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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2022
Applicant:
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Inventors:
Gregory Kissling, La Neuveville, CH;
Denis Vincent, Neuchâtel, CH;
Stéphane Lauper, Cortaillod, CH;
Bernard Bertheville, Sion, CH;
Assignee:
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 29/08 (2006.01); C22C 29/00 (2006.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 29/08 (2013.01); C22C 29/005 (2013.01); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
An item produced in a cermet material including by weight between 85 and 94% of a ceramic phase and between 6 and 15% of a metal binder phase, the ceramic phase mostly including a tungsten carbide phase and optionally one or more phases of one or more secondary carbides selected from the elements Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr and Mo, the metal binder comprising Ag, Pd, Ru and Co. The invention generally relates to the method for manufacturing said item.