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US 9,958,835 B2Granted
External part based on photostructurable glass
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsPhilippe Dubois, Thierry Hessler, Christian Charbon
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Abstract
The invention relates to an external part including a first portion based on photostructurable glass, at least one second portion based on at least one second material. According to the invention, one surface of the first portion is made integral with a surface of the second portion so as to form a one-piece external part.
Claims7
A timepiece component, comprising:
- an external part including a first portion based on photostructurable glass, at least a second portion based on at least one second material,
- wherein a surface of the first portion is made integral with a surface of the second portion,
- wherein the surface of the first portion includes at least one first etched pattern, and the surface of the second portion includes at least one second etched pattern, and
- wherein the first portion and the second portion forms a one-piece external part by superposition of the at least one first etched pattern and the at least one second etched pattern.
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A timepiece component comprising:
- an external part including a first portion based on photostructurable glass, at least a second portion based on at least one second material,
- wherein one surface of the first portion is made integral with a surface of the second portion so as to form a one-piece external part, and
- wherein the at least one second material is metal-based and includes an iron alloy, a copper alloy, nickel or an alloy thereof, titanium or an alloy thereof, gold or an alloy thereof, silver or an alloy thereof;
- platinum or an alloy thereof;
- ruthenium or an alloy thereof, rhodium or an alloy thereof, or palladium or an alloy thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.