Stator, movement, timepiece, method for manufacturing movement and method for manufacturing stator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11929640-B2
Application number	US-202017022918-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2020
Priority date	Sep 24, 2019
Publication date	Mar 12, 2024
Grant date	Mar 12, 2024

Abstract

A stator includes a magnetic plate material that has a main plate surface that is a surface to face a main plate of a movement when assembled to the main plate and that has a rotor accommodating hole formed in a part thereof; and a non-magnetic region that is made non-magnetic by applying chromium on the main plate surface around the rotor accommodating hole and irradiating the chromium with a laser from the main plate surface side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stator for a timepiece movement, comprising:
a stator plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the stator plate is made with magnetic material and has a circular hole for holding a rotor in the circular hole; and
two non-magnetic regions formed around the circular hole at a 180-degree interval between the circular hole and respective peripheries of the stator plate adjacent to the circular hole, wherein the two non-magnetic regions include chromium at a weight ratio of 15 wt % or more that is heat-diffused into the stator plate from the first surface of the stator plate in such a manner that the two non-magnetic regions each have a width that becomes progressively narrower from the first surface of the stator plate toward the second surface thereof, wherein the two non-magnetic regions each have a chromium bulge protruding from the first surface of the stator plate.

2. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the stator place has a plurality of burrs protruding around the circular hole from the first surface of the stator plate in the direction in which the chromium bulge protrudes from the first surface of the stator plate.

3. A timepiece comprising the stator according to claim 1 .

4. A method for manufacturing a timepiece movement, comprising:
providing a base plate made of magnetic material, the base plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;
applying chromium on the first surface of the base plate; irradiating a laser on the chromium applied on the base plate toward the first surface of the base plate to create a non-magnetic region inside the base plate in such a manner that the non-magnetic region has a width that becomes progressively narrower from the first surface of the base plate toward the second surface thereof;
pressing the base plate to form a stator plate that has a circular hole for accommodating a rotor, wherein the stator plate has two non-magnetic regions arranged around the circular hole at a 180-degree interval between the circular hole and two peripheries of the stator plate adjacent to the circular hole, and the two non-magnetic regions are formed with bulges protruding from the first surface of the stator plate;
providing a main plate in which at least one recessed space is formed; and
fixing the stator plate onto the main plate so that the first surface of the stator plate faces the main plate, wherein the bulges of the two non-magnetic regions are accommodated in the at least one recessed space formed in the main plate.

5. A timepiece movement comprising:
a stator plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the stator plate is made with magnetic material and has a circular hole for accommodating a rotor in the circular hole;
two non-magnetic regions formed in the stator plate around the circular hole at a 180-degree interval between the circular hole and respective peripheries of the stator plate adjacent to the circular hole, wherein the two non-magnetic regions are made mainly of chromium heat-diffused into the stator plate from the first surface thereof in such a manner that the two non-magnetic regions each have a width that becomes progressively narrower from the first surface of the stator plate toward the second surface thereof, and the two non-magnetic regions each have a chromium bulge protruding from the first surface of the stator plate away from the first surface; and
a main plate in which at least one recessed space is formed, wherein the stator plate is fixed onto the main plate so that the first surface of the stator plate faces the main plate, and the bulges of the two non-magnetic regions are accommodated in the at least one recessed space formed in the main plate.

6. The timepiece movement according to claim 5 , wherein the two non-magnetic regions include chromium at a wright ratio of 15 wt % or more.

7. The timepiece movement according to claim 5 , wherein the main plate is formed with two separate recessed spaces that accommodate therein the bulges of the two non-magnetic regions of the stator plate, respectively.

8. The timepiece movement according to claim 5 , wherein the main plate is formed with one recessed space that accommodates therein the bulges of the two non-magnetic regions of the stator plate.

9. The timepiece movement according to claim 5 , wherein the main plate is formed with two separate holes going through the main plate, and the two separate holes accommodate therein the bulges of the two non-magnetic regions of the stator plate, respectively.

Assignees

• Seiko Instr Inc

Inventors

• Yamamoto Kosuke
• Kinoshita Shinji
• Takeuchi Hitoshi
• Omura Tatsuya

Classifications

• H02K1/143 Primary

  of the horse-shoe type · CPC title

• G04C3/14

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

• H02K15/022 Primary

  with salient poles · CPC title

• H02K37/16

  having horseshoe armature cores · CPC title

• G04C3/12

  driven by piezoelectric means; driven by magneto-strictive means · CPC title