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US 11,561,513 B2Granted
Timepiece component with a shaft-like portion made of non-magnetic alloy
AssigneeBlancpain SA
InventorsAlain Delizee, Cedric Reymond
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Abstract
A timepiece component including a shaft-like portion including at least one pivot about a pivot axis, at least the material forming this shaft-like portion is a non-magnetic alloy containing at least silver and palladium and having a Vickers hardness of more than 450 HV.
Claims18
A timepiece component comprising:
- a shaft portion including at least one pivot about a pivot axis,
- wherein at least a material forming said shaft portion is a non-magnetic alloy containing at least silver and palladium and having a Vickers hardness of more than 450 HV,
- wherein said shaft portion carries at least one added element which is non-magnetic,
- wherein said timepiece component is a balance, and the at least one added element is a rim and at least one plate, each of the rim and at least one plate is supported on respective bearing surfaces,
- wherein the rim is spaced apart from the plate along a longitudinal axis of the shaft,
- wherein a material forming each of the rim and the plate is a non-magnetic alloy containing at least silver and palladium,
- wherein the material forming the shaft portion has a coefficient of expansion between 14×10−6 and 17×10−6,
- wherein the material forming said shaft portion is a non-magnetic ternary alloy of silver, palladium and copper, wherein said non-magnetic ternary alloy contains, by mass, 36% to 40% palladium, 38% to 42% silver and 19% to 23% copper, the total by mass of silver, palladium and copper being less than or equal to 100%,
- wherein the material forming said shaft portion has a Vickers hardness of between 450 HV and 510 HV, and
- wherein the material forming said shaft portion has a Poisson's ratio of between 0.35 and 0.39.
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