Reed Type Patents (Class 310/25)
  • Patent number: 11968515
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multifunctional sounding device including a housing, a first vibration system, a second vibration system, a magnetic circuit system, an elastic component and a flexible circuit board. The elastic component includes a deformation part fixed to the second vibration system and an installation part extended from both ends of the deformation part and fixed to the housing. The second vibration system is suspended in the containment cavity through the elastic component. The flexible circuit board is connected with the elastic component, so that the vibration of the flexible circuit board is coupled with the vibration of the elastic component. Therefore, the damping of the elastic component is reduced, the force received by the elastic component during vibration is reduced, and the service life of the elastic component is extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Xiao, Chenliang Kong, Tong Zhang, Ronglin Linghu
  • Patent number: 11876425
    Abstract: A vibrator support structure, a vibration motor including the vibrator support structure, and an electronic device including the vibration motor are provided. The vibrator support structure includes a housing, a vibrator, and a first support member. The vibrator is slidable in a first direction D1 and a second direction D2 that crosses the first direction D1. The vibrator is supported within the housing by the first support member, which includes a first deformation portion and a first engagement portion. The first deformation portion undergoes elastic deformation associated with vibrations of the vibrator in the first direction D1. The first engagement portion engages with the vibrator in such a manner that the vibrator produces a sliding motion associated with vibrations of the vibrator in the second direction D2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhide Takata
  • Patent number: 11758331
    Abstract: A balanced vibration system including a magnetic circuit unit, a vibration unit and a casing. The magnetic circuit unit and the vibration unit are inside the casing. The vibration unit includes a balanced iron core and a vibrating diaphragm; the balanced iron core is movably connected with the casing, the vibrating diaphragm is fixed on the casing, and the balanced iron core drives the vibrating diaphragm; the magnetic circuit unit includes a magnetic circuit coil and magnet groups, the magnetic circuit coil is sleeved on the balanced iron core, and the two magnet groups are respectively located at ends of the balanced iron core along an axial direction; each magnet group includes magnets which are arranged oppositely at both sides of the balanced iron core; when the magnetic circuit coil is ON, magnetic field forces applied by the two magnet groups to the balanced iron core are same in direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Guochang Pan
  • Patent number: 11750074
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a linear motor including a housing with an accommodation space, a vibrator, a stator, an elastic member and a flexible printed circuit board; the vibrator includes an iron core with an axis direction, a coil wounded around the iron core and a fixing member fixed on the iron core; the flexible printed circuit board is fixed on the fixing member. The fixing member serves as a bridge between the coil and the flexible printed circuit board, thus improving the fixation stability between the coil and the flexible printed circuit board and effectively avoiding disconnection of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Ma, Lubin Mao, Kejia Liu, Zhiyong Cui
  • Patent number: 11694831
    Abstract: A haptic actuator may include a housing that includes first and second shells coupled together. The first shell may include a first body and first terminals extending outwardly therefrom. The second shell may include a second body and second terminals extending outwardly therefrom with each of the second terminals being secured with a respective one of the first terminals defining pairs of first and second secured-together terminals. The haptic actuator may also include at least one coil carried by the housing and a field member movable within the housing responsive to the at least one coil. A respective flexure may be between adjacent end portions of the housing and the field member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Nils E. Larson
  • Patent number: 11681374
    Abstract: A haptic feedback system is disposed on a device, including a fixed portion, a movable portion, a connecting assembly, and a driving assembly. The fixed portion fixedly connects the device. The movable portion is movable along a first mode direction and a second mode direction relative to the fixed portion. The movable portion is movably connected to the fixed portion via the connecting assembly. The driving assembly drives the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion by a driving force, wherein a driving direction of the driving force is different from the first mode direction and the second mode direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Po-Xiang Zhuang, Wei-Jhe Shen, Yi-Ho Chen, Ko-Lun Chao
  • Patent number: 11623244
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tactile actuator can comprise: a housing having an accommodation space therein; a cap covering at least a portion of the accommodation space; a vibration unit disposed inside the accommodation space; an elastic member for connecting the housing and the vibration unit such that the vibration unit can vibrate with respect to the housing; a coil for forming a magnetic field to drive the vibration unit; and a control unit for determining any one driving mode on the basis of collected driving information from among a plurality of preset driving modes and determining, according to the driving mode, the characteristic of a current to be applied to the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CK MATERIALS LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Jun Kim, Jong Hun Lee, Jeong Bum Lee, Ji Goo Kang, Jong Hyung Jung
