Timepiece movement comprising a device for detecting an angular position of a wheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10989565-B2
Application number	US-201816045799-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2018
Priority date	Aug 4, 2017
Publication date	Apr 27, 2021
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021

Abstract

A timepiece movement including an analogue display, including a rotary indicator and a wheel secured in rotation to the rotary indicator, the wheel including a roller including a location element, a device for detecting at least one angular position of the location element, including a plate fixed relative to the roller, extending substantially parallel to the roller, and on which are arranged a first electrode, a second electrode and a common electrode positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode the electrodes being planar and being arranged in such a way that, in an angular position of the wheel, the location element is located above at least a portion of each electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode having the form of two segments of a ring centred on the intersection between the axis of the wheel and the plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A timepiece movement comprising:
an analogue display, comprising a rotary indicator and a wheel secured in rotation to said rotary indicator, said wheel comprising a roller including a location element,
a device for detecting at least one angular position of the location element, comprising a plate fixed relative to the roller, extending substantially parallel to the roller, and on which are arranged a first electrode, a second electrode and a common electrode positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, the electrodes being planar and being arranged in such a way that, in an angular position of the wheel, the location element is located above at least a portion of each electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode having the form of two segments of a ring centred on the intersection between the axis of the wheel and the plate,
wherein the common electrode comprises two branches, a first branch extending radially facing a lateral edge of the first electrode, a second branch extending radially facing a lateral edge of the second electrode, and a central portion linking the two branches, radially extending relative to a circle which would be centred on the intersection between the axis of the wheel and the plate.

2. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the central portion extends between the ends of the first branch and of the second branch closest to the axis of the wheel, called bottom ends.

3. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the central portion extends between the ends of the first branch and of the second branch furthest away from the axis of the wheel, called top ends.

4. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the central portion extends between mid-points of the first branch and of the second branch.

5. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the central portion has the form of a segment of a ring centred on the intersection between the axis of the wheel and the plate.

6. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the location element is an aperture passing through the roller of the wheel.

7. The timepiece movement according to claim 1 , wherein the location element is made of a material whose dielectric permittivity is different from that of the rest of the roller and of air.

Assignees

• Eta Sa Mft Horlogere Suisse

Inventors

• Rufener Rene

Classifications

• G04C3/00 Primary

  Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means (clocks driven by synchronous motors G04C15/00) · CPC title

• G04C3/14 Primary

  incorporating a stepping motor (G04C3/02 - G04C3/12 take precedence {; generating commutating pulses in primary clocks G04C13/0463}) · CPC title

• G04C3/008

  Mounting, assembling of components · CPC title

• G01D5/2417 Primary

  by varying separation · CPC title