EP2605087A1 - Uhrmoduleinheit mit funktionellen Modulen - Google Patents

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EP2605087A1
EP2605087A1 EP11193173.9A EP11193173A EP2605087A1 EP 2605087 A1 EP2605087 A1 EP 2605087A1 EP 11193173 A EP11193173 A EP 11193173A EP 2605087 A1 EP2605087 A1 EP 2605087A1
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Laurent Kaelin
Jean-Bernard Peters
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ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
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Priority to RU2012153748/12A priority patent/RU2603576C2/ru
Priority to KR1020120144033A priority patent/KR101435725B1/ko
Priority to CN201210541530.8A priority patent/CN103163772B/zh
Priority to JP2012272082A priority patent/JP5551230B2/ja
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Priority to JP2014079985A priority patent/JP6196578B2/ja
Priority to JP2014079987A priority patent/JP6185875B2/ja
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04D—APPARATUS OR TOOLS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR MAKING OR MAINTAINING CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04D7/00—Measuring, counting, calibrating, testing or regulating apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04D—APPARATUS OR TOOLS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR MAKING OR MAINTAINING CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04D3/00—Watchmakers' or watch-repairers' machines or tools for working materials
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B1/00—Driving mechanisms
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B13/00—Gearwork
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B27/00—Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B29/00—Frameworks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B29/00—Frameworks
    • G04B29/04—Connecting or supporting parts
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B33/00—Calibers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B5/00—Automatic winding up
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
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    • Y10S901/00—Robots
    • Y10S901/46—Sensing device
    • Y10S901/47—Optical
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49579—Watch or clock making

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  • the invention relates to a timepiece integrable functional module in a modular assembly, said functional module being a mechanical module from a subset comprising a rigid bridge carrying components suitable for the execution of a particular watchmaking function of transformation a movement between at least one input mobile and at least one output mobile.
  • the invention also relates to a modular assembly for a watch movement or a timepiece comprising a plurality of such functional modules.
  • the invention further relates to a method of assembling such a modular assembly.
  • the invention also relates to a watch movement comprising at least one such modular assembly.
  • the invention also relates to a timepiece comprising at least one such modular assembly.
  • the invention relates to the field of mechanical watchmaking, and more particularly the field of watches.
  • Modular timepieces are known. Very common in electronic watchmaking, they are less frequent in mechanical watchmaking, where the modular construction, generally designed to decline the same basic movement in several calibres with features or a different presentation, is rarely less expensive than traditional manufacturing. Only certain additional mechanisms, made on additional boards, are relatively widespread.
  • Modular construction conventionally imposes the constraint of high-precision interface machining, because of the accumulation of assembly sets between modules, which impose very tight tolerances at the level of each module, to guarantee a satisfactory result at the level of the module. 'together.
  • the invention proposes to solve certain problems of the prior art by proposing a modular assembly that can be assembled without the use of an operator, while ensuring the accuracy of the operating parameters with proven settings, and with a cost of lower production than traditional production.
  • the invention relates to a timepiece integrable functional module in a modular assembly, said functional module being a mechanical module from a subset comprising a rigid bridge carrying components suitable for performing a function watchmaker transformation of a movement between at least one input mobile and at least one output mobile, characterized in that said subset is autonomous and comprises all the components necessary for the execution of said particular watch function under the action of a movement of said input mobile carried out by means external to said module, further characterized in that said subassembly comprises adjustment or / and assembly components which are irreversibly fixed after adjustment and a functional check of said particular watchmaking function performed on the test stand on said subset alone, and in that said module, which is derived from the transformation of said subset by the irreversible fixing of said adjustment components or and / or assembly, comprises at least a first bearing surface and locating means for the recognition and positioning of said module with respect to another element of a said modular assembly, or relative to a plate, supported by said first bearing surface on a complementary bearing surface that comprises said other element or
  • the invention also relates to a modular assembly for a watch movement or a timepiece comprising a plurality of such functional modules, characterized in that each of said functional modules is irreversibly adjusted by the irreversible fixing of said adjustment components or and / or assembly, and in that said functional modules cooperate in support two by two or each in support with a plate or with a bridge that includes said modular assembly, at a first bearing surface of each said functional module.
