Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balance with hairspring, movement, mechanical watch, and method for manufacturing balance with hairspring
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Application No.: US17454679Application Date: 2021-11-12
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Publication No.: US12078965B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Akihiro Sawada , Yosuke Sasaki
- Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP 20189610 2020.11.13
- Main IPC: G04B17/06
- IPC: G04B17/06

Abstract:
A balance with hairspring of the present disclosure includes a balance shaft rotatably supported by a support member, a collet fixed to the balance shaft, and a metal hairspring fixed to the collet, and the hairspring includes an inner end portion fixed to the collet, a first winding portion continuously formed from the inner end portion and formed along a Grossmann curve, and a second winding portion continuously formed from the first winding portion and formed along an Archimedes' spiral, and the collet includes a fixing portion to which the inner end portion of the hairspring is fixed, and an outer peripheral shape portion arranged at a position facing an inner surface of the first winding portion and configured to form the first winding portion into a shape of the Grossmann curve.
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