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US 12,117,772 B2Granted
Motor module for a horological movement
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorRaphaël Balmer
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Abstract
A motor module for a horological movement, the motor module including a plate bearing one or more cogs, and a cog bridge mounted on the plate, wherein the cog bridge includes a device for clipping the cog bridge onto the plate.
Claims8
A motor module for a horological movement, the motor module comprising:
- a plate bearing one or more cogs, and a cog bridge mounted on the plate,
- wherein the cog bridge comprises means for clipping the cog bridge onto the plate,
- wherein the clipping means comprise at least one clipping tab provided in a recessed portion of the cog bridge,
- wherein the at least one clipping tab comprises a first part for holding the tab extending in a main extension plane defined by the cog bridge, and a second part formed integrally with the first part and extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of extension of the first part such that the second part extends below a lower face of the cog bridge,
- wherein the second part includes an opening surrounded by a continuously closed periphery,
- wherein the plate is provided with complementary means for cooperating with the clipping means of the cog bridge to locking the cog bridge onto the plate in translation, and
- wherein the complementary means for cooperating with the clipping means comprise at least one locking lug projecting from a lateral face of the plate, said lug being configured to extend into the opening of the second part of the at least one clipping tab.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.