  • the invention also relates to a watch movement comprising at least one such modular assembly.
  • the invention also relates to a timepiece comprising at least one such modular assembly.
  • the invention relates to the field of mechanical watchmaking, and more particularly the field of watches.
  • the invention relates both to a functional module 1 integrable timepiece in a modular assembly 100, and a modular assembly 100 formed in a particular way with such modules 1, if necessary supplemented by other components.
  • the functional module 1 is a mechanical module derived from a subset 1A.
  • This subassembly 1A comprises a bridge 2, rigid carrying components suitable for the execution of a particular watchmaking function of transforming a movement between at least one input mobile 3 and at least one output mobile 4.
  • this subset 1A is autonomous and comprises all the components necessary for the execution of this horological function. particular, under the action of a setting in motion of the mobile input 3 made by means external to the module 1.
  • this subassembly 1A comprises adjustment or / and assembly components 9 which are irreversibly fixed after adjustment and functional control of the particular watchmaking function, adjustment and control which are performed on the test bench on this subset 1A alone.
  • the module 1 itself is a pre-adjusted module resulting from the transformation of such a subassembly 1A, by the irreversible fixing of its adjustment and / or assembly components 9.
  • figure 4 illustrates an example of transformation of a subassembly 1A into a pre-set functional module 1, by the joining of a set screw 9 with a housing or the like, by a needle punch or laser micro-welding, or the like.
  • This module 1 comprises at least a first bearing surface 5, and locating means 6 for the recognition and positioning of the module 1 relative to another element of such a modular assembly 100, or with respect to a plate that comprises this assembly 100, supported by the first bearing surface 5 on a complementary bearing surface that includes this other element or this plate.
  • bearing surface is understood in the broad sense, a bearing surface may be formed as well by a bore, or a shaft, as by a flat surface, or the like.
  • the first bearing surface 5 is flat and perpendicular to an insertion direction D.
  • the functional module 1 comprises at least a second bearing surface 7 parallel to the first bearing surface 5.
  • This arrangement facilitates a robotic assembly by paraxial positioning with respect to an insertion direction D, with stacking of certain components or modules by contact at the level of bearing surfaces perpendicular to this direction of insertion.
  • the functional module 1 comprises at least one pivoting guide 8, to allow a pre-assembly of the module leaving a degree of freedom in pivoting. It is thus possible to ensure these co-operation in a final pivoting movement of the module 1.
  • this pivotal guidance is made with respect to a direction parallel to such an insertion direction D, in particular as realized according to the characteristics of the patent application EP11005713 the same depositor.
  • the module 1 comprises guiding means arranged to cooperate with complementary guiding means that comprises another module 1, or a component of the modular assembly 100, or a plate of this assembly, for a cooperation arrangement. Similar by translation, or a parallel adjustment, in a plane.
  • these guide means are made in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion D,
  • a first type of functional module 1 is a motor module 11, and comprises at least one barrel 110 whose input mobile 3 is constituted by a barrel shaft 111, which cooperates with a ratchet 12 incorporated or not to this engine module 11 , and which is arranged to be pivotally driven, or by a manual winding mechanism or by a winding module and setting time 15, or by an automatic winding mechanism or by an automatic winding module 18, for the winding of at least one spring 112 in at least one drum 113 constituting the mobile output 4 of this engine module 11.
  • This drum 113 is arranged to drive an input pinion 131 of a gear train or a gear module 13.
  • Another type of functional module 1 is a gear module 13 of which said movable input 3 is constituted by an input pinion 131, arranged to cooperate with a drum 113, and a first output mobile 4A is constituted by a second wheel 132 arranged to cooperate with an escape pinion 161 connected to an escape wheel 160 that comprises an escape mechanism or a regulation module 16.
