EP3054356A1 - Isochroner Resonator für Uhr - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to an isochronous clock oscillator mechanism of the tuning fork type, comprising a fixed support and a carrying beam of a plurality of primary resonators each comprising at least one mass carried by an elastic flexible blade constituting an elastic return means and which is arranged to work in bending and which is embedded in said cross.
- the invention also relates to a watch movement comprising at least one such isochronous oscillator mechanism.
- the invention also relates to a watch comprising at least one such movement.
- the invention relates to the field of clock oscillator mechanisms and regulators, in particular for mechanical movements.
- the isochronism of the movement must be optimal in all positions in space, which implies the design of movements able to compensate for the effects of gravitation on their constituents.
- the invention proposes to jointly solve the problem of isochronism and that of obtaining the best possible quality factor. It is, in a way, to combine the respective advantages of known mechanisms using as resonator, or a balance-spiral assembly relatively insensitive to differences in position in space in its developments and most advanced montages but whose quality factor is strongly limited by the pivoting and the different losses, or a a parallel tuning fork which, free of pivoting, has a better quality factor than a balance-spring but is very sensitive to the position in space.
- the invention relates to an isochronous clock oscillator mechanism of the tuning fork type, comprising a fixed support and a carrying beam of a plurality of primary resonators each comprising at least one mass carried by an elastic flexible blade constituting a means of resilient return and which is arranged to work in bending and which is embedded in said cross, characterized in that said primary resonators have at least one identical resonance mode, and are arranged to vibrate in a phase shift between them of the value 2 ⁇ / n where n is the number of said primary resonators, and are arranged in a symmetry in space such that the resultant of the forces and torques applied by said primary resonators on said cross member is zero, and further characterized in that said cross member is fixed fixed support by a main elastic connection, whose rigidity is greater than the rigidity of each di the elastic flexible blade, and in that said primary resonators are arranged in space so that the resultant of their operating errors due to gravitation is zero.
- said primary resonators are rotary.
- the invention also relates to a watch movement comprising at least one such isochronous oscillator mechanism.
- the invention also relates to a watch comprising at least one such movement.
- the invention proposes to realize a resonator mechanism with the least possible loss, and that is the sensitive month chronologically to its orientation in the gravitational field.
- the invention seeks to reduce losses, in particular due to friction of pivots, and displacements of the recess.
- the inventive step is to remove the traditional pivots, while minimizing the movements of the center of mass and the reactions of the support.
- a mechanical resonator necessarily comprises at least one elastic element and an inertial element.
- the search for a high quality factor encourages the use of a tuning fork structure.
- the inventive step consists in producing a tuning fork isochronous resonator, with a plurality of primary resonators arranged in a symmetry geometry with respect to an axis, and together constituting a tuning fork.
- the invention is more particularly described below, in a nonlimiting manner, in the preferred form of a tuning fork with two primary resonators symmetrical with respect to a plane of symmetry, which constitutes a particular advantageous case because of its simplicity.
- the invention is applicable to any number of resonators: three, four, or more, provided that the symmetry of their relative arrangement and their relative temporal phase shift make it possible to compensate for the effects of the reaction torques on the embedding.
- the invention relates to an equilibrium tuning clock-type isochronous oscillator mechanism 1 comprising a fixed support 2 and a crossbar 4 carrying a plurality of primary resonators 10.
- the primary resonators 10 constitute the equivalent of the arms that comprises a conventional fork fork, and crosses 4 the equivalent of the common part of the tuning fork which these arms.
- Each primary resonator 10 each comprises at least one mass 5 carried by an elastic flexible blade 6 arranged to work in bending and embedded in the crossbar 4.
- these primary resonators 10 have at least one identical resonance mode, they are arranged to vibrate in a phase shift between them of the value 2 ⁇ / n, where n is their number, and are arranged according to a symmetry in the space such that the resultant forces and torques applied by the primary resonators 10 on the crossbar 4 is zero.
- the Figures 1 to 17 illustrate examples with two primary resonators
- the figure 19 illustrates an example with four primary resonators.
