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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Eta SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse, Grenchen, CH;
Inventor:
Raphael Balmer, Vicques, CH;
Assignee:
ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE, Grenchen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 35/04 (2006.01); F16B 25/00 (2006.01); G04B 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 25/0015 (2013.01); G04B 29/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly including horological movement support, a motor plate of a timepiece and a fastener fastening the support to the plate. The fastener includes a self-tapping screw having a body that passes through a hole in the support. A recess in the plate or support is tapped when the screw is screwed into the recess. The shape of the recess has a variable width, which is wider at the opening extending to a smaller diameter at the bottom of the recess, the shape corresponding to that of the body of the screw.