Pivot for timepiece mechanism
AssigneeNivarox-FAR S.A.
InventorsMarc STRANCZL, Thierry HESSLER, Jean-Luc HELFER
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Abstract
A pivot for a timepiece mechanism, including a first rotational guide member for radially holding an arbor in a plate, and a second front guide member for axially limiting an end of the arbor, and including at least one resilient shock absorber acting on at least the first rotational guide member and/or the second front guide member. The resilient shock absorber is made in a one-piece manner in a micromachinable material or in silicon or quartz or diamond with a structural element other than the first rotational guide member and the second front guide member.
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1-19. (canceled)
A timepiece plate comprising:
- at least one pivot for a timepiece mechanism, the pivot including a first rotational guide member for radially holding an arbor in the plate, and a second front guide member for axially limiting an end of the arbor;
- and
- at least one resilient shock absorber acting on at least the first rotational guide member and/or the second front guide member, wherein the at least one resilient shock absorber is made in a one-piece manner by a MEMS or LIGA or lithography manufacturing technology for microcomponents, in a micromachinable material or silicon or quartz or diamond or ruby or corundum with at least one structural element other than the first rotational guide member and the second front guide member;
- the pivot including a first level and a second level which are superposed, and the first rotational guide member being suspended to the structural element via at least a first shock-absorber on the first level, and the second front guide member being suspended to the structural element via at least a second shock-absorber on the second level;
- the plate forming the structural element for at least one of the pivot comprised therein,
- wherein the first rotational guide member and the second front guide member are both made in a one-piece manner with the plate by a MEMS or LIGA or lithography manufacturing technology for microcomponents, in a micromachinable material or in silicon or quartz or diamond or ruby or corundum.
A plate for a timepiece mechanism, comprising:
- a first rotational guide member for radially holding an arbor in a plate;
- and
- a second front guide member for axially limiting an end of the arbor, and including at least one resilient shock absorber acting on at least the first rotational guide member and/or the second front guide member,
- wherein at least the first rotational guide member or the second front guide member is made in a one-piece manner in a micromachinable material or silicon or quartz or diamond or ruby or corundum with at least one structural element other than the first rotational guide member and the front guide member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.