Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Piezoelectric balance spring, and method for manufacturing the balance spring
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Application No.: US17939511Application Date: 2022-09-07
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Publication No.: US12326693B2Publication Date: 2025-06-10
- Inventor: Alexandre Didier , François Gueissaz , Elias Laforge
- 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: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: EP21213832 20211210
- Main IPC: G04B17/06
- IPC: G04B17/06 ; G04B17/22

Abstract:
A piezoelectric balance spring (3) for a circuit (10) for self-regulating an oscillation frequency of an oscillating mechanical system (2, 3), or an energy recovery circuit or a motor circuit for actuating the movement or for the automatic maintenance thereof. The piezoelectric balance spring (3) includes at least one piezoelectric layer (7, 7′, 17, 17′, 27, 27′) provided on a top face (20) or bottom face of a certain number of coils of the spring in a plane, and at least two pairs of electrodes (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d), whereby the electrodes of each pair are provided on two opposing faces of the same piezoelectric layer or respectively two piezoelectric layers so as to apply a reverse bias voltage on each pair of electrodes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230185242A1 PIEZOELECTRIC BALANCE SPRING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE BALANCE SPRING Public/Granted day:2023-06-15
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