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 a magnetic gear formed of a first wheel and a second wheel, the first wheel being provided with N first alternating magnetic poles which are circularly arranged and define a first magnetic toothing, the second wheel being provided with teeth made of ferromagnetic material or with second alternating and circularly arranged magnetic poles, said teeth or said second magnetic poles defining a second magnetic toothing which has a magnetic coupling with the first magnetic toothing such that, when one of the first or second wheels is driven in rotation, said wheel rolls, via the magnetic coupling, over a geometric circle centred on the other wheel and linked to said other wheel;
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