- this crosspiece 4 is fixed to the fixed support 2 by a main elastic connection 3, whose rigidity is greater than the rigidity of each elastic flexible blade 6. This characteristic provides a coupling between the primary resonators 10.
- the rigidity of the main elastic connection 3 is greater than the total of the rigidities of all the flexible flexible strips 6 that comprise the primary resonators 10.
- the damping of the main elastic connection 3 is greater than the damping of each elastic flexible blade 6, and, more particularly, the damping of the main elastic connection 3 is greater than the total of the damping of all the blades.
- the primary resonators 10 are arranged in space so that the resultant of their operating errors due to gravitation is zero.
- the primary resonators 10 are rotatable, which makes the isochronous oscillator mechanism 1 according to the invention insensitive to gravitation.
- each primary resonator 10 forms a rotary resonator, whose center of mass is on the place whose translations are minimal during rotation. This is to minimize movements of the center of mass in the gravity field or under the effect of shocks, and thus improve the chronometry of the system.
- This main elastic connection 3 is preferably constituted by an elastic blade, it does not move substantially when the isochronous oscillator mechanism 1 oscillates in tuning fork mode. Indeed, the branches of the tuning fork formed by the primary resonators 10 exchange energy movement through the cross 4, but the movements of the cross 4 are tiny.
- the direction in which the centers of mass CM of the primary resonators 10 are moved is called the longitudinal direction X.
- a transverse direction Y is substantially perpendicular to this longitudinal direction X.
- a direction Z completes the direct trihedron.
- crossbar 4 is straight and extends in the longitudinal direction X.
- all or part of the isochronous oscillator mechanism 1 is arranged symmetrically with respect to a plane of symmetry PS which extends parallel to the transverse direction Y.
- the main elastic connection 3 extends between the cross member 4 and the fixed support 2. Preferably, but not necessarily, this main elastic connection 3 extends along the main direction Y, as can be seen in the examples of the figures.
- the primary direction which connects the point of embedding on the crosspiece 4 of an elastic flexible blade 6 to the center of mass CM of the corresponding primary resonator 10, when the latter is at rest is parallel to the longitudinal direction X.
- the figure 1 illustrates a simplified embodiment of an isochronous clock oscillator mechanism 1 according to the invention, of tuning fork type, comprising a fixed support 2 which carries, by a main elastic connection 3, made in the form of a flexible blade, a crossbar 4 carrier of two primary planar resonators 10A, 10B, symmetrical with respect to a plane of symmetry PS, and each having a mass, respectively 5A, 5B, carried by an elastic flexible blade, respectively 6A, 6B, arranged to work in bending and recessed in the crossbar 4, symmetrically with respect to the plane of symmetry PS.
- the primary directions of the different primary resonators 10 which constitute this isochronous oscillator mechanism 1 are parallel to the longitudinal direction X, or merged.
- the resilient flexible blades 6 are arranged so that the displacement of each center of mass CM of the given primary resonator 10 is minimal in the transverse direction Y where compensation is not provided, and so the displacements of the different mass centers CM of the given primary resonators 10 are compensated with respect to one another in the longitudinal direction X: if, as in the case of the figures, the isochronous oscillator mechanism 1 comprises two primary resonators 10A and 10B arranged back to back on either side of the crosspiece 4, their respective centers of mass CMA and CMB move essentially in the longitudinal direction X, but with displacements of the same value but in opposite directions.
- the advantage of an arrangement according to the invention is to have elastic blades working in almost pure bending, which makes it possible to obtain an isochronous resonator.
- the torque is proportional to the angle ⁇ whose corresponding mass pivots.
- the frequency is therefore independent of the amplitude of the oscillation.
- the distance between the embedding of the resilient flexible blade 6 in the crossbar 4 and the center of mass CM is equal to the distance between the center of mass CM and the embedding of the elastic flexible blade 6 in the associated mass 5, as visible on the figure 1 .
- the center of mass CM thus remains on the X axis, or in the immediate vicinity of the X axis, that is to say at a distance of a few micrometers.
- each primary resonator 10 is arranged to oscillate in a plane.
- each primary resonator 10 is monolithic.
- the cross member 4 and the flexible flexible blades 6 of the primary resonators 10 form a monolithic assembly.
