Bearing for a timepiece
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsCyril RUCHTI, Antonio MERINO
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Abstract
A bearing for a timepiece including a bearing housing with a through-opening, the opening including a stressed, compact assembly including a first resilient member mounted in a first orifice of the through-opening; a second resilient member arranged between the first resilient member and a second orifice of the opening; a pivot element for pivoting a staff of a timepiece component, the element being arranged in a central zone of the second resilient member and positioned facing the second orifice through which the staff of the component can be inserted into the opening, and an endstone element interposed between the first and second resilient members.
Claims14
A bearing for a timepiece comprising a bearing housing provided with a through-opening, said through-opening comprising a stressed, compact assembly including:
- a first resilient member mounted in a first orifice of the through-opening;
- a second resilient member arranged between the first resilient member and a second orifice of said through-opening;
- a pivot element provided for pivoting a staff of a timepiece component, said element being arranged in a central zone of the second resilient member and being positioned facing the second orifice through which said staff of said component can be inserted into said opening, and
- an endstone element interposed between the first and second resilient members, which is configured to receive an end part of said staff of the component,
- said endstone element comprising a central part and a peripheral part, the central part comprising a cavity configured to receive a part of the pivot element and said peripheral part comprising a contact zone configured to bear against an entire periphery of a flat upper face of the second resilient member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.