Method for producing an assembly of an elastic holding member-timepiece component assembly with a support element
AssigneeNivarox-FAR S.A.
InventorsDaniel Mallet, Frédéric Vaucher, Pierre Cusin
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Abstract
A method produces an assembly of an elastic holding member-timepiece component assembly with a support element. The elastic holding member is made of an electrically insulating material and the support element is made of an electrically conductive material. The method includes mounting the assembly with the support element aiming to define at least one zone for receiving at least one element for blocking a movement of the holding member relative to the support element, and producing by galvanic metal growth the at least one blocking element on at least one of the reception zones.
Claims14
A method for producing a first assembly of a second assembly comprising an elastic holding member and a timepiece component with a support element, said elastic holding member being made of an elastic electrically insulating material having an aperture located at a central axis thereof, having first contact portions each having a face being configured to cooperate with respective second contact portions of the support element, and said support element being made of an electrically conductive material, the method comprising:
- mounting said second assembly on the support element, wherein the support element delimits on a peripheral wall of the support element at least one zone for receiving at least one element for blocking a movement of said elastic holding member relative to the support element,
- producing by galvanic metal growth said at least one blocking element on the at least one receiving zone, and
- making contact between the at least one blocking element and the face of at least one of the first contact portions of the elastic holding member in the aperture, the contact extending across the face of the at least one first contact portion, wherein
- the elastic holding member comprises flexible arms,
- each of the first contact portions is located at a distal end of one of the flexible arms,
- the elastic holding member, flexible arm and first contact portion are formed as a unitary member of the same elastic electrically insulating material.
An assembly for a horological movement of a timepiece comprising:
- a first assembly comprising an elastic holding member and a timepiece component, and
- a support element having first contact portions,
- said elastic holding member being made of an electrically insulating material and having an aperture located at a central axis thereof and second contact portions configured to respectively cooperate with the first portions, the second contact portions each having a face,
- the support element being made of an electrically conductive material, and
- the first assembly being coupled with the support element from at least one blocking element included on at least one reception zone of the support element and in contact with the elastic holding member in the aperture such that at least one blocking element is in contact with and the contact extends across the face of at least one of the second contact portions, wherein
- the elastic holding member comprises flexible arms,
- each of the second contact portions is located at a distal end of one the flexible arms, and
- the elastic holding member, flexible arms and second contact portions are formed as a unitary member of the same elastic electrically insulating material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.