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US 11,768,465 B2Granted
Timepiece component based on photostructurable glass
AssigneeNivarox-FAR S.A.
InventorsPhilippe Dubois, Thierry Hessler, Christian Charbon
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Abstract
A substrate for forming timepiece components includes a first part based on photostructurable glass and at least a second part based on at least one second material. One surface of the first part is made integral with a surface of the second part so as to form a one-piece timepiece component.
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A substrate comprising:
- a first wafer based on photostructurable glass, the first wafer having a first thickness and including a planar body with a plurality of first parts that are identically shaped and identically oriented in an interior of the planar body of the first wafer, the first parts formed by etching the first wafer and the first parts are connected to the first wafer by bridges after the etching;
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- a second wafer based on at least one second material, the second wafer having a second thickness and including a planar body with a plurality of second parts that are identically shaped and identically oriented in an interior of the planar body of the second wafer, the second parts formed by etching the second wafer and the second parts are connected to the second wafer by bridges after the etching,
- wherein the first wafer with the etched first parts and the second wafer with the etched second parts are joined, after the etching of the first wafer and the etching of the second wafer is completed, to adjoin only along a single surface,
- wherein, once the first wafer and the second wafer are joined, one surface of each of the first parts is made integral with a first surface of each of the second parts thereby forming a plurality of the one-piece timepiece components attached to the first wafer and the second wafer, and
- wherein the first parts are each a contrate toothing and the second parts are each an annular part including a central hole.
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A substrate comprising:
- a first wafer based on photostructurable glass, the first wafer having a first thickness and including a planar body with a plurality of first parts that are identically shaped in an interior of the planar body of the first wafer, the first parts formed by etching the first wafer and the first parts are connected to the first wafer by bridges after the etching;
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- a second wafer based on at least one second material, the second wafer having a second thickness and including a planar body with a plurality of second parts that are identically shaped in an interior of the planar body of the second wafer, the second parts formed by etching the second wafer and the second parts are connected to the second wafer by bridges after the etching,
- wherein the first wafer with the etched first parts and the second wafer with the etched second parts are joined, after the etching of the first wafer and the etching of the second wafer is completed, to adjoin only along a single surface,
- wherein, once the first wafer and the second wafer are joined, one surface of the first part is made integral with a surface of the second part thereby forming a one-piece timepiece component attached to the first wafer and the second wafer,
- wherein the one-piece timepiece component is permanently releasable from the substrate, and
- wherein the first parts are each asymmetrical columns and the second parts are each an annular part including a central hole and peripheral toothing.
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A substrate comprising:
- a first wafer based on photostructurable glass, the first wafer having a first thickness and including a planar body with a first part in an interior of the planar body of the first wafer, the first part being formed by etching the first wafer, the first part connected to the first wafer by at least one bridge after the etching;
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- a second wafer based on at least one second material, the second wafer having a second thickness and including a planar body with a second part in an interior of the planar body of the second wafer, the second part being formed by etching the second wafer, the second part connected to the second wafer by at least one bridge after the etching,
- wherein the first wafer and the second wafer are joined, after the etching of the first wafer and the etching of the second wafer is completed, to adjoin only along a single surface,
- wherein one surface of the first part is made integral with a first surface of the second part thereby forming a one-piece timepiece component, and
- wherein the first parts are each a contrate toothing and the second parts are each an annular part including a central hole.
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A substrate comprising:
- a first wafer based on photostructurable glass, the first wafer having a first thickness and including a planar body with a plurality of first parts that are identically shaped and identically oriented in an interior of the planar body of the first wafer, the first parts formed by etching the first wafer and the first parts are connected to the first wafer by bridges after the etching;
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- a second wafer based on at least one second material, the second wafer having a second thickness and including a planar body with a plurality of second parts that are identically shaped and identically oriented in an interior of the planar body of the second wafer, the second parts formed by etching the second wafer and the second parts are connected to the second wafer by bridges after the etching,
- wherein the first wafer with the etched first parts and the second wafer with the etched second parts are joined, after the etching of the first wafer and the etching of the second wafer is completed, to adjoin only along a single surface,
- wherein, once the first wafer and the second wafer are joined, one surface of each of the first parts is made integral with a first surface of each of the second parts thereby forming a plurality of the one-piece timepiece components attached to the first wafer and the second wafer, and
- wherein the first parts are each asymmetrical columns and the second parts are each an annular part including a central hole and peripheral toothing.
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A substrate comprising:
- a first wafer based on photostructurable glass, the first wafer having a first thickness and including a planar body with a plurality of first parts that are identically shaped in an interior of the planar body of the first wafer, the first parts formed by etching the first wafer and the first parts are connected to the first wafer by bridges after the etching;
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- a second wafer based on at least one second material, the second wafer having a second thickness and including a planar body with a plurality of second parts that are identically shaped in an interior of the planar body of the second wafer, the second parts formed by etching the second wafer and the second parts are connected to the second wafer by bridges after the etching,
- wherein the first wafer with the etched first parts and the second wafer with the etched second parts are joined, after the etching of the first wafer and the etching of the second wafer is completed, to adjoin only along a single surface,
- wherein, once the first wafer and the second wafer are joined, one surface of the first part is made integral with a surface of the second part thereby forming a one-piece timepiece component attached to the first wafer and the second wafer,
- wherein the one-piece timepiece component is permanently releasable from the substrate, and
- wherein the first parts are each a contrate toothing and the second parts are each an annular part including a central hole.
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A substrate comprising:
- a first wafer based on photostructurable glass, the first wafer having a first thickness and including a planar body with a first part in an interior of the planar body of the first wafer, the first part being formed by etching the first wafer, the first part connected to the first wafer by at least one bridge after the etching;
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- a second wafer based on at least one second material, the second wafer having a second thickness and including a planar body with a second part in an interior of the planar body of the second wafer, the second part being formed by etching the second wafer, the second part connected to the second wafer by at least one bridge after the etching,
- wherein the first wafer and the second wafer are joined, after the etching of the first wafer and the etching of the second wafer is completed, to adjoin only along a single surface,
- wherein one surface of the first part is made integral with a first surface of the second part thereby forming a one-piece timepiece component, and
- wherein the first parts are each asymmetrical columns and the second parts are each an annular part including a central hole and peripheral toothing.
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