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Timepiece display mechanism comprising at least one resilient hand

US11841684B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 24, 2019
Grant dateDec 12, 2023
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04B13/02
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A timepiece resilient hand with drive pipes at the ends thereof, including a display index which is at a variable distance from the pipes, and including flexible segments between each pipe and the index each with a web having a substantially constant section, at least one flexible segment thereof includes discontinuous elements projecting from the web thereof in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the pipes and defining, along this web, an alternation of sections, the stiffnesses thereof per unit of length are different from one another, and/or at least one web includes a succession of areas of opposite concavities, projecting on a plane perpendicular to the axis of the pipes.

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