Shock-absorbing bearing for timepiece movements
AssigneeEbauches Bettlach S.A.
InventorPeter Bachmann
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Abstract
This invention relates to shock-absorbing bearings for time-piece movements, and more particularly to a bearing of the type wherein a one-piece plastic shock-absorbing element including a bearing-block portion, a bearing-cap portion, and a resilient zone connecting those portions is fitted in an opening in a metal support member.
Claims8
In a shock-absorbing bearing for a timepiece movement, of the type wherein a one-piece plastic shock-absorbing element including a bearing-block portion, a bearing-cap portion, and a resilient zone connecting said portions is fitted in an opening in a metal support member, the improvement comprising:
- seating means forming part of said bearing-block portion,
- centering means forming part of said bearing-cap portion, and
- biasing means forming part of said resilient zone and cooperating with said support member for pressing said centering means axially against said seating means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.