Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Horological regulator mechanism with high quality factor and minimal lubrication
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Application No.: US16999584Application Date: 2020-08-21
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Publication No.: US11640139B2Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: Sylvain Huot-Marchand
- Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Applicant Address: CH Grenchen
- Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Current Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Current Assignee Address: CH Grenchen
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: EP19193107 20190822
- Main IPC: G04B13/02
- IPC: G04B13/02 ; G04B15/08 ; G04B15/14 ; G04B18/02

Abstract:
A horological regulator mechanism including a resonator mechanism having a virtual pivot and flexure bearing, with a quality factor greater than 1,000, the inertial element whereof indirectly cooperates with a free escapement mechanism, during the operating cycle whereof the resonator mechanism has at least one phase of freedom wherein it is not in contact with the escapement mechanism, this regulator mechanism comprises a pair of components including rubbing surfaces arranged to cooperate and be in contact with one another, whereby the first rubbing surface is formed by the surface of an element comprising silicon carbide.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210055695A1 HOROLOGICAL REGULATOR MECHANISM WITH HIGH QUALITY FACTOR AND MINIMAL LUBRICATION Public/Granted day:2021-02-25
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