Protective ring for a horology movement and horology movement including said protective ring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12498674-B2
Application number	US-202217863640-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2022
Priority date	Sep 29, 2021
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

An antimagnetic and antishock protective ring for a horology movement, intended to be fixed to a horology movement, the ring including a tubular body extending between a first and a second axial end and is made of a material having ferromagnetic properties and wherein it is adapted to form, with the first axial end, a stop limiting the angular displacement about a radial axis of an oscillating mass connected to the horology movement.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A horology movement comprising:
a bridge assembly; a cage formed by a plate onto which the bridge assembly is fixed, said plate forming a radial shoulder with respect to the bridge assembly by a lower face; an oscillating mass which is rotatable with respect to said cage and extending radially beyond the bridge assembly; and a ring made from a material having ferromagnetic properties and including a tubular body extending between a first and a second axial end, wherein said ring is configured to encircle the bridge assembly and to extend axially towards the oscillating mass, and being adapted to form, by the first axial end, a stop limiting the angular displacement, about a radial axis, of the oscillating mass, wherein said ring includes a plurality of fixing members extending from the second axial end, engaged in housings formed in the lower face to fix the ring with respect to said horology movement, wherein the plurality of fixing members extend along a portion of the second axial end, wherein the ring includes an axial kerf extending between the first and the second axial end of said ring, said axial kerf separating a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end of said ring, and wherein one of the plurality of fixing members is positioned immediately adjacent the axial kerf at the first longitudinal end of the ring, and one of the plurality of fixing members is positioned immediately adjacent the axial kerf at the second longitudinal end of the ring.

2 . The horology movement according to claim 1 , wherein the axial kerf extends from one of the first or second axial ends to the other.

3 . The horology movement according to claim 1 , wherein the axial kerf extends from the second axial end to the first axial end, a bridge of material connecting the two longitudinal ends of the ring to one another at the first axial end.

4 . The horology movement according to claim 1 , wherein the ring has elastic properties and is configured to be in a mechanically constrained state when the fixing members are engaged in the housings, so that said fixing members exert clamping forces against said housings respectively.

5 . The horology movement according to claim 1 , wherein each fixing member has the shape of a tongue, a first portion of which, referred to as the proximal portion, is oriented in an axial direction in a direction opposite the first axial end of the ring and a second portion of which, referred to as the distal portion, connected to the proximal portion, extends in a radial plane of the ring and towards the exterior of the latter.

6 . The horology movement according to claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of fixing members is arranged diametrically opposite the axial kerf.

7 . The horology movement according to claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of fixing members is arranged at each of the longitudinal ends of the ring.

8 . The horology movement according to claim 1 , wherein the ring comprises a chamfer at the junction between its first axial end and each of its longitudinal ends.

9 . The horology movement according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing members are welded to the housings.

10 . The horology movement according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing members are bonded to the housings.

11 . The horology movement according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing members cooperate with the housings by elastic interlocking.

Assignees

• Eta Sa Mft Horlogere Suisse

Inventors

• Christan Julien

Classifications

• G04B43/007

  Antimagnetic alloys (antimagnetic alloys with temperature compensation G04B17/227; apparatus for antimagnetising G04D9/00; alloys in general C22C) · CPC title

• G04G17/08

  Housings · CPC title

• G04B37/0418

  with shock damping means (shock damping bearings G04B31/02; protection against shocks with shields G04B43/002) · CPC title

• G04B43/002 Primary

  Component shock protection arrangements (shock damping bearings G04B31/02; shock-damping in the case G04B37/04; protection of the pendulum or chime during transport G04B41/00) · CPC title

• G04B43/00

  Protecting clockworks by shields or other means against external influences, e.g. magnetic fields {(demagnetising apparatus G04D9/00)} · CPC title