Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balance with inertia adjustment with no inserts
- Patent Title (中): 平衡无惯性调节,无插入
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Application No.: US13184903Application Date: 2011-07-18
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Publication No.: US08414184B2Publication Date: 2013-04-09
- Inventor: Daniel Mallet , Frédéric Tolle , Philippe Barthoulot , Daniel Vicente , Emmanuel Graf , Philomène Berger , Pierre Cusin
- Applicant: Daniel Mallet , Frédéric Tolle , Philippe Barthoulot , Daniel Vicente , Emmanuel Graf , Philomène Berger , Pierre Cusin
- Applicant Address: CH Le Locel
- Assignee: Nivarox-FAR
- Current Assignee: Nivarox-FAR
- Current Assignee Address: CH Le Locel
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: EP10170007 20100719
- Main IPC: G04B17/20
- IPC: G04B17/20

Abstract:
The invention concerns a timepiece balance (1), with inertia adjustment including a hub (2) pivoting about a balance staff (3) and a felloe (5), connected to said hub (2) by a joining surface (6).It is wherein said felloe (5) is made in a single piece with said joining surface (6) and said hub (2) in a micro-machinable material, or silicon, or quartz, or a compound thereof, or an alloy derived from MEMS technology, or an alloy obtained by the “LIGA” method, and in that it includes at least a first resilient arm (40) including coupling means (41) arranged for cooperating, in various coupling positions, with complementary coupling means (42) comprised in said felloe (5) to form, in the coupling position, a closed loop, the inertia of which relative to said balance staff (3) is variable according to said coupling positions.The invention also concerns a sprung balance or a timepiece incorporating a balance of this type.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120014229A1 BALANCE WITH INERTIA ADJUSTMENT WITH NO INSERTS Public/Granted day:2012-01-19
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