- the fixed support 2, the main elastic connection 3, the crosspiece 4, and the flexible flexible blades 6 of the primary resonators 10, form a monolithic assembly.
- the fixed support 2, the main elastic connection 3, the crosspiece 4, and the flexible flexible blades 6 of the primary resonators 10, form a monolithic assembly.
- Such an embodiment makes it possible to obtain elastic blades 6 called “high leaf”, which have a height very large relative to their thickness, in particular at least five times higher than thick, and more particularly at least ten times higher than thick.
- Such blades in high sheet make it possible to ensure the guiding function, and to overcome traditional pivots, which allows a significant increase in the quality factor.
- the architecture in the form of a tuning fork, according to the invention makes it possible to compensate for all the reactions to the recesses, which still considerably increases the quality factor.
- the masses 5, 51, 52, primary resonators 10 are essentially subjected to a pivoting movement.
- the corresponding resilient flexible blade 6 provides the pivotal guiding function.
- the invention is illustrated here in variants where, each time, a single elastic flexible blade 6 maintains the respective mass 5 with respect to the crossbar 4. It is possible to imagine other variants where these blades 6 would be doubled or multiplied to ensure even better guidance.
- the advantage of the single blade is to work in pure bending, which eliminates shear stresses, or transverse forces, which are unfavorable for isochronism, which explains the preference for a single flexible blade 6, which ensures therefore a better chronometry of a watch incorporating an oscillator 1 according to the invention.
- each primary resonator 10 is arranged to oscillate in a plane
- all the primary resonators 10 are arranged to oscillate in planes parallel to each other, or in the same plane.
- all these primary resonators 10 are arranged to oscillate in the same plane, for example on the embodiments illustrated in FIGS. Figures 1 to 12 .
- FIGS. 1 to 12 illustrate an isochronous oscillator mechanism 1, all primary resonators 10 are identical, even in number, and arranged in symmetry with respect to a plane of symmetry PS extending parallel to a transverse direction Y which is that of the main elastic link 3 and perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction X in which the centers of mass CM of the primary resonators 10 are movable.
- the primary resonators 10 then oscillate in phase opposition, which guarantees the compensation of the movements of the centers of mass CM in the longitudinal direction X.
- the main elastic connection 3 is straight.
- the resilient flexible blades 6 are straight in the longitudinal direction X.
- the centers of mass CM of the primary resonators 10 considered are in their alignment at rest. This arrangement guarantees the insensitivity to the positions of the isochronous oscillator mechanism 1 according to the invention, unlike a tuning fork of the conventional type with parallel branches which is much too sensitive to the positions in space if it is incorporated in a watch, and which can only be suitable for a piece of clock.
- the residual defect after compensation of the displacements of the centers of mass in X is of very small value, of the same order of magnitude as the defect due to displacements of the centers of mass in Y, which is limited to 3 or 4 micrometers, for a blade of 1 mm long, the cumulative defect thus remains less than 6 seconds per day.
- the symmetry thus compensates for any error in residual market.
- the resilient flexible blades 6 that comprise the primary resonators 10 are straight and aligned in pairs.
- the elastic flexible blades 6 are spiral wound around the centers of mass CM primary resonators 10 considered.
- FIG. 13 and 14 An illustrated variant on Figures 13 and 14 represents a torsion tuning fork which comprises arms 51 and 52, each provided with a mass at its distal end, and oscillating in parallel planes P1 and P2 and symmetrically with respect to an axis A parallel to these two planes P1 and P2.
- tuning fork illustrated by the figure 15 comprises two resonators, each comprising a spiral spring recessed at a first end on a common cross-member and having a mass at a second distal end, these two resonators extending in two parallel planes and being, in projection on one of these planes, symmetrical with respect to a plane of symmetry PS which is perpendicular to these two planes.
- the resulting torque is zero at the embedding at the crossbar 4.
- the mechanisms must be usable in a watch, and incorporate security, including shockproof.
- the first tuning fork mode in H is represented on the Figures 1 to 7 .
- This crosspiece 4 carries a pair of marked masses 51 and 52, mounted symmetrically on either side of the fixed support 2 and the first elastic connection 3.