  • the functional module 1, in particular the gear module 13, comprises a second output mobile 4B which is constituted by a display gear train 133 arranged to cooperate, or with display means 13A that comprises the module of gear train 13, or with a display module 14 external to the gear module 13, comprising display means 14A.
  • another type of functional module 1 is a display module 14 whose input mobile 3 is constituted by a display train 133 that includes a gear mechanism or a gear module 13, and whose mobile output 4 is constituted by at least one indicator 140 arranged to cooperate with a complementary indicator 141 or with a dial that includes, or the display module 14, or a timepiece in which the latter is incorporated.
  • this gear module 13 or this display module 14 comprises the friction-linked timer mechanism of the work train described in the patent application.
  • EP11177840 of the same applicant and comprises a second mobile pre-mounted on center tube object of the patent application EP 11177839 the same depositor.
  • Still another type of functional module 1 is a time-setting module 15 whose input mobile 3 is constituted by a rod 150 arranged to to be driven by a user, and whose first output mobile 4C is constituted by a timer control wheel 151.
  • this time-setting module 15 is a time-setting and winding module 15A, and has a second output mobile 4D which is constituted by a wind-up drive train 152.
  • this module 15 is made with a winding stem mechanism according to the patent application.
  • EP11170180 the same depositor. It can, again, integrate a device for manual winding by pressing on the stem according to the patent application EP11177838 the same depositor.
  • Still another type of functional module 1 is a regulation module 16 comprising a regulating assembly, and whose input mobile 3 is constituted by an escape wheel 160 arranged to be driven by a second wheel 132 that includes a gear train or a gear module 13, and whose output mobile 4 is constituted by the same said escape wheel 160.
  • Such an exhaust control module 16 is advantageously produced according to the characteristics of the patent applications EP11005713 and EP11179181 the same depositor.
  • a particular functional module 1 is an automatic winding module 18 whose input mobile 3 is constituted by an oscillating mass 180 moved by the movements of a user or an external tool, and whose output mobile 4 is constituted by a drive train 183 of a ratchet 12 that includes, or a drive mechanism, or a motor module 11, or a ratchet 12 which meshes with a cylinder shaft that includes, or a drive mechanism, or a motor module 11.
  • This oscillating mass 180 is advantageously produced according to the characteristics of the patent application EP11188261 the same depositor.
  • the functional module 1 is, except for its mobile input 3 and / or its mobile output 4, between two parallel planes, which constitute a first surface of flat support, perpendicular to an insertion direction D, and a second bearing surface 7.
  • the functional modules 1 thus formed are easily stackable to one another by stacking, like cards in a card game.
  • an input mobile 3 and / or an output mobile 4 are salient, there is provided a cut or a passage in the adjacent module to allow the cooperation and stacking.
  • the locating means 6 for the recognition and positioning of the module 1 may take different forms. Preferably they consist of one or more marks created during the machining of certain components of the module, and in particular at a first flat bearing surface, and a second bearing surface 7. for components made by bar turning, the marking means may constitute a groove for centering, and similarly for the components made on machining center, the locating means may consist of milled grooves, or in shoulders inexpensive to make and easy to identify by a camera. These locating means may also consist of screen printing, or the like.
  • the functional module 1 may, in a particular embodiment, comprise, on at least one of its components, at least one female machining such as a bore, and / or at least one male machining such as a trunnion or a boss, made wide tolerance, allowing the easy storage of this module on a pallet handling, or its maintenance on a conveyor belt, or any similar maintenance required by handling the module during a assembly cycle of a modular assembly 100 incorporating this module 1.
  • such machining is carried out inexpensively with tolerances unrelated to watch adjustments, of the order of 0.05 to 0.10 mm or more.
  • tolerances unrelated to watch adjustments of the order of 0.05 to 0.10 mm or more.
  • the clearance between the female machining and the male machining being chosen from about 0.05 to 0.10 mm or more being used for the insertion of glue, or solder, or the like; at least one of these machining and male machining may also constitute a sacrificial material tank for local processing, for example a pin can be locally melted to ensure its welding with a hole with which it cooperates.
  • the presetting of a functional module 1 takes into account assembly constraints with other modules or components constituting the set of higher rank.
