US 12,507,769 B2Granted

Timepiece component provided with a cap

AssigneeRolex SA

InventorsBenjamin Celant, Jean-Baptiste Robin

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Abstract

A timepiece component having a first part and a removable cap which can adopt a fastening configuration and a free configuration. The first part comprises at least one first latching member and a movable lock. The cap comprises at least one first assembly member designed to cooperate with the first latching member of the first part, and a second assembly member designed to cooperate with the movable lock. In the fastening configuration, the first latching member of the first part and the first assembly member of the cap are in engagement. The movable lock is in engagement with the second assembly member of the cap. The cap is fastened in a locked manner to the first part. In the free configuration, the movable lock occupies an open position in which it releases the second assembly member of the cap and allows the cap to be separated from the first part.

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Dependent claims

A timepiece component, comprising:

a first part, and
a removable cap,
the timepiece component being able to adopt a fastening configuration in which the removable cap is fastened to the first part, and a free configuration in which the cap is separated from the first part,
the first part comprising at least a first latching member and a movable lock, and
the cap comprising a first assembly member, intended to cooperate with the first latching member of the first part, and a second assembly member, intended to cooperate with the movable lock of the first part,
wherein
in the fastening configuration of the timepiece component, the first latching member of the first part and the first assembly member of the cap are in engagement, and the movable lock occupies a closed position in which the movable lock is in engagement with the second assembly member of the cap, so that the cap is fastened in a locked manner on the first part, and
in the free configuration, the movable lock occupies an open position in which the movable lock releases the second assembly member of the cap, allowing the cap to be separated from the first part,
the first part comprises at least one first opening, and
the movable lock comprises a lock opening,
the at least one first opening and the lock opening being arranged so that they come substantially to face one another when the lock is in the closed position,
the timepiece component comprises a retractable bar that is able to cooperate with the at least one first opening and the lock opening when the movable lock is in the closed position, so as to lock the closed position of the movable lock and lock the timepiece component fastening configuration, and so as to be able to release the at least one first opening and lock opening by withdrawing the bar in order to allow the movable lock to move, and pass from the fastening configuration to the free configuration of the timepiece component.

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A timepiece component, comprising:

a first part, and
a removable cap,
the timepiece component being able to adopt a fastening configuration in which the removable cap is fastened to the first part, and a free configuration in which the cap is separated from the first part,
the first part comprising at least a first latching member and a movable lock, and
the cap comprising a first assembly member, intended to cooperate with the first latching member of the first part, and a second assembly member, intended to cooperate with the movable lock of the first part,
wherein
in the fastening configuration of the timepiece component, the first latching member of the first part and the first assembly member of the cap are in engagement, and the movable lock occupies a closed position in which the movable lock is in engagement with the second assembly member of the cap, so that the cap is fastened in a locked manner on the first part, and
in the free configuration, the movable lock occupies an open position in which the movable lock releases the second assembly member of the cap, allowing the cap to be separated from the first part,
the cap has a form of a substantially planar and elongate element, the first assembly member and the second assembly member of the cap being arranged at the two opposite distal ends of the cap, on a side of the surface of the cap that is intended to be oriented towards the first part of the timepiece component.

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A timepiece component, comprising:

a first part, and
a removable cap,
the timepiece component being able to adopt a fastening configuration in which the removable cap is fastened to the first part, and a free configuration in which the cap is separated from the first part,
the first part comprising at least a first latching member and a movable lock, and
the cap comprising a first assembly member, intended to cooperate with the first latching member of the first part, and a second assembly member, intended to cooperate with the movable lock of the first part,
wherein
in the fastening configuration of the timepiece component, the first latching member of the first part and the first assembly member of the cap are in engagement, and the movable lock occupies a closed position in which the movable lock is in engagement with the second assembly member of the cap, so that the cap is fastened in a locked manner on the first part, and
in the free configuration, the movable lock occupies an open position in which the movable lock releases the second assembly member of the cap, allowing the cap to be separated from the first part,
a play compensating element is interposed between the lock and the cap, the play compensating element being made of a material that is flexible, deformable, or both flexible and deformable, the material being designed to be compressed between the cap and the lock when the lock is in the first, closed position, and/or against which the movable lock comes to abut in its first, closed position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.