US 12,124,219 B2
Device for controlling a horological movement with tactile feedback and timepiece, in particular a watch, comprising such a device
Stéphane Frund, Grenchen (CH); Rémy Thiry, Les Bréseux (FR); and Samuel Geiser, Bienne (CH)
Assigned to MECO SA, Grenchen (CH)
Filed by MECO SA, Grenchen (CH)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,133.
Claims priority of application No. 21174779 (EP), filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0373972 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G04B 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC G04B 3/048 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device of a horological movement comprising:
a first part comprising a guide tube intended to be fixed relative to said horological movement and an activation module; and
a second part slidably guided by the guide tube in an axial direction relative to said first part, between an active position in which the second part is able to be integral, by means of an adjustment rod, with a component of the horological movement, and an inactive position in which said adjustment rod is intended to release the component of the horological movement,
wherein said second part comprises a slider fixed to the adjustment rod and cooperating with the activation module such that the slider and the activate module exert mechanical stresses on each other when the second part moves between the active position and inactive position, and the mechanical stresses are released when the second part reaches one of the active position or inactive position, and
wherein the activation module includes a sheath fixed to the guide tube, cooperating with the slider so as to guide the slider in translation without degree of freedom in rotation, and a sleeve kinematically connected with the sheath in a helical connection and being configured, under the action of an elastic member, to apply mechanical stresses to the slider when the second part moves between the active position and inactive position.