Ask any question about EPFL courses, lectures, exercises, research, news, etc. or try the example questions below.
DISCLAIMER: The Graph Chatbot is not programmed to provide explicit or categorical answers to your questions. Rather, it transforms your questions into API requests that are distributed across the various IT services officially administered by EPFL. Its purpose is solely to collect and recommend relevant references to content that you can explore to help you answer your questions.
Horological oscillator comprising: - a first inertial body (141; 151; 1305; 1405; 1505; 301; 311; 314; 41; 51; 507; 529; 544; 541; 901; 903) arranged to rotate with respect to a first axis; - a second inertial body (143; 153; 1306; 1406; 1506; 302; 313; 316; 42; 52; 509; 531; 546; 543; 902; 904) arranged to rotate with respect to a second axis parallel to said first axis; - at least one elastic element (144, 155, 156, 157; 154, 155, 156, 157; 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322; 1419, 1420, 1421, 1422; 1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1507; 305, 306; 317, 318, 319, 320; 321, 322, 323, 324; 43, 44, 45, 46; 53, 54, 55, 56; 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506; 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528; 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 547, 548, 549, 550, 557, 558, 559, 560; 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935) arranged to apply a restoring torque to at least one of said inertial bodies so as to urge said inertial body towards a neutral position. According to the invention, the oscillator further comprises: - a substantially rigid coupler link (142; 152; 1307; 1407; 1507; 307; 312; 315; 47; 57; 508; 530; 545; 542; 745; 746; 800; 810; 922; 951) attached at a first pivot point to said first inertial body (141; 151; 1305; 1405; 1505; 301; 311; 314; 41; 51; 507; 529; 544; 541; 901; 903) and at a second pivot point to said second inertial body such that said inertial bodies are arranged to rotate synchronously about their respective axes, wherein said substantially rigid coupler link (142; 152; 1307; 1407; 1507; 307; 312; 315; 47; 57; 508; 530; 545; 542; 745; 746; 800; 810; 922; 951) comprises a bar or rod and is arranged to transmit force between said first inertial body (141; 151; 1305; 1405; 1505; 301; 311; 314; 41; 51; 507; 529; 544; 541; 901; 903) and said second inertial body (143; 153; 1306; 1406; 1506; 302; 313; 316; 42; 52; 509; 531; 546; 543; 902; 904) according to a vector substantially aligned along an axis (λ2) joining the first and second pivot points.
Jan Skaloud, Aman Sharma, Gabriel François Laupré
Jan Skaloud, Aman Sharma, Gabriel François Laupré