The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd

Léonard Testori

Jean-Jacques Born

Yvan Ferri

Lionel Paratte

Alexandre Didier

A rotary piezoelectric motor (), in particular for a timepiece, including a rotor () configured to rotate and actuate a mechanical device, and a stator () configured to rotate the rotor (), the stator () including a piezoelectric actuator provided with a resonator () arranged to perform an oscillatory motion, and a fixed element (). The resonator in a movable element () arranged at a distance from the fixed element () and connected to the fixed element (), the piezoelectric actuator being configured to move the movable element () against the rotor () to make it rotate, the movement of the movable element () making the rotor () rotate in a first direction.

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Léonard Testori