Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Timepiece synchronization mechanism
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Application No.: US15104135Application Date: 2014-12-08
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Publication No.: US09772604B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Pascal Winkler , Jean-Luc Helfer
- Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Applicant Address: CH Grenchen
- Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Current Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Current Assignee Address: CH Grenchen
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: CH2140/13 20131223; EP13199427 20131223; CH1057/14 20140711; EP14176816 20140711; EP14184158 20140909
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/076936 WO 20141208
- International Announcement: WO2015/096974 WO 20150702
- Main IPC: G04B17/32
- IPC: G04B17/32 ; G04B15/08 ; G04B15/14 ; G04C5/00 ; G04B15/12

Abstract:
A timepiece movement including, fixed on a same plate, a gear train subjected to a torque in a timepiece movement, and an energy storage to deliver a torque to the gear train for actuating a mechanical mechanism synchronizing rotational speed of the gear train with a resonator having a given natural resonant frequency included in the timepiece movement. The resonator is an annular resonator including a ring disposed around an axis. The ring is arranged to be periodically deformed under an action induced by motion of a drive member, included in this mechanism, and the drive member is driven in a pivoting motion, directly or indirectly, by the gear train.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160327908A1 TIMEPIECE SYNCHRONIZATION MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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