- each of them comprises an arm connected in its middle to the corresponding flexible blade 6, this arm extending substantially parallel in the transverse direction Y, and being either a solid arm as on the figure 3 , either an arm with inertial flyweights at its opposite ends, or substantially punctual as on the figure 1 , in the form of annular sectors, as visible on the figures 2 , and 4 to 7 .
- Each of these masses 51, 52 is mounted oscillating about a virtual pivoting axis of position determined relative to the crossbar 4, and recalled by an elastic flexible blade 6, respectively marked 61, 62, which constitutes means of resilient return and which is secured to one end 41, 42, of the cross member 4, the two ends 41 and 42 being opposite and of part and other of the crossbar 4.
- These flexible blades 61, 62 preferably extend linearly in the extension and on either side of the crossbar 4.
- Each virtual pivoting axis is, in the rest position of the isochronous oscillator mechanism 1, coinciding with the center of mass CM1, CM2, of the respective mass 51, 52.
- These resilient flexible blades 61, 62 are arranged to limit the displacement of the centers of mass CM1, CM2, to a transverse stroke relative to the crossbar 4, as small as possible in the transverse direction Y, and to a longitudinal stroke according to the longitudinal direction X greater than this transverse stroke.
- the longitudinal arrangement of the resilient flexible blades 61, 62 makes it possible to compensate for the direction of greater displacement of the centers of mass CM1 and CM2, which move symmetrically relative to the plane symmetry PS.
- the isochronous oscillator mechanism 1 advantageously comprises rotational stops, and / or translational limit stops in the X and Y directions, and / or translation Z limit stops. These stroke limiting means can be integrated, part of a one-piece construction, and / or be reported.
- the masses 51, 52 advantageously comprise abutment means 7, labeled 71, 72, which are arranged to cooperate with complementary abutment means 73, 74, which the crosspiece 4 comprises, and to limit the displacement of the elastic flexible blades. 61, 62, with respect to the crossbar 4, in the event of shocks or similar accelerations.
- a mass 5 is not directly carried by the flexible blade 6, the latter comprises, on the other side relative to the main body of the crosspiece 4, an end plate 45, which is arranged to receive, directly or indirectly, this mass 6.
- the execution of figures 4 and 5 as the variant of the second mode of figures 11 and 12 , comprises tips 53, 54, arranged to be attached to such an end plate 45 and to receive a mass 51 or 52.
- the variant of the first mode of figures 6 and 7 comprises a socket 55 arranged to perform the same function.
- the ends of the crosspiece 4 each comprise two bearing abutment surfaces 42, which are each arranged to stop an oblique surface 74 that the end plate 45 comprises, so as to limit the angle of deformation a (defined in FIG. figure 1 ) that can take the flexible blade 6 relative to its installation in the crossbar 4, and thus constituting stops in rotation.
- the corresponding end of the crosspiece 4 further comprises a housing 79, in this case a bore, arranged to act as a limit stop around the periphery 48 of the substantially circular end plate 45, to limit X and Y translations. at these different stops, which limit translations in X and Y, it limits the possible influence of shocks, protects the flexible blade 6, and preserves this flexible blade 6 against excessive deformation. And of course the possible movement of the CM centers of mass is limited.
- Z stops are provided mainly when using end caps 53, 54, sockets 55, or the like; for example the figure 5 illustrates endpieces 53, 54, which either have bores aligned with pins 56 carried by a plate, or comprise bearings aligned with bores of a plate, the bearings thus formed being non-contact in normal operation , and being arranged to take the efforts, especially in Z, in case of shock.
- the detail of the figure 6 shows, with regard to the variant with the receipt of a bush 55, a similar arrangement with respect to the stops.
- the end plate 45 further comprises a lug with stop surfaces 76 arranged to cooperate abutting abutment with complementary surfaces 78 of the cross member 4, to limit the translations.
- the bushing 55 has a skirt 57 driven on the end plate 45, but the periphery 59 of this bushing 55 remains at a distance from the bore 79 of the cross member 4, and thus ensures with it the safety in translation in X and in Y .