  • Patent number: 11585176
    Abstract: A method and a tool for sealing cracked casing cement are described. In a wellbore in which a casing is deployed, the casing and the wellbore define an annulus sealed with a casing cement. The method includes vibrating a portion of the casing cement adjacent an outer wall of the casing. The portion of the casing cement includes multiple discrete cracks. Vibrating the casing cement connects the discrete cracks to form a crack network. After vibrating the casing cement to form the crack network, a sealant is injected into the crack network through the casing. The sealant seals the crack network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Graham Hitchcock
  • Patent number: 11539281
    Abstract: A magnetically-coupled torque assist apparatus includes a movable (rotor) magnet configured to rotate about a rotor magnet axis extending through the rotor magnet, and a stationary (stator) magnet. The rotor magnet and the stator magnet have a gap therebetween. There is an equilibrium state position (ESP) of the rotor magnet where forces acting on the rotor magnet are balanced such that the rotor magnet is stationary about the rotor magnet axis. And when the rotor magnet is rotated from the equilibrium state position (ESP) to an elastically stressed state position (SSP), magnetic fields of the rotor magnet and the stator magnet generate a resultant magnetic force on the movable magnet that biases the movable magnet towards the equilibrium state position. In some embodiments, the stator and rotor magnets are configured to create a Halbach-effect magnetic field bloom, which contributes to the magnetic forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: GREEN WAVE POWER SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Clymer, Brenda Lee McConnell
  • Patent number: 11522430
    Abstract: A linear vibration actuator includes: a mover having a plurality of magnets linearly arrayed in the vibration direction; a guide portion holding the mover to be allowed to linearly move in the vibration direction; a plurality of planar coils wound in a flat plate shape on a flat surface facing the mover; a pair of first biasing magnets respectively arranged at both ends of the mover in the vibration direction; and a pair of second biasing magnets that are respectively arranged facing the pair of first biasing magnets, and respectively have the same polarities as those of the pair of first biasing magnets to bias the mover in the vibration direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Adamant Namiki Precision Jewel Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Nakamura, Motoichi Nakamura, Chihiro Okamoto, Takeshi Kogawa
  • Patent number: 11510008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stick-type vibrating driver and, more specifically, to a stick-type vibrating driver implemented so as to enable vibration to be transmitted, by using a planar movable coil plate and a stick-shaped magnet, to an object to be vibrated. The stick-type vibrating driver according to the present invention can comprise: an outer body formed in a stick shape; a magnetic circuit part formed inside the outer body, and having a pair of magnetic bodies spaced apart with the movable coil plate therebetween; a vibrating part formed inside the outer body, and vertically vibrating according to the driving of the magnetic circuit part in a state in which the upper and lower ends of the movable coil plate are fixed; and upper and lower metal suspensions respectively connected between the outer body and the vibrating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Dong-Man Kim
  • Patent number: 11476744
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator including a coil; a non-movable part constituted by a magnetic substance and disposed on one side relative to the coil; and a movable part including a permanent magnet on the other side relative to the coil. Applying a current to the coil alternately generates first and third driving forces to move the magnet and the movable part to one and the other sides in a first direction relative to the coil and the non-movable part. As the movable part moves from a neutral position to the one side in the first direction, a portion of the magnet positioned on the one side in the first direction relative to the first end of the first non-movable part gradually enlarges and is magnetically attracted toward the non-movable part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Toyota, Hitoshi Ao
  • Patent number: 11469656
    Abstract: The present application provides a linear vibrating motor comprising a housing, a vibrator and a stator that is secured to the housing and is parallel to the vibrator, the vibrator comprises a mass block and a vibrating block embedded in the middle of the mass block; the vibrating block includes a permanent magnet; push-pull structures adjoin two ends of the vibrating block respectively; the push-pull structure comprises a push-pull magnet embedded in the mass block and a push-pull coil secured to the housing; an interaction force for enhancing a magnetic field is generated between the push-pull magnet and an adjacent permanent magnet; and the push-pull coil generates a push-pull force in a horizontal direction together with the push-pull magnet after being electrified to provide an initial driving force for a reciprocating motion of the vibrator in a direction that is parallel to a plane where the stator is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Fenglei Zu, Chunfa Liu
  • Patent number: 11462984
