Patent ID: 9274504
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G04B,G04D,Y10S,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A functional timepiece module that is integratable in a mechanical modular unit and that is in a sealed case, said functional module being derived from a sub-assembly comprising a rigid bridge carrying components required to perform a particular timepiece function of transferring a movement between at least one input wheel set and at least one output wheel set, wherein said sub-assembly is autonomous and includes all the components necessary to perform said particular timepiece function as a result of said input wheel set being set in motion by a mechanism external to said functional module, wherein said sub-assembly includes adjustment and assembly components which are permanently secured in the sealed case after the sub-assembly is transformed so the adjustment and assembly components are permanently adjusted, by said sub-assembly being adjusted and function checked for said particular timepiece function on a test bench, such that said functional module is a permanently adjusted module that is trapped in the sealed case without further adjustment being possible and that cannot be dismantled, and wherein said functional module includes at least a first bearing surface and a locating mechanism to recognize and position said functional module relative to another element of a said mechanical modular unit, or relative to a plate, by abutment of said first bearing surface on a complementary bearing surface comprised in said other element or said plate.