Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heart cam for a timepiece or chronograph
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Application No.: US15158117Application Date: 2016-05-18
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Publication No.: US09599966B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Matthaus Friedli , Roman Egli
- Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Applicant Address: CH Grenchen
- Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
- Current Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
- Current Assignee Address: CH Grenchen
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: EP15170299 20150602
- Main IPC: G04F7/08
- IPC: G04F7/08 ; G04B19/22 ; G04B1/16

Abstract:
Timepiece wheel set (1) including an arbor (3) carrying a wheel (4), and a heart cam (2) in an angularly indexed position with respect to the wheel (4), the heart cam (2) is freely mounted in a radial direction (R) with respect to the axis (D) of the arbor (3), and is returned in a neutral position towards the axis (D) by at least one flexible element (6), which is either a strip (25; 26) incorporated in the heart cam (2), or a spring (60) inserted between the wheel (4) and the heart cam (2), and the flexible element (6) is dimensioned to damp impacts applied to a peripheral cam track (23) comprised in the heart cam (2).
Public/Granted literature
- US20160357157A1 HEART CAM FOR A TIMEPIECE OR CHRONOGRAPH Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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