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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2021
Applicant:

The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;

Inventors:

Matthias Imboden, St-Blaise, CH;

Cédric Nicolas, Neuchatel, CH;

Nicolas Livat, Cressier, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 7/00 (2006.01); H01F 7/16 (2006.01); G04C 1/02 (2006.01); H01F 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 7/1615 (2013.01); G04C 1/028 (2013.01); H01F 7/081 (2013.01); H01F 2007/086 (2013.01);
Abstract

A magnetic microactuator () including a coil () controlling the axial movement of a sliding block () including at least one permanent magnet () joined or aligned with a ferromagnetic or magnetised rear arbor () and guiding the field lines of the magnetic field of revolution in the axial direction (D) through the coil () wherein circulates the sliding block (), up to a rear end () of said rear arbor () that tends to cooperate by magnetic attraction with at least one first ferromagnetic restoration element (), located in the vicinity of a rear face () of the structure () of the microactuator (), in order to bring said sliding block () back into a rear end-of-travel position when no coil () is powered.


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