    Abstract: The present invention provides a linear vibration motor, including a housing having an accommodating space, a vibrator disposed in the accommodating space, and a coil fixed in the housing and driving the vibrator to move. The vibrator includes a magnetic circuit system. The linear vibration motor further includes a restoring assembly fixed to the housing. The restoring assembly is made of magnetic steel and is magnetized along a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the vibrator moves. Compared with an existing spring structure, in the linear vibration motor of the present disclosure, a magnetic interaction force is formed between a restoring assembly and a vibrator to restore a vibrator. In this way, an anti-humidity and anti-high-temperature effect of the restoring assembly is improved by replacing an interaction force of a spring with a magnetic interaction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiyong Cui, Yun Tang, Jie Ma, Yao Wang
  • Patent number: 11425328
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a computing apparatus including the same are provided. A display apparatus includes: a display module including a display panel configured to display an image, a system rear cover covering a rear surface of the display module, a vibration plate between the system rear cover and the rear surface of the display module, and a vibration module configured to vibrate the vibration plate, wherein the display panel is further configured to vibrate based on a vibration of the vibration plate to output sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: DongUk Kim, JongSeo Yoon, DongIl Chung, ByeongJun Lee, JaeMin Shin, JinHo Park
  • Patent number: 11407007
    Abstract: A mini subwoofer double drive low-frequency vibrator includes a base, an upper cover, a side cover, a flexible printed circuit, a coil, a magnetic body, a counterweight, a spring piece, an internal welding piece, an external welding piece, an insulating tape, and a buffer. The magnetic body and the coil includes a symmetrical double-driving structure at both upper and lower part to mutually offset components in a non-vibration direction of an electromagnetic force and cancel vibration noises. The spring piece adopts a V-shape structure to increase an effective length of a deformation zone and to make a response frequency even lower. Two V-shape springs are distributed symmetrically in a center, making an operation more stable. The buffer is adopted to enhance service life, for fear of a spring damage caused by high circuit voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Chizhoushi Honggang Science and Technology Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Qiang Liu
  • Patent number: 11391698
    Abstract: Embodiments of tuning fork-based sensors are disclosed. The sensors may include a measurement sensor that includes a diaphragm disposed on a proximal end and a plurality of forks extending from the diaphragm toward the distal end of the sensor. The diaphragm may have a domed geometry defining a curved surface. The plurality of forks may extending from the curved surface of the diaphragm toward the distal end and each of the plurality of forks may include a stub portion connected to the diaphragm, a stem portion, and a paddle portion. Some sensors, such as measurement sensors, may include a stem portion formed from a corrosive material. A reference sensor may be provided to compensate for changes in frequency measurements due to temperature, viscosity, or other environmental factors present in the environment where the sensors are deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Mistras Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Hossain Saboonchi, Edward Lowenhar, Miguel A. Gonzalez Nunez, David Carlson
  • Patent number: 11309781
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a linear vibration motor. The linear vibration motor includes a base, a vibration unit, an elastic piece and a coil assembly. The vibration unit includes a weight, a containing groove penetrating the weight, and two magnets arranged in the containing groove. The elastic piece is located on one side of the vibration unit and is connected with the vibration unit. The coil assembly has an iron core and a coil wound around the iron core. The two magnets are magnetized such that the magnetic poles of the two magnets are oppositely arranged. The magnetizing direction of the coil assembly is perpendicular to the vibration direction and is parallel to the connecting line of the two magnets. Compared with the related art, the linear vibration motor is improved in vibration performance and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Tang, Lubin Mao
  • Patent number: 11264881
    Abstract: In a magnetic drive circuit of an actuator, a first yoke and a second yoke are disposed on both sides in a first direction across a coil, and a first magnet and a second magnet are fixed to the first yoke and the second yoke. The first yoke includes a first connecting plate part and a second connecting plate part that extend toward the second yoke. Thus, welding of the first connecting plate part and the second yoke and the second connecting plate part and the second yoke can be efficiently performed on a different side in the first direction (a side where the second yoke is located).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Tsuchihashi, Tadashi Takeda, Hiroshi Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11239737