  • a functional module 1 may include prestressing, at a bridge or the like.
  • the invention also relates to such a modular assembly 100 for a watch movement 1000 or a timepiece 2000 comprising a plurality of functional modules.
  • this modular assembly 1001 comprises a plurality of such functional modules 1 thus defined.
  • At least one of these functional modules 1 is irreversibly adjusted by the irreversible fixing of its adjustment and / or assembly components 9, after a control and adjustment to the test stand intended for give it very specific market parameters.
  • each of these functional modules 1 is irreversibly adjusted by the irreversible fixing of its adjustment and / or assembly components 9, after a control and adjustment to the test bench. intended to give it very specific market parameters.
  • These functional modules 1 cooperate in two-to-two support, or each in support with a plate 10 or with a bridge that comprises this modular assembly 100, at a first bearing surface 5 of each functional module 1.
  • this modular assembly 100 is assembled with all the functional modules 1 that compose it assembled together irreversibly.
  • a memory comprising the shape of each of the components or / and modules 1 required by the assembly nomenclature of this modular assembly 100 is incorporated in the control means.
  • shape recognition means for controlling the manipulator gripping each component and / or module 1 according to its shape thus stored, so as to arrange it in assembly position with respect to a functional module 1, or with respect to a component of the assembly 100, or with respect to the plate 10 or with respect to a bridge that comprises this modular assembly 100, to maintain this component being manipulated in a precise positioning established by the control means according to the information collected by the form recognition means.
  • each functional module 1 is held irreversibly fixed, either trapped between other components, or trapped in a sealed box, or held stationary, by an irreversible fixation method or a welding process or a method of bonding, or other method ensuring the indémontgro, compared to another component or with respect to another functional module 1 or with respect to the plate 10 or with respect to a bridge that comprises the modular assembly 100.
  • At least one, and preferably on each functional module 1, is provided with a first bearing surface 5 that is plane and perpendicular to a direction.
  • the functional module 1 in the modular assembly 100 it is arranged in the assembly position with another functional module 1 or with the plate 10 or with a bridge that includes the modular assembly 100, at level surfaces on both sides, and in a precise positioning established by the control means according to the information collected by the shape recognition means.
  • shape recognition means comprising optical identification means for the optical recognition and positioning of each module 1 are used.
  • the invention also relates to a watch movement 1000 comprising at least one such modular assembly 100.
  • the invention also relates to a timepiece 2000 comprising at least one such modular assembly 100.
  • the invention has the advantage of combining, in a modular assembly, functional modules, which have each been set and tested beforehand, and which do not require any subsequent adjustment during the final assembly of the modular assembly.

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EP11193173.9A EP2605087B1 (de) 2011-12-13 2011-12-13 Uhrmoduleinheit mit funktionellen Modulen
US13/711,125 US9274504B2 (en) 2011-12-13 2012-12-11 Modular mechanical timepiece unit with functional modules
RU2012153748/12A RU2603576C2 (ru) 2011-12-13 2012-12-12 Модульный блок для механических часов с функциональными модулями
KR1020120144033A KR101435725B1 (ko) 2011-12-13 2012-12-12 기능식 모듈이 구비된 기계식 모듈 시계
JP2012272082A JP5551230B2 (ja) 2011-12-13 2012-12-13 機能モジュールを備えるモジュール式機械時計
CN201210541530.8A CN103163772B (zh) 2011-12-13 2012-12-13 具有功能模块的模块化机械钟表单元
HK13113955.1A HK1186531A1 (en) 2011-12-13 2013-12-16 Modular mechanical timepiece unit with functional modules
JP2014079985A JP6196578B2 (ja) 2011-12-13 2014-04-09 機能モジュールを備えるモジュール式機械時計
JP2014079987A JP6185875B2 (ja) 2011-12-13 2014-04-09 機能モジュール式ユニットを作製する方法
US14/634,260 US9081369B1 (en) 2011-12-13 2015-02-27 Modular mechanical timepiece unit with functional modules

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