Hairspring material for mechanical timepiece and hairspring using the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9395692
APP PUB NO 20150241847A1
SERIAL NO

14421233

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A hairspring material for a mechanical timepiece includes an alloy which contains 37.5 to 39.5% by mass of Ni, 9.2 to 9.9% by mass of Cr, 0.35 to 0.55% by mass of Ti, and 0.6 to 0.9% by mass of Be, based on the total amount of the alloy, and contains in the remainder Fe and unavoidable impurities, the alloy being an alloy containing, as the unavoidable impurities, C (carbon), Mn in an amount of more than 0% by mass but not more than 0.5% by mass and Al in an amount of more than 0% by mass but less than 0.03% by mass, the amount of the C (carbon) being limited to not more than 0.03% by mass. The hairspring material can provide a smaller variation in Young's modulus than that of conventional hairspring materials.

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  • CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.;HITACHI METALS, LTD.;HITACHI METALS NEOMATERIAL, LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hirai, Yoshirou Sayama, JP 6 14
Matsumoto, Shinichi Tokorozawa, JP 158 1974
Tsuchiya, Kenji Higashikurume, JP 102 912
Yamamoto, Shinji Suita, JP 417 7738

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