GRIPPER DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING, CENTRING, AND/OR CLAMPING A MICROMECHANICAL OR HOROLOGICAL COMPONENT, AND ASSOCIATED FASTENING METHOD

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APP PUB NO 20240168441A1
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18466425

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A gripper device (100) for maintaining, centring, and/or clamping a micromechanical or horological component (200) in a clamping chamber defined by a clamp including at least one mobile jaw (2). At least a part of the mobile jaws (2) includes a reference surface (20) for frontal bearing of a component (200), and the gripper device (100) includes a vacuum generator (60) for creating the vacuum in the clamping chamber. Also, a method for fastening a micromechanical or horological component (200) in the clamping chamber of such a gripper device (100) according to which the component (200) is disposed on the reference surface (20), then a first maintaining by vacuum is carried out, then a second maintaining having a torque greater than that of the first maintaining by pivoting of the mobile jaws (2).

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ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSEGRENCHEN GRENCHEN SOLOTHURN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Donze, Christophe Pieterlen, CH 1 0
PHAM, Patric Utzenstorf, CH 8 0

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