Method of fabricating a micro-mechanical component
AssigneeNivarox-FAR S.A.
InventorsAlexandre Fussinger, Marco Verardo
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method (1) of fabricating a micro-mechanical component that includes the following step: b) forming (3) at least one plate that includes a frame connected by at least one bridge of material to a part of said component, wherein said part has a hole. According to the invention, the method (1) also includes the following steps: e) stacking (5) said at least one plate against a support; f) securing (7) a pin in the hole of said at least one stacked part so as to form the component; g) releasing (9) the component formed from each plate. The invention concerns the field of watchmaking.
Claims15
A method of fabricating a micro-mechanical component having first and second parts that includes the following steps:
- (a) forming at least a first plate and a second plate, wherein the first plate includes a first frame connected by at least one bridge of material to the first part of the micro-mechanical component and the second plate includes a second frame connected by at least one bridge of material to the second part of the micro-mechanical component;
- (b) stacking the at least first plate and second plate against a support so as to stack the first part and the second part;
- (c) securing a single pin in a hole of each of the stacked first part and second part so as to form the micro-mechanical component with the single pin protruding from at least one of the stacked plates so the single pin is useable as gripping means so that only the first frame and the second frame and the single pin are handled during formation of the micro-mechanical component;
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- (d) releasing the formed micro-mechanical component from the at least first plate and second plate.
A method of fabricating a micro-mechanical component having first and second parts that includes the following steps:
- (a) forming at least a first plate and a second plate, wherein the first plate includes a frame connected by at least one bridge of material to the first part of the micro-mechanical component and the second plate includes a frame connected by at least one bridge of material to the second part of the micro-mechanical component;
- (b) stacking the at least first plate and second plate against a support so as to stack the first part and the second part;
- (c) securing a single pin in a hole of each of the stacked first part and second part so as to form the micro-mechanical component with the single pin protruding from at least one of the stacked plates so the single pin is useable as gripping means, wherein the single pin has a coaxial ring used as a stop member for limiting penetration of the single pin in the hole of each of the stacked first part and second part;
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- (d) releasing the formed micro-mechanical component from the at least first plate and second plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.