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US 2025/0355403 A1Published application
Control device for clockwork movement, and corresponding clockwork movement and timepiece
AssigneeManufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
InventorJulien MARTEL
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Abstract
A control device is disclosed, which comprises: a lever movable between a rest position and a triggering position, a spring arranged to return the lever in its rest position, an actuating member movable between a neutral position and an actuating position in which it actuates a watch mechanism, a mechanical energy storage member interposed between the lever and the actuating member in such a way that it is charged when the lever moves towards its triggering position, and can be discharged when the lever reaches its triggering position by moving the actuating member towards its actuating position, the device comprising a locking member intended to release the actuating member only when the lever reaches its triggering position.
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A control device, for a watch movement, comprising:
- a lever intended to be actuated, in response to an action by a user on an external control member, to move from a rest position to a triggering position,
- an elastic return member arranged to return said lever to its rest position,
- an actuating member movable between a neutral position and an actuating position in which it is intended to actuate a watch mechanism of the watch movement,
- a mechanical energy storage member interposed between said lever and said actuating member, and arranged in such a way
- that it is charged when said lever moves towards its triggering position, and
- that it can be discharged when said lever reaches its triggering position, by moving said actuating member towards its actuating position,
- wherein the control device further comprises a locking member intended to be actuated, in response to the action of the user on the external control member, to switch from a locking configuration, in which said locking member is held by default by an additional elastic return member to lock said actuating member, to a neutralized configuration, in which said locking member releases said actuating member to enable it to actuate the watch mechanism, and
- wherein said lever and said locking member are arranged in such a way that the switching of said locking member to its neutralized configuration is substantially synchronized with the arrival of said lever in its triggering position.
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A watch movement comprising a watch mechanism associated with a control device comprising:
- a lever intended to be actuated, in response to an action by a user on an external control member, to move from a rest position to a triggering position,
- an elastic return member arranged to return said lever to its rest position,
- an actuating member movable between a neutral position and an actuating position in which it is intended to actuate a watch mechanism of the watch movement,
- a mechanical energy storage member interposed between said lever and said actuating member, and arranged in such a way
- that it is charged when said lever moves towards its triggering position, and
- that it can be discharged when said lever reaches its triggering position, by moving said actuating member towards its actuating position, wherein the control device further comprises a locking member intended to be actuated, in response to the action of the user on the external control member, to switch from a locking configuration, in which said locking member is held by default by an additional elastic return member to lock said actuating member, to a neutralized configuration, in which said locking member releases said actuating member to enable it to actuate the watch mechanism, and
- wherein said lever and said locking member are arranged in such a way that the switching of said locking member to its neutralized configuration is substantially synchronized with the arrival of said lever in its triggering position.
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A timepiece comprising a watch movement including a watch mechanism associated with a control device comprising:
- a lever intended to be actuated, in response to an action by a user on an external control member, to move from a rest position to a triggering position,
- an elastic return member arranged to return said lever to its rest position,
- an actuating member movable between a neutral position and an actuating position in which it is intended to actuate a watch mechanism of the watch movement,
- a mechanical energy storage member interposed between said lever and said actuating member, and arranged in such a way
- that it is charged when said lever moves towards its triggering position, and
- that it can be discharged when said lever reaches its triggering position, by moving said actuating member towards its actuating position,
- wherein the control device further comprises a locking member intended to be actuated, in response to the action of the user on the external control member, to switch from a locking configuration, in which said locking member is held by default by an additional elastic return member to lock said actuating member, to a neutralized configuration, in which said locking member releases said actuating member to enable it to actuate the watch mechanism,
- wherein said lever and said locking member are arranged in such a way that the switching of said locking member to its neutralized configuration is substantially synchronized with the arrival of said lever in its triggering position, and
- wherein the timepiece further comprises an external control member arranged to act on said lever in response to a predefined action of a user thereon, to move said lever towards its triggering position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.