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linear vibration motor. The linear vibration motor comprises a shell having a housing space, a vibration unit housed in the housing space, an elastic member suspending the vibration unit in the housing space, and a driving unit driving the vibration unit to vibrate. The vibration unit comprises a housing portion recessed inwardly on two sides perpendicular to the vibration direction. The housing portion includes respective inner walls constituting the housing portion. The linear vibration motor further includes a blocking piece housing in the housing portion and fixedly connected to the inner wall, and a foamed cotton fixedly connected to the blocking piece and at least partially received in the housing portion, the blocking piece carrying and supporting the foamed cotton, and the blocking piece cooperating with the foamed cotton to limit the displacement of the vibration unit in the vibration direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: ACC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Tao, Fanghua Ling, Junsheng Wang, Xiaofeng Pu
  • Patent number: 11211839
    Abstract: The invention provides a vibration motor includes a housing, a vibrator in the housing, a stator accommodated in the housing, and a number of elastic parts suspending the vibrator in the housing. One of the vibrator and the stator includes a magnetic circuit system, and the other includes a coil. The elastic part is in an H shape, each has a first fixation part fixedly connected with the magnetic circuit system, and two second fixation parts perpendicularly extending from two opposite ends of the first fixation part. In addition, an interval is formed between the two second fixation parts. The second fixation parts and the first fixation part are fixedly connected with the housing. Therefore, the amount of parts of the vibration motor is reduced, the structure of the elastic part is simple, the machining and forming are simplified, and the cost is lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Fanghua Ling, Feng Tao, Xiaofeng Pu
  • Patent number: 11211859
    Abstract: Provided is a linear vibration motor, including a housing having a receiving space and including a wall surface, and a stator, a vibrator and an elastic support supporting the vibrator that are received in the housing. The vibrator includes a body having a receiving hole, and a magnetic circuit structure fixed to an inner wall of the receiving hole and forming a magnetic gap. The stator is fixed to the wall surface and located in the magnetic gap. The magnetic circuit structure includes first permanent magnets opposite to and spaced apart from each other, each of which includes a first surface facing the wall surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. At least one of the first and second surfaces is recessed towards the other of the first and second surfaces to form a groove. A baffle is provided in the groove and fixed to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Tang, Lubin Mao
  • Patent number: 11192141
    Abstract: A vibrating actuator is disclosed, comprising: a magnet arrangement including at least one magnet (1); a hollow member (4) comprising at least one coil member (2) with a coil transversally surrounding a cavity (5) forming a longitudinal passageway for receiving the magnet arrangement and permitting a longitudinal relative movement between the hollow member (4) and the magnet arrangement; and elastic means (6) interconnecting the magnet arrangement and the hollow member (4). In one aspect, the elastic means (6) are thin membranes having an oblong shape with transversal indentations (10) on their opposite long sides. In another aspect, at least two magnets (1) are arranged with same polarities facing each other inside a magnet frame (8) at least partially surrounding the magnets (1). Furthermore, methods for assembling the magnet arrangement of a vibrating actuator, the hollow member of a vibrating actuator, and the overall vibrating actuator are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Lofelt GmbH
    Inventors: Amir Berrezag, Daniel Büttner
  • Patent number: 11183915
    Abstract: An electric element includes a substrate including a resin layer and a first conductive body, and a magnet. The substrate includes a first principal surface facing the magnet. The first conductive body includes a coil portion having a winding axis orthogonal to the first principal surface and located on a side closest to the first principal surface. The coil portion includes a continuous coil conductor including a first coil surface facing the first principal surface and a second coil surface opposite to the first coil surface. The coil conductor has a non-uniform thickness in a winding axis direction varying a distance between the first and second coil surfaces, and a difference of maximum and minimum values of distance between the first coil surface and the first principal surface is smaller than a difference of maximum and minimum values of distance between the second coil surface and the first principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shingo Ito
  • Patent number: 11178495
    Abstract: The electromechanical transducer is provided with: a structure portion in which a magnet, yokes, and a coil are integrally arranged; an armature which includes an inner portion penetrating through an internal space of the structure portion along a central axis in the X-direction, and outer portions, constitutes a magnetic circuit with the structure portion, and is displaced in the Z-direction; and elastic members providing the armature with a recovery force. Each of the elastic members has a first and a second engaging portions. A width in which a force in the Z-direction acts between each of the elastic members and the structure portion via the first engaging portion has a first distance. A width between each of the elastic members and the outer portion via the second engaging portion has a second distance in the Y-direction, wherein the dimension condition of 2a>2×2b is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: RION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Iwakura
  • Patent number: 11152843
