US 11,853,007 B2
Horological component intended to receive a member driven in it
Dany Comment, Geneva (CH)
Assigned to ROLEX SA, Geneva (CH)
Filed by ROLEX SA, Geneva (CH)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/003,936.
Claims priority of application No. 19193852 (EP), filed on Aug. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0063967 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G04B 15/14 (2006.01)
CPC G04B 15/14 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A horological component comprising a first opening intended to receive a member when the latter is driven into the first opening, the component having an axis centered in the first opening, and at least two receiving structures intended to receive the member, each of the receiving structures comprising:
a receiving element adapted to come into contact with the member and extending at least substantially orthoradially relative to the axis between a first orthoradial end and a second orthoradial end of the receiving element,
a first connecting element extending at least substantially radially relative to the axis from the first orthoradial end of the receiving element,
a second connecting element separate from the first connecting element, the second connecting element extending at least substantially radially relative to the axis from the second orthoradial end of the receiving element,
a first elastically deformable element extending at least substantially orthoradially relative to the axis, the first elastically deformable element allowing radial movement of the receiving element, and
a second elastically deformable element separate from the first elastically deformable element, the second elastically deformable element extending at least substantially orthoradially relative to the axis, the second elastically deformable element allowing radial movement of the receiving element,
wherein the first connecting element mechanically connects the first orthoradial end of the receiving element to the first elastically deformable element and the second connecting element mechanically connects the second orthoradial end of the receiving element to the second elastically deformable element,
wherein first and second receiving structures of the at least two receiving structures are adjacent, wherein the second elastically deformable element of the first receiving structure constitutes the first elastically deformable element of the second receiving structure.