Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spiral timepiece spring
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Application No.: US16012274Application Date: 2018-06-19
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Publication No.: US10795317B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Christian Charbon
- Applicant: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
- Applicant Address: CH Le Locle
- Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
- Current Assignee: Nivarox-FAR S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Le Locle
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@14268948 com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@728c9fee
- Main IPC: G04B17/06
- IPC: G04B17/06 ; G04B1/14 ; C21D1/18 ; C21D9/02 ; C22C14/00 ; C22C27/02 ; F16F1/02 ; F16F1/10 ; G04B17/22

Abstract:
A spiral timepiece spring with a two-phase structure, made of a niobium and titanium alloy, and method for manufacturing this spring, including producing a binary alloy containing niobium and titanium, with niobium: the remainder to 100%; titanium between 45.0% and 48.0% by mass of the total, traces of components among O, H, C, Fe, Ta, N, Ni, Si, Cu, Al, of between 0 and 1600 ppm by mass of the total individually, and less than 0.3% by mass combined; applying deformations alternated with heat treatments until a two-phase microstructure is obtained including a solid solution of niobium with β-phase titanium and a solid solution of niobium with α-phase titanium, the α-phase titanium content being greater than 10% by volume, with an elastic limit higher than 1000 MPa, and a modulus of elasticity higher than 60 GPa and less than 80 GPa; wire drawing to obtain wire able to be calendered; calendering or winding.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180373202A1 SPIRAL TIMEPIECE SPRING Public/Granted day:2018-12-27
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