Timepiece mechanism provided with a magnetic gear
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsJean-Jacques Born, Jean-Pierre Mignot, Matthias Imboden, Cédric Nicolas
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AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsJean-Jacques Born, Jean-Pierre Mignot, Matthias Imboden, Cédric Nicolas
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A timepiece mechanism including a magnetic gear formed of a first wheel and a second wheel, the first wheel being provided with first alternating magnetic poles forming a magnetic toothing and the second wheel being provided with a toothing made of ferromagnetic material which has a magnetic coupling with the magnetic toothing, such that, when one of the first or second wheels is driven in rotation, this wheel rolls, via the magnetic coupling, over a geometric circle centred on the other wheel and linked to this other wheel. The magnetic gear further includes a ferromagnetic element arranged relative to the first wheel so as to offset at least most of a magnetic disturbance torque to which the first wheel is subjected, resulting from the magnetic coupling, this magnetic disturbance torque having a periodic variation in intensity according to the angular position of the first wheel.
A timepiece mechanism comprising:
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