Functional micromechanical assembly
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsDavid Richard, Stewes Bourban
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Abstract
A functional micromechanical timepiece assembly including at least a first component, including a first layer defining a first contact surface configured to come into friction contact with a second contact surface defined by a second layer, the second layer belonging, either to the first component, or to at least a second micromechanical component forming the assembly with the first component. The first and second layers each include carbon with at least 50% carbon atoms and, on the first and second contact surfaces, the layers have different surface crystalline plane orientations from each other.
Claims18
A functional micromechanical timepiece assembly comprising:
- at least a first component including at least a first face, the at least first face being coated with a first layer defining a first contact surface configured to come into friction contact with a second contact surface defined by a second layer coating at least a second face, either of the first component or at least a second micromechanical timepiece component forming the assembly with the first component,
- wherein the first and second layers each include carbon with at least 50% carbon atoms, the first contact surface has a first determined crystalline plane orientation, the second contact surface has a second determined crystalline plane orientation, and the first and second determined orientations are different from each other, and
- wherein, at least on the first contact surface, crystalline planes of the first layer belong to a family of planes {111}, at least on the second contact surface, crystalline planes of the second layer belong to a family of planes {100}, a mean direction of the crystalline planes of the first layer belonging to the family of planes {111} and a mean direction of the crystalline planes of the second layer belonging to the family of planes {100} form a first angle between 10° and 70°.
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