Movement with power reserve extension

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10816934-B2
Application number	US-201916707796-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2017
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

A timepiece movement is provided, including a first regulating member and a first escapement associated therewith; a first train connecting the first escapement to a first energy source; a second regulating member and a second escapement associated therewith; a second train connecting the second escapement to a second energy source; a display of a current time; at least one differential gear including a first input wheel meshing with the first train and a second input wheel meshing with the second train, the at least one differential gear driving the display, where the second regulating member consumes less energy than the first regulating member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A timepiece movement, comprising:
a first regulating member and a first escapement associated with the first regulating member;
a first train connecting the first escapement to a first energy source;
a second regulating member;
a second escapement associated with the second regulating member;
a second train connecting the second escapement to a second energy source;
means for displaying a current time;
at least one differential gear comprising a first input wheel meshing with the first train and a second input wheel meshing with the second train, the at least one differential gear driving the means for displaying the current time,
wherein the second regulating member consumes less energy than the first regulating member; and
means for stopping and allowing operation of each of the first and the second regulating members, said means being configured to jointly lock in position the first train and the first regulating member, while allowing operation of the second train and the second regulating member, and to jointly lock in position the second train and the second regulating member, while allowing operation of the first train and the first regulating member,
wherein the at least one differential gear is configured such that the means for displaying the current time can display the current time regardless of which regulating member, of the first and the second regulating members, has been allowed to operate.

2. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one differential gear carries the means for displaying the current time.

3. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the first and the second regulating members are of a same type of regulating member.

4. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the first and the second regulating members are of different types of regulating members.

5. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein at least one regulating member of the first and the second regulating members is a tourbillon or a karussel.

6. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein at least one regulating member of the first and the second regulating members is a sprung balance.

7. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the first and the second regulating members operate at different frequencies, the second regulating member operating at a lower frequency than that of the first regulating member.

8. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the means for stopping and allowing operation of each of the first and the second regulating members comprise a first lever configured to be actuated by a manual control, the first lever being configured to act on a second lever provided with two friction members configured to, when the second lever is alternately pivoted in two directions between two locking positions, respectively and alternately jointly lock in position the first train and the first regulating member, and jointly lock in position the second train and the second regulating member.

9. The timepiece movement according to claim 8 , wherein the two friction members are further configured to respectively and alternately engage with the first train and the second train when the second lever is alternately pivoted in the two directions between the two locking positions.

10. The timepiece movement according to claim 8 , wherein each of the two friction members is linked to the second lever by means of a strip spring.

11. The timepiece movement according to claim 8 ,
wherein the means for stopping and allowing operation of each of the first and the second regulating members further comprises a third lever configured to cooperate with the second lever when the manual control is actuated in order to lock the second lever in a first position from among the two locking positions,
wherein the first regulating member and the first train are locked in position and configured to cooperate with an oscillating weight during a rotation of the oscillating weight, in order to unlock the second lever, when the oscillating weight is in the first position, and allow the second lever to pivot as far as the second of the two locking positions, and
wherein the second regulating member and the second train are locked in position.

12. A timepiece including the timepiece movement according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Swatch Group Res & Dev Ltd

Inventors

• Bazin Jean-Luc
• Bravo Paulo

Classifications

• G04B13/02

  Wheels; Pinions; Spindles; Pivots (bearings G04B31/00 {; chain wheels, spindles for chain wheels, also chains and driving weights G04B1/08}) · CPC title

• G04B1/145 Primary

  Composition and manufacture of the springs (compositions and manufacture of components, wheels, spindles, pivots, or the like G04B13/02; compositions of component escapements G04B15/14; composition and manufacture or hairsprings G04B17/066; compensation for the effects of variations of temperature of springs using alloys, especially for hairsprings G04B17/227; materials for bearings of clockworks G04B31/00; heat treatment and chemical or mechanical treatment for control of the structure C21D8/00; iron and steel alloys C22C; non-ferrous alloys C22C and B22F) · CPC title

• G04B1/12 Primary

  with several mainsprings {(installations with a mainspring and an auxiliary spring G04B1/225; winding-up several mainsprings simultaneously G04B3/008)} · CPC title

• G04B17/285

  Tourbillons or carrousels · CPC title

• G04B1/10 Primary

  with mainspring {(synchronous motors with power reserve G04C15/0054; springs in general F16F)} · CPC title