Patent · US Expired

Tri-axial tourbillon for a timepiece, in particular a wristwatch

US7160026B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by
6References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateMar 8, 2005
Grant dateJan 9, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 3, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04B17/285
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The tri-axial tourbillon comprises a cage (A) containing the balance (1), the escape wheel (2) and the escape pinion (3) rotating around an axis (A1) and mounted in a second cage (B) rotating around an axis (A2), the cage (B) in turn being mounted rotably in a third cage (C) rotating around an axis (A3) that is fixed relative to the timepiece, the three axes (A1, A2, A3) being perpendicular to each other.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.