    Abstract: An electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy, the electromechanical generator comprising: a central mast, an electrically conductive coil assembly fixedly mounted to the mast, a magnetic core assembly movably mounted to the mast for linear vibrational motion a biasing device mounted between the mast and the magnetic core assembly, the biasing device comprising a pair of first and second plate springs, and a resilient device mounted between the biasing device and the magnetic core assembly, the resilient device being configured to be deformed between the biasing device and the magnetic core assembly when the magnetic core assembly has moved, by the linear vibrational motion, away from an equilibrium position by a predetermined non-zero threshold amplitude, the resilient device comprising a pair of first and second flat spring elements, each having an outer edge fitted to the magnetic core assembly and a free inner edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Perpetuum Ltd
    Inventor: Adam Wasenczuk
  • Patent number: 11123767
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a tactile actuator can comprise: a housing having an accommodation space therein; a cap covering at least a portion of the accommodation space; a vibration unit disposed inside the accommodation space; an elastic member for connecting the housing and the vibration unit such that the vibration unit can vibrate with respect to the housing; a coil for forming a magnetic field to drive the vibration unit; and a control unit for determining any one driving mode on the basis of collected driving information from among a plurality of preset driving modes and determining, according to the driving mode, the characteristic of a current to be applied to the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: CK MATERIALS LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Jun Kim, Jong Hun Lee, Jeong Bum Lee, Ji Goo Kang, Jong Hyung Jung
  • Patent number: 11115754
    Abstract: An actuator is provided that is attached to an electronic device and configured to generate sound and vibration. The actuator includes: a first casing having sidewalls and a bottom; a second casing affixed to the first casing and forming a top; a printed circuit board attached to the first casing and configured to transmit a signal; a voice coil configured to receive the signal from the printed circuit board; and a vibrator configured to vibrate by an electromagnetic force produced through an interaction with the voice coil. The first casing forms a surface that is attached to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: EM-TECH. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheon Myeong Kim, Jeong Ae Ha, Kyeong Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11108296
    Abstract: An actuator may include a movable body; a support body; a connecting body disposed in contact with both the movable body and the support body in a position in which the movable body and the support body face each other; and a magnetic driving circuit including a coil in the support body and a permanent magnet in the movable body. The magnetic driving circuit may cause the movable body to vibrate. The support body may include a coil holder that holds the coil, a case that covers a circumference of the movable body and the coil holder, and a power supply board held by the coil holder in a position exposed from the case and to which a coil wire forming the coil is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Mori, Hiroshi Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11081950
    Abstract: Provided is a linear vibration motor, including: a housing having a receiving space; a vibration unit received in the receiving space; an elastic assembly configured to suspend the vibration unit in the receiving space, and a driving unit fixed to the housing and configured to drive the vibration unit to vibrate. The linear vibration motor includes a coil assembly and two first permanent magnets respectively provided at two sides of the coil assembly. The vibration unit includes one of the coil assembly and the first permanent magnets, and the driving unit includes the other one. When the vibration unit is static, a central axis of the first permanent magnet perpendicular to a vibrating direction of the vibration unit and a central axis of the coil assembly perpendicular to the vibrating direction of the vibration unit are spaced apart from each other in the vibrating direction of the vibration unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11050334
    Abstract: An actuator may include a movable body; a support body; a connecting body disposed in contact with both the movable body and the support body; and a magnetic driving circuit including a coil provided in a first member, and a permanent magnet provided in a second member. The magnetic driving circuit may vibrate the movable body. The first member may include a coil holder and a power supply board. Both end portions of the power supply board may fit, from a second side in the first direction, inside of a pair of slits extending to a first side in the first direction. The power supply board may fit in the pair of slits to a depth in which the power supply board is in contact with a contact portion of the coil holder. The coil wire may be slackened in a section between the coil and a connecting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Mori, Hiroshi Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11025149
