Timepiece component and method for making same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8636403
APP PUB NO 20100054089A1
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12522666

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A timepiece component, such as a balance, an oscillating mass or a wheel, having a structure made according to a micro-manufacturing technique, such as the DRIE technique. The component has at least one member formed in or at the periphery of the structure and made of a material different from that of the structure. This member is typically metal and is formed by electro-forming using a cavity of the structure as a mold.

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PATEK PHILIPPE SA1204 GENÈVE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jeanneret, Sylvain Colombier, CH 11 63
Maier, Frédéric Neuchâtel, CH 13 33
Von, Gunten Stéphane Corcelles, CH 4 36

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