- Z-shaped shoulders may also be provided on certain surfaces to form Z-limiting abutment surfaces.
- the complementary surfaces of the stops In the absence of unexpected accelerations such as shocks, the complementary surfaces of the stops must not be in contact with each other, so as to avoid any unnecessary friction detrimental to the quality factor.
- Some stroke limiting means may be used to perform damping functions of unwanted vibration modes.
- first and second embodiments thus show the fixed support 2 and the crossbar 4 which are separated only by a narrow groove 30, here called “honey groove”, around the main elastic connection 3, which is designed to allow coupling in tuning fork mode.
- the groove 30 limits the angular movement of the crossbar 4, which is insignificant in normal operation, but can occur in case of impact.
- this groove is filled with a viscous or pasty product, which allows the dissipation of energy in the event of excessive travel.
- cooperating Z surfaces with a solid friction, or viscous, or pasty, and preferably increasing with the speed and / or with the amplitude, for example with conical surfaces corner, as shown on the sketches of the Figures 17 and 18 .
- the resilient flexible blades 61, 62 which extend substantially in the longitudinal direction X, are short blades, that is to say of a length less than the smallest value between four times their height or thirty times their thickness. It is this short blade characteristic that makes it possible to limit the movements of the center of mass CM concerned.
- each primary resonator 10 does not move substantially in the transverse direction Y: it performs a crawling movement, on either side of an average axis parallel to the longitudinal direction X, about a point on this mean axis.
- the resilient flexible blades 61 and 62 are preferably aligned, these blades being preferably straight.
- the second mode of tuning horn fork is shown on the Figures 8 to 12 .
- the fixed support 2, the main elastic connection 3, the crosspiece 4, the flexible flexible blades 6, and the end plates 45 of the primary resonators 10, together form a planar monolithic structure, made of silicon, or oxidized silicon, or quartz, or DLC, or the like, which, in the rest position of the isochronous oscillator mechanism 1, is symmetrical with respect to a plane of symmetry PS, and comprises an elongate cross member 4 which extends in the longitudinal direction X, perpendicular to the connection main elastic 3, which extends in the transverse direction Y, and which maintains the crossbar 4 on the fixed support 2.
- this crosspiece 4 carries a pair of marked masses 51 and 52, mounted symmetrically on either side of the fixed support 2 and the first elastic connection 3.
- Each of these masses 51, 52 is mounted oscillatingly and biased by an elastic flexible blade 6 respectively marked 61, 62, which is a spiral 8, respectively 81, 82, or a spiral assembly.
- a first hairspring 81 and a second hairspring 82 are each bonded at its inner turn to an end plate 45 for receiving a mass 51, 52, and attached to the respective end 41, 42 of the sleeper 4. by its external turn.
- the masses 51 and 52 each pivot about a virtual pivot axis of position determined relative to the crossbar 4.
- Each virtual pivoting axis is, in the rest position of the isochronous oscillator mechanism 1, coinciding with the center of mass CM1, CM2, of the respective mass 51, 52.
- the masses 51, 52 extend substantially in the transverse direction Y.
- each of them comprises an arm connected in its middle to the corresponding flexible blade 6, this arm s' extending substantially parallel in the transverse direction Y, and being either a solid arm as on the figure 3 , either an arm having inertial flyweights at opposite ends, or substantially pointwise as on the figure 8 , in the form of annular sectors, as visible on the Figures 9 to 12 .
- each spiral 81, 82 is section or variable curvature along its development.
- the version illustrated by the figures is a variation of variable thickness, optimized to limit the movements of the center of mass CM.
- the pendulum mass 5 is preferably suspended by a coil thicker than the rest of the spiral.
- the development of the hairspring is greater than one turn, and in particular greater than 1.5 turns, which is easier to minimize the displacement of the center of mass.
- a regular decrease in thickness over 270 °, followed by growth in thickness may make it possible to limit the displacement of the center of mass CM to 3 micrometers in Y and 4 micrometers in X.
- the polar elemental stiffness advantageously passes through an extremum, for example a mini between two maxi, or the opposite.