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor comprising a movable element, having an integrated magnet, and a coil wherein winding parts and are caused to cross lines of magnetic force M1 and M2 of the magnet, where the coil is near to the movable element, and wherein the movable element is caused to vibrate along an axial direction through application of power to the coil, wherein: in the magnet, the direction of magnetization is aligned with the axial direction, and the magnet has two magnet pieces and, lined up in a direction that crosses the axial direction, and that have magnetic poles in mutually opposing directions; and other magnet pieces and, having magnetic poles that are magnetized in a crossing direction, where magnetic poles are in contact with, or near to, the identical magnetic poles of the two opposing magnetic poles on the same end sides of the two magnet pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsuke Okayasu
  • Patent number: 10992215
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vibration motor including a housing, a vibrator accommodated in the housing, a driving apparatus, and an elastic part elastically supporting the vibrator. The housing includes a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall, the vibrator includes a counterweight block and a magnet steel disposed therein, and the counterweight block includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and an inner wall connecting the upper surface and the lower surface. The driving apparatus includes a first coil, a second coil, and an iron core. The iron core includes a main body portion, a first fixed end, and a second fixed end, the first coil is sleeved over the first fixed end, the second coil is sleeved over the second fixed end, and the main body portion of the iron core is disposed in the hollow portion and disposed opposite and spaced from the magnet steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Tang, Lubin Mao
  • Patent number: 10971984
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, and a suspension portion; the fixed portion further includes an outer frame, a coil set, a conductive sheet set, a connecting circuit and a terminal; the movable portion includes a bracket, a primary magnet set, at least a secondary magnet set; the suspension portion includes a pair of elastic members connected to the fixed portion and the movable portion, and provides a restoring force when the movable portion is displaced; the coil set and the primary magnet set provide a driving force to drive the movable portion to generate vibration; the conductive sheet set and the secondary magnet set provide damping when the movable portion moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOPRAY MEMS INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Sung Liu, Shin-Ter Tsai, Hsiao-Ming Chien
  • Patent number: 10951089
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vibration device, including a stator, an eccentric wheel and an electromagnetic driving assembly. The eccentric wheel rotates around a rotating shaft relative to the stator. The electromagnetic driving assembly includes at least one magnetic element and an induction coil. The at least one magnetic element is disposed on the eccentric wheel. The induction coil corresponds to the magnetic element, and the induction coil is disposed on the stator. When acurrent is applied to the induction coil, the induction coil acts with the magnetic element to generate an electromagnetic force to drive the eccentric wheel to rotate around the rotating shaft, so that the vibration device generates a vibration. The rotating shaft is disposed on the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Che-Wei Chang
  • Patent number: 10951104
    Abstract: Provided is a linear actuator including a movable element, a stationary element, a magnetic drive mechanism configured to linearly move the movable element in a first direction with respect to the stationary element, and damper member arranged between the movable element and the stationary element. The magnetic drive mechanism includes a coil holder arranged on the stationary element, a coil supported by a coil supporting unit of the coil holder, a first yoke arranged on the movable element, and a first permanent magnet held by the first yoke. The damper member is arranged in a portion where the first yoke and the coil holder face each other in the second direction. As a result, the damper member can be arranged between the stationary element and the movable element without using a case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Takeda, Hiroshi Kitahara, Masao Tsuchihashi
  • Patent number: 10938287
    Abstract: An actuator may include a supporting body; a movable body; a first magnetic drive circuit including a first coil and a first magnet disposed adjacent to each other in a first direction and driving the movable body in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a second magnetic drive circuit including a second coil and a second magnet disposed adjacent to each other in the first direction and driving the movable body in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and intersecting the second direction. The second coil and the second magnet may be disposed in alignment with the first magnetic drive circuit in the first direction. The supporting body may include a restraining member. A first elastic member may be in contact with both the movable body and the restraining member. A second elastic may be in contact with both the movable body the restraining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Tsuchihashi, Tadashi Takeda, Hiroshi Kitahara
  • Patent number: 10921179
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbine engine, the assembly including a casing and an impeller rotatably movable inside the casing, the impeller including at least one blade having a tip edge opposite the casing, wherein the tip edge includes a magnet and wherein the casing includes an electrical conductor suitable for generating between the terminals thereof an electric voltage induced by the magnet of the tip edge opposite same and representing vibrations sustained by the tip edge of the blade when the impeller is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
