Musical or striking watch provided with an acoustic radiation arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9360843-B2
Application number	US-201514856771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2015
Priority date	Oct 15, 2014
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

The musical or striking watch is provided with an acoustic radiation arrangement. The watch includes a watch case, formed at least of a case middle and a back cover removably fixed to the case middle, and at least one crystal for closing said case. The acoustic radiation arrangement includes a connecting support part fixed in the case back between a back bezel and a back crystal. The back bezel includes several lateral openings. A cavity is defined between the connecting support part and the openings in the back bezel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A musical or striking watch, which is provided with an acoustic radiation arrangement, the watch including a watch case formed at least of a case middle and a back cover removably secured to the case middle and at least a front crystal for closing said case,
wherein the acoustic radiation arrangement includes a connecting support part fixed in the back cover of the case between a back bezel and a back crystal, wherein the back bezel includes several lateral openings, and wherein a cavity is defined between the connecting support part and the lateral openings of the back bezel.

2. The musical or striking watch according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting support part is of annular shape and includes two rigid portions and a flexible intermediate portion between the two rigid portions.

3. The musical or striking watch according to claim 2 , wherein the connecting support part, which includes the two rigid portions and the flexible intermediate portion, is made in one piece.

4. The musical or striking watch according to claim 2 , wherein the material of the connecting support part is selected among gold, platinum or a metallic glass, and wherein the thickness of the flexible intermediate portion is comprised between 0.1 mm and 0.3 mm, preferably on the order of 0.14 mm.

5. The musical or striking watch according to claim 2 , wherein a first rigid portion is fixed to an inner wall of the back bezel, and wherein a second rigid portion is fixed to a lateral or edge surface of the back crystal, the connecting support part ensuring the sealing of the watch case interior.

6. The musical or striking watch according to claim 5 , wherein the flexible intermediate portion is arranged in the same plane as the first rigid portion and substantially perpendicular to the second rigid portion of the connecting support part.

7. The musical or striking watch according to claim 5 , wherein the flexible intermediate portion is arranged in the same plane as the second rigid portion and substantially perpendicular to the first rigid portion of the connecting support part.

8. The musical or striking watch according to claim 5 , wherein the flexible intermediate portion includes a first part arranged in the same plane as the first rigid portion and a second part arranged in the same plane as the second rigid portion.

9. The musical or striking watch according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity, which is defined between the connecting support part and the lateral openings in the back bezel, is annular.

10. The musical or striking watch according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral openings are oriented in the plane of the watch.

11. The musical or striking watch according to claim 6 , wherein the lateral openings in the back bezel are oriented perpendicularly to the flexible intermediate portion.

12. The musical or striking watch according to claim 1 , wherein the number of lateral openings is comprised between 2 and 8, and wherein the lateral openings are regularly spaced from each other.

13. The musical or striking watch according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral openings are distributed over a sector of the back bezel that is less than or equal to half the back bezel.

14. A musical or striking watch, which is provided with an acoustic radiation arrangement, the watch including a watch case formed at least of a case middle and a back cover removably secured to the case middle and at least one crystal for closing said case,
wherein the acoustic radiation arrangement includes a connecting support part fixed in case between the case middle or a bezel and the crystal, wherein the case middle or the bezel includes several lateral openings, and wherein a cavity is defined between the connecting support part and the lateral openings in the case middle or the bezel.

15. The musical or striking watch according to claim 14 , wherein the connecting support part is of annular shape and includes two rigid portions and a flexible intermediate portion between the two rigid portions.

16. The musical or striking watch according to claim 15 , wherein the connecting support part ( 5 ), which includes the two rigid portions ( 5 a , 5 b ) and the flexible intermediate portion ( 5 c ), is made in one piece.

17. The musical or striking watch according to claim 15 , wherein the material of the connecting support part is selected among gold, platinum or a metallic glass, and wherein the thickness of the flexible intermediate portion is comprised between 0.1 mm and 0.3 mm, preferably on the order of 0.14 mm.

18. The musical or striking watch according to claim 15 , wherein a first rigid portion is fixed to an inner wall of the case middle or of the bezel, and wherein a second rigid portion is fixed to a lateral or edge surface of the crystal, the connecting support part ensuring the sealing of the interior of the watch case.

19. The musical or striking watch according to claim 18 , wherein the flexible intermediate portion is arranged in the same plane as the first rigid portion and substantially perpendicular to the second rigid portion of the connecting support part.

20. The musical or striking watch according to claim 18 , wherein the flexible intermediate portion is arranged in the same plane as the second rigid portion and substantially perpendicular to the first rigid portion of the connecting support part.

21. The musical or striking watch according to claim 18 , wherein the flexible intermediate portion includes a first part arranged in the same plane as the first rigid portion and a second part arranged in the same plane as the second rigid portion.

22. The musical or striking watch according to claim 14 , wherein the cavity, which is defined between the connecting support part and the lateral openings in the case middle or the bezel, is annular.

23. The musical or striking watch according to claim 14 , wherein the lateral openings are oriented in the plane of the watch.

24. The musical or striking watch according to claim 19 , wherein the lateral openings in the middle part or in the bezel are oriented perpendicularly to the flexible intermediate portion.

25. The musical or striking watch according to claim 14 , wherein the number of lateral openings is comprised between 2 and 8, and wherein the lateral openings are regularly spaced from each other.

26. The musical or striking watch according to claim 14 , wherein the lateral openings are distributed over a sector of the case middle or of the bezel that is less than or equal to half the periphery of the case middle or of the bezel.

Assignees

• Montres Breguet Sa
• Montres Breguet Sa

Inventors

• Kadmiri Younes
• Sarchi Davide
• Karapatis Nakis Polychronis

Classifications

• G04B37/0075 Primary

  with means to enhance sound transmission (sonorous means for chimes G04B21/08; for alarm clocks G04B23/028; clockworks combined with musical devices G04B47/025) · CPC title

• G04C21/34

  Devices on watches or similar portable timepieces · CPC title

• G04B21/02

  Regular striking mechanisms giving the full hour, half hour or quarter hour {(electrically operating striking mechanism G04C21/06)} · CPC title

• G04C21/02

  Constructional details (G04C21/04, G04C21/16 take precedence) · CPC title

• G04B23/028

  Sounding bodies; boxes used as sounding cases; fixation on or in the case (sounding bodies G04B21/08; case enhancing transmission of sound waves G04B37/0075) · CPC title