- a satisfactory simulation consists, again, in giving the hairspring an upper stiffness in its portion 89 which is beyond the center of mass towards the outside, than in its portion 88 which lies between the two centers of mass CM1 and CM2.
- variable thickness corresponds to an elaboration MEMS easier.
- the modes of oscillation in translation and the displacements in the event of shocks are preferably mechanically limited by axes, or by end pieces 53, 54, or sockets 55.
- the first hairspring 81 and the second hairspring 82 are attached to the ends 41, 42, in alignment with their respective virtual pivoting axis, in the rest position of the isochronous oscillator mechanism 1.
- the figure 16 illustrates another embodiment of the invention, wherein this diagram of the second mode is extrapolated by suspending each mass, not to a single hairspring, but pairs of spirals 81, 810, respectively 82, 820, attached to the sleeper 4, on either side of the centers of mass in the Y direction.
- This very robust embodiment is however closer to a system with crossed flexible blades than the principle of the present invention.
- the figure 19 illustrates a variant where the crossbar 4 constitutes a frame surrounding the primary resonators 10, in an example of application to four resonators 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D. It is understood that this inverse architecture of the previous examples is also usable for the implementation of the invention, in all its variants described above, and which are therefore not detailed further here.
- the figure 20 illustrates, in this variant of crossbar 4 formed by a frame, the pendulum of the H tuning fork.
- the crossbar 4 carries a pair 51, 52, masses 5, mounted symmetrically inside the crossbar 4 which forms a frame suspended by the first elastic connection 3 to the fixed structure 2, the masses 51, 52 extending substantially in the transverse direction Y.
- Each of the masses 51, 52 is oscillatingly mounted around a virtual pivot axis of position determined relative to the crossbar 4, and recalled by an elastic flexible blade 6, respectively 61, 62, which is secured to one side of the frame forming the crossbar 4, the flexible blades 61, 62, extending linearly to the inside the frame.
- FIG 21 illustrates, in this variant of crossbar 4 formed by a frame, the pendulum fork in goat horns.
- the crossbar 4 carries a pair 51, 52, masses 5, mounted symmetrically inside the crossbar 4 which forms a frame suspended by the first elastic connection 3 to the fixed structure 2, and substantially in a transverse direction Y perpendicular to the longitudinal direction X in which the centers of mass CM are mobile primary resonators 10.
- Each of the masses 51, 52 is mounted oscillating about a virtual pivot axis of position determined relative to the crossbar 4, and recalled by a spiral 8, respectively 81, 82, which is secured on one side of the frame forming the crossbar 4, these spirals 81, 82, extending inside the frame.
- the masses 5, 5A, 5B, 51, 52, form rockers.
- the masses 51, 52 comprise, for balancing adjustment, inertia and adjustment of oscillation frequency, flyweights 91, 92, and / or housing 93 for receive such flyweights, preferably in the areas farthest from the ends 41, 42 of the crossbar 4.
- flyweights advantageously comprise an eccentric insert, for example platinum, to facilitate adjustment by pivoting the insert.
- particular areas of these masses may be assigned to laser ablation, or, conversely, to plasma, ink jet or the like, to provide these settings.
- the invention also relates to a clockwork movement 100, in particular a mechanical movement, comprising such an isochronous oscillator mechanism 1.
- the invention also relates to a watch 200 comprising such a mechanical movement 100.
- the oscillator according to the invention constitutes a tuning fork consisting of two resonators, preferably rotating, with flexion blades, mounted on a cross member connected, preferably viscoelastically, to the plate.
- each primary resonator 10 is designed to minimize the displacement of the center of mass CM in the transverse direction Y of the symmetry plane PS of the tuning fork.
- the symmetry plane PS of the tuning fork is chosen so that the operating errors due to the positions in the longitudinal direction X perpendicular to the transverse direction Y, cancel out between the two branches of the tuning fork constituted by the primary resonators 10, both sides of the crossbar 4.
- tuning fork type limits the effect of reactions to embedding.
- the invention minimizes the displacement of the center of mass CM of each primary resonator 10.
- the invention makes it possible to obtain a perfectly isochronous oscillator, very compact, requiring no adjustment other than the inertia of the masses, and very easy assembly.
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