    Inventors: Arnaud Talon, Gilbert Arrouge, Jean-Yves Cazaux, Julien Garnier
  • Patent number: 10879781
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of electronics and provides a linear vibrating motor comprising a motor housing, a stator, a vibrator and an elastic support member for suspending the vibrator in the motor housing and for supporting the vibrator and providing an elastic restoring force; the motor housing comprises a first lateral housing and a second lateral housing; the first lateral housing comprises a first lateral plate, as well as a second lateral plate and a third lateral plate that are disposed at two ends of the first lateral plate respectively; the second lateral housing comprises a fourth lateral plate, as well as a fifth lateral plate and a sixth lateral plate that are disposed at two ends of the fourth lateral plate respectively; and the first lateral housing and the second lateral housing are fastened to form a closed space that accommodates the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yueguang Zhu, Yuncheng Li
  • Patent number: 10868465
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linear vibration motor. The linear vibration motor includes: a housing and a stator; a vibrator including a mass with a receiving hole and a first driving member disposed in the receiving hole and fixed to the mass; and an elastic support member. The stator includes a fixed member fixed to the housing and passing through the mass via the receiving hole, and a second driving member fixed to the fixed member and spaced apart from the first driving member. One of the first driving member and the second driving member includes a permanent magnet, and the other includes a coil. A first through hole is formed in the top wall. A second through hole is formed in the bottom wall. Two opposite ends of the fixed member in the vibration direction are respectively embedded into the first through hole and the second through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Tang, Lubin Mao
  • Patent number: 10855156
    Abstract: A vibration actuator has a movable body including a magnet, a fixing body including a coil, and an elastic support portion. The movable body vibrates in a magnetization direction of the magnet in cooperation with the coil to which power is supplied and the magnet. The fixing body has a peripheral wall portion that is disposed to surround the movable body in a direction intersecting the magnetization direction. The elastic support portion is a plate spring which has one end portion fixed to an outer periphery of the movable body opposing an inner surface of the peripheral wall portion and the other end portion fixed to the peripheral wall portion and is disposed in a radial direction from the outer periphery of the movable body. The one end portion of the elastic support portion is bonded by a fixing portion provided in the movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Matsuyama, Shinya Tashima, Koichi Azumai, Katsuhiro Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10831276
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a haptic feedback module for generating a haptic feedback event is described. The haptic feedback module includes an enclosure having walls that define a cavity. The enclosure is capable of carrying operational components within the cavity that include a frame that includes tungsten, a magnetic coil element that is capable of generating a magnetic field, a magnetic element that is carried within an aperture of the frame, linear-actuation end stops that are welded to a first end of the frame and a second end of the frame that opposes the first end, and springs that couple together the walls of the enclosure to the linear-actuation end stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Dominic P. Cincione, Matthew D. Dombach, Darya Amin-Shahidi, Scott D. Ridel, Vu A. Hong, Alex J. Speltz, Denis G. Chen
  • Patent number: 10833558
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vibration device, including a stator, an eccentric wheel and an electromagnetic driving assembly. The eccentric wheel rotates around a rotating shaft relative to the stator. The electromagnetic driving assembly includes at least one magnetic element and an induction coil. The at least one magnetic element is disposed on the eccentric wheel. The induction coil corresponds to the magnetic element, and the induction coil is disposed on the stator. When a current is applied to the induction coil, the induction coil acts with the magnetic element to generate an electromagnetic force to drive the eccentric wheel to rotate around the rotating shaft, so that the vibration device generates a vibration. The rotating shaft is disposed on the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TDK Taiwan Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Che-Wei Chang
  • Patent number: 10819202
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor includes: a casing having an upper casing whose bottom is open and a lower casing coupled to the upper casing to form an internal space therein; a stator disposed on top of the lower casing in the internal space formed by the casing; an elastic member disposed around the stator in the internal space formed by the casing in such a manner as to allow one surface thereof to be coupled to the lower casing; an oscillator mounted on the other surface of the elastic member and having a ring-shaped magnet disposed around the stator; and a magnetic fluid applied to top of the ring-shaped magnet, wherein the upper casing includes a ring-shaped protrusion formed on the inner surface facing the lower casing, and an inner diameter of the ring-shaped protrusion is greater than an outer diameter of the ring-shaped magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: MPLUS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seuk Hwan Chung
  • Patent number: 10784758
