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Timepiece component

US11906931B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

PATEK PHILIPPE SA GENEVE · CH

Inventor

Eric Le Gall · Strasbourg, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 5, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 12, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG04B47/042
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a timepiece component including at least one housing intended to receive at least one precious or non-precious stone and including at least one first end, referred to as the setting end, and a rail. The rail is located on the periphery of the housing, and is arranged to allow the stone or stones to be inserted into the rail at the first end of the housing, such that the stone or stones can slide in the rail along the longitudinal axis of the housing, and to hold the stone or stones once inserted into the rail in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing.

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