as a function of the temperature which is substantially zero at least to the first order (α, β).

    Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种包括用于变形的主体的热补偿谐振器,该主体的芯由第一材料形成。 根据本发明,主体的至少一部分包括由形状记忆金属制成的至少一个涂层,作为温度(CTE)函数的杨氏模量的变化与那些(CTE)相反, 用于芯的第一材料,以便允许所述谐振器的频率变化作为基本上为零至少为一阶(α,bgr)的温度的函数。

    CERAMIC TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED RESONATOR
    9.
    发明申请
    CERAMIC TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED RESONATOR 审中-公开
    陶瓷温度补偿谐振器

    公开(公告)号:US20140313866A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-23

    申请号:US14355945

    申请日:2012-10-11

    Abstract: A temperature-compensated resonator including a body used in deformation, a core of the body being formed by ceramic. At least one part of the body includes a coating whose Young's modulus variation with temperature is of an opposite sign to that of the ceramic used for the core, so that at least the first order frequency variation with temperature of the resonator is substantially zero frequency.

    Abstract translation: 一种温度补偿谐振器,其包括用于变形的主体,该主体的芯由陶瓷形成。 主体的至少一部分包括其杨氏模量随温度变化与用于芯的陶瓷的杨氏模量变化相反的涂层,使得至少与谐振器的温度的一阶频率变化基本上为零频率。

    Method for manufacturing a composite compensating balance spring
    10.
    发明授权
    Method for manufacturing a composite compensating balance spring 有权
    复合补偿平衡弹簧的制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US09428382B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-30

    申请号:US14718492

    申请日:2015-05-21

    Inventor: Thierry Hessler

    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite compensating balance spring is provided, the method including providing a first wafer made of a first material; providing at least one second wafer made of at least one second material having Young's modulus variations with temperature that are of opposite sign as those of the first material; joining the first wafer to the at least one second wafer to form a substrate; etching a pattern through the substrate to form a composite compensating balance spring including a first thickness of the first material and at least a second thickness of the at least one second material; and releasing the composite compensating balance spring from the substrate.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种制造复合补偿平衡弹簧的方法,该方法包括提供由第一材料制成的第一晶片; 提供由至少一种第二材料制成的至少一个第二晶片,所述第二材料的杨氏模量变化与第一材料具有相反符号的温度; 将所述第一晶片连接到所述至少一个第二晶片以形成衬底; 蚀刻通过所述基底的图案以形成包括所述第一材料的第一厚度和所述至少一个第二材料的至少第二厚度的复合补偿平衡弹簧; 并从基板上释放复合补偿平衡弹簧。

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