IP Library Granted Patent US 9,753,433
Granted Patent B2
US 9,753,433 · App. 14/841,959 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Mechanical component, movement, and timepiece

Inventors: Sachiko Tanabe (Chiba, JP); Takashi Niwa (Chiba, JP); Masahiro Nakajima (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
G04B13/02G04B13/021
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Patent No.
US 9,753,433
App. No.
14/841,959
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mechanical component includes a component main body having a through-hole through which a shaft member is passed, and a forcing-in portion made of metal material formed on the inner surface of the through-hole and fixed to the shaft member through the forcing-in of the shaft member. The component main body has a retaining recess and the forcing-in portion fills the inner space of the retaining recess so that the retaining recess constitutes an anchor structure regulating displacement of the forcing-in portion with respect to the component main body.

Claims (24)

1. A mechanical component, comprising:

a component main body having a through-hole through which a shaft member is passed; and

a forcing-in portion formed on the inner surface of the through-hole and fixed to the shaft member through the forcing-in of the shaft member,

wherein a retaining recess is formed on the inner surface of the through-hole, a part of the forcing-in portion fills the inner space of the retaining recess and another part of the forcing-in portion protrudes inwardly from the inner surface of the through-hole, and the retaining recess constitutes an anchor structure regulating displacement of the forcing-in portion with respect to the component main body by retaining at least a part of the forcing-in portion; and

wherein the forcing-in portion is formed of a metal material.

2. The mechanical component according to claim 1 , wherein the retaining recess regulates inward displacement of the forcing-in portion by making the width dimension thereof at a first position smaller than the width dimension thereof at a second position on the outer peripheral side of the first position.

3. The mechanical component according to claim 1 , wherein the retaining recess has a receiving step portion the peripheral dimension of which increases discontinuously toward the exterior; and

the forcing-in portion has an abutment step portion abutting the receiving step portion.

4. The mechanical component according to claim 2 , wherein the retaining recess has a receiving step portion the peripheral dimension of which increases discontinuously toward the exterior; and

the forcing-in portion to has abutment step portion abutting the receiving step portion.

5. The mechanical component according to claim 1 , wherein the forcing-in portion is divided at least at one position in the peripheral direction of the component main body.

6. The mechanical component according to claim 2 , wherein the forcing-in portion is divided at least at one position in the peripheral direction of the component main body.

7. The mechanical component according to claim 3 , wherein the forcing-in portion is divided at least at one position in the peripheral direction of the component main body.

8. The mechanical component according to claim 4 , wherein the forcing-in portion is divided at least at one position in the peripheral direction of the component main body.

9. The mechanical component according to claim 1 , wherein the component main body has a receiving recess receiving a swollen deformed portion of the forcing-in portion generated through the forcing-in of the shaft member.

10. The mechanical component according to claim 2 , wherein the component main body has a receiving recess receiving a swollen deformed portion of the forcing-in portion generated through the forcing-in of the shaft member.

11. The mechanical component according to claim 3 , wherein the component main body has a receiving recess receiving a swollen deformed portion of the forcing-in portion generated through the forcing-in of the shaft member.

12. The mechanical component according to claim 4 , wherein the component main body has a receiving recess receiving a swollen deformed portion of the forcing-in portion generated through the forcing-in of the shaft member.

13. The mechanical component according to claim 5 , wherein the component main body has a receiving recess receiving a swollen deformed portion of the forcing-in portion generated through the forcing-in of the shaft member.

14. The mechanical component according to claim 6 , wherein the component main body has a receiving recess receiving a swollen deformed portion of the forcing-in portion generated through the forcing-in of the shaft member.

15. The mechanical component according to claim 1 , wherein the forcing-in portion has a displacement regulating structure regulating displacement in the thickness direction with respect to the component main body.

16. The mechanical component according to claim 1 , wherein the component main body is formed of a brittle material.

17. A movement equipped with a mechanical component as claimed in claim 1 .

18. A timepiece equipped with a movement as claimed in claim 17 .

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 17, 2024
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
To: SEIKO WATCH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069183/0051 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2015
From: TANABE, SACHIKO; NIWA, TAKASHI; NAKAJIMA, MASAHIRO
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 036467/0453 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-186362 · Sep 12, 2014 · national
JP 2015-135596 · Jul 6, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160077490A1 · Mar 17, 2016