    Abstract: Disclosed is a linear vibration motor, comprising a vibrator and a stator, the vibrator comprises a counterweight block and a vibration block, the vibration block includes at least two magnets adjacently arranged and a magnetic conductive yoke disposed between any two adjacent magnets, and polarities of adjacent ends of two adjacent magnets are the same. The magnets are any combination of a permanent magnet and/or an electromagnet. The stator includes a stator coil disposed at one side, or upper and lower sides of the vibrator, and a magnetic conductive core disposed in the stator coil, and the axis direction of the stator coil is perpendicular to the magnetization direction of the magnets. The linear vibration motor adopts free combinations of permanent magnets and electromagnets to constitute the vibration block, and thus expands the implementation manners of the linear vibration motor so as to improve the flexibility in the production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Chunfa Liu, Fenglei Zu
  • Patent number: 10764688
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a speaker, including a holder, a magnetic circuit unit, a vibration unit, and an electrical connection member. The vibration unit includes a diaphragm and a voice coil. The electrical connection member is electrically connected to the voice coil. The magnetic circuit unit includes a yoke. A pad fixed to the holder is formed at an end of the electrical connection member facing away from the voice coil. The yoke includes a bottom plate exposed out of the holder, and a recess is formed at a side of the bottom plate facing away from the diaphragm. The speaker further includes a printed circuit board connected to the pad. The printed circuit board electrically connects the electrical connection member with an external circuit, and the printed circuit board is received in the recess and extends to the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Guqing Zhang
  • Patent number: 10742104
    Abstract: The present application discloses a linear vibrating motor and relates to the technical field of micro-motors. The linear vibrating motor comprises a housing, a stator and a vibrator, and further comprises elastic support members, which are located at two ends of the vibrator and configured to support the vibrator and to provide elastic restoring forces, wherein the elastic support member comprises two elastic arms; connecting portions are disposed at two ends of the same side of each elastic arm respectively; the connecting portions at one ends of the two elastic arms are combined together; the two elastic arms extend toward the respective connecting portions respectively in a transverse direction to form a transverse cross structure; and the two connecting portions at the other ends of the two elastic arms are in combination with the vibrator and the housing respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yueguang Zhu, Baoyu Liu, Yuncheng Li
  • Patent number: 10610892
    Abstract: A vibration actuator includes: a movable part including one of a coil or a magnet; a fixing part including the other one of the coil or the magnet; and an elastic supporting part supporting the movable part to the fixing part. The movable part reciprocates to the fixing part in a vibrating direction by interaction between the coil and the magnet. The magnet is disposed to be radially inwardly spaced apart from the coil. The elastic supporting part is fixed at its one end to the fixing part and at its other end to the movable part. The elastic supporting part has a structure for cantilevering the movable part. The movable part includes a weight provided on a free-end side of the movable part and a weight connecting part to which the weight is connected. The weight is fixed to the weight connecting part by a fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Kazutaka Sakaguchi, Yasutaka Kitamura, Shigeyuki Shimomura, Yuki Ogihara
  • Patent number: 10610893
    Abstract: A vibration actuator includes: a movable part including a coil or a magnet; a fixing part including the other one of the coil or the magnet; and an elastic supporting part supporting the movable part such that the movable part is movable to the fixing part. The movable part reciprocates with respect to the fixing part in a vibrating direction by interaction between the coil and the magnet. The magnet is disposed to be radially inwardly spaced apart from the coil. The elastic supporting part is fixed at its one end to the fixing part and at its other end to the movable part. The elastic supporting part has a structure for cantilevering the movable part. The coil in a state of being fixed to a resin coil holder is integrated in the movable part or the fixing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Kazutaka Sakaguchi, Yasutaka Kitamura, Shigeyuki Shimomura, Yuki Ogihara
  • Patent number: 10610894
    Abstract: A vibration actuator includes: a movable part including a coil; a fixing part including a magnet; and an elastic supporting part supporting the movable part such that the movable part is movable to the fixing part. The movable part reciprocates to the fixing part in a vibrating direction by interaction between the coil and the magnet. The magnet includes a first magnet and a second magnet joined to each other such that their magnetization directions are opposite to each other, and the magnet is disposed to be radially inwardly spaced apart from the coil. The elastic supporting part is fixed at its one end to the fixing part and at its other end to the movable part. The elastic supporting part has a structure for cantilevering the movable part. At least one of the first and the second magnets includes a depressed portion in its joining surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Kazutaka Sakaguchi, Yasutaka Kitamura, Shigeyuki Shimomura, Yuki Ogihara