Invention Grant
- Patent Title: One-piece double balance spring and method of manufacturing the same
- Patent Title (中): 一体式双平衡弹簧及其制造方法
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Application No.: US12408130Application Date: 2009-03-20
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Publication No.: US09459589B2Publication Date: 2016-10-04
- Inventor: Pierre-André Bühler , Marco Verardo , Thierry Conus , Jean-Philippe Thiebaud , Jean-Bernard Peters , Pierre Cusin
- Applicant: Pierre-André Bühler , Marco Verardo , Thierry Conus , Jean-Philippe Thiebaud , Jean-Bernard Peters , Pierre Cusin
- 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: EP08153094 20080320
- Main IPC: G04B17/04
- IPC: G04B17/04 ; G04B17/06 ; G04D3/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to a double balance spring (21) including, made in a layer of silicon-based material (11), a first balance spring (23) coaxially mounted on a collet (13, 27), the collet (13, 27) including an extending part (9) that projects from said balance spring and which is made in a second layer of silicon-based material (5). According to the invention, said extending part extends (17) into a third layer (7) of silicon-based material coaxially with a second balance spring (25) so as to form a one-piece double balance spring (21) made of silicon-based materials. The invention also relates to a timepiece including a balance spring of this type and the method of manufacturing the same. The invention concerns the field of timepiece movements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090236782A1 ONE-PIECE DOUBLE BALANCE SPRING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2009-09-24
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