Timepiece oscillator mechanism
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsPascal Winkler, Jean-Luc Helfer, Gianni Di Domenico, Thierry Conus, Jean-Jacques Born
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AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsPascal Winkler, Jean-Luc Helfer, Gianni Di Domenico, Thierry Conus, Jean-Jacques Born
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A timepiece oscillator comprising a structure and distinct, temporally and geometrically offset, primary resonators, each comprising a mass returned to the structure by an elastic return means, this timepiece oscillator comprises coupling means for the interaction of the primary resonators, comprising a wheel set subjected to a torque or drive force, this wheel set comprising drive and guide means arranged to drive and guide a control means articulated with transmission means, each articulated, remote from the control means, with a mass of a primary resonator, and the primary resonators and the wheel set are arranged such that the axes of articulation of any two of the primary resonators and the axis of articulation of the control means are never coplanar.
A timepiece oscillator comprising a structure and/or a frame, and a plurality of distinct, temporally and geometrically offset, primary resonators, each comprising at least one inertial mass returned to said structure or to said frame by an elastic return means, wherein said timepiece oscillator includes coupling means arranged to allow the interaction of said primary resonators, said coupling means including a wheel set subjected to a torque or a drive force, said wheel set includes drive and guide means arranged to drive and guide a control means, which is articulated with a plurality of transmission means, each articulated, remote from said control means, with a said inertial mass of a said primary resonator, and further wherein said primary resonators and said wheel set are arranged such that the axes of articulation of any two of said primary resonators and the axis of articulation of said control means are never coplanar, wherein said primary resonators are rotating resonators, and wherein the centres of mass of said primary resonators remain, during the normal oscillations of said primary resonators, in immediate proximity to the centres of rotation of said primary resonators.
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