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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2020
Nivarox-far S.a., Le Locle, CH;
Pierre Cusin, Villars-Burquin, CH;
Christian Charbon, Chezard-St-Martin, CH;
NIVAROX-FAR S.A., Le Locle, CH;
Abstract
A flexible horological component for an oscillator mechanism of a horological movement, the component extending along a principal plane (P) and including at least a part made of a composite material (), the composite material () including a matrix () and a multitude of nanotubes or nanowires () distributed in the matrix (), the nanotubes or nanowires () being juxtaposed and disposed substantially parallel with an axis (A) substantially perpendicular to the plane (P) of the component, the matrix including a flexible filling material () to fill the interstices between the nanotubes or nanowires (), the filling material () comprising at least in part a thermal compensation material wherein the thermoelastic coefficient (TEC) is of the opposite sign to that of the other materials of the composite material ().