Patents Assigned to Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd
  • Patent number: 8698366
    Abstract: A flat type vibration motor realizing strong fastening of a rotor frame and an eccentric weight without welding, that is, a flat type vibration motor provided with a cover case having a tubular part with an opening closed by a stator structure and supporting one end of a shaft and with a rotor frame supported to be able to rotate via a slide bearing through which the shaft runs and having an axial direction field-type rotary magnet and an eccentric weight, wherein the rotor frame has a disk part having a burring part into which a slide bearing is fitted and at least one rivet hole, while the eccentric weight has a covering part superposed over the disk part at the side opposite to the stator structure, at least one rivet which is inserted from the covering part through the rivet hole and have heads which are crushed at the stator structure side of the disk part, and an eave-shaped taper part hanging down from the covering part over the outer circumferential edge of the disk part to the stator structure side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignees: Nidec Semitsu Corporation, Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Naoki Kanai
  • Patent number: 8106546
    Abstract: A reciprocating vibrator able to prevent detachment of a spindle even without an outer cover, that is, a vibration linear actuator provided with a ring-shaped weight 20 having a permanent magnet 30, 31 at its inner circumference side, a first plate spring 40 fastened to a first end face 20a of this weight 20 at outer circumference side tail parts 41a, 42a, a second plate spring 50 fastened to a second end face 20b of the weight 20 at outer circumference side tail parts 51a, 52a, and a stator supporting the first and second plate springs 40, 50 and having an excitation coil 60 generating a reciprocating vibrating magnetic field with respect to the weight 20 at an inner circumference side of the permanent magnet 30, 31, wherein the stator further has a metal end plate 70 fastening the second plate spring 50 by the ring-shaped plate part 53.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Yamazaki, Keisuke Furuichi, Hiroki Katou
  • Patent number: 8097991
    Abstract: A reciprocating vibration generator of a structure enabling force of a reciprocating vibrating body striking a coil to be absorbed by magnetic fluid even if an external impact force is applied, that is, a reciprocating vibration generator provided in a case body 100 with an upper plate spring 40 and a lower plate spring 50 for supporting a ring-shaped weight 20 having a ring-shaped permanent magnet 30 comprised of a combination of semi-ring-shaped permanent magnets 30R, 30L at its inner circumference side so as to be able to reciprocally vibrate in a vertical direction and a cylindrical excitation coil 60 passing through the inside of the ring-shaped permanent magnet 30 in the vertical direction and generating a reciprocating vibrating magnetic field, wherein the semi-ring-shaped permanent magnets 30R, 30L are magnetized in a direction spanning the inner circumferential surface and outer circumferential surface, the inner circumferential surface and top and bottom end faces of the semi-ring-shaped permanent m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yamazaki Masami, Furuichi Keisuke, Katou Hiroki
  • Patent number: 8074240
    Abstract: A disc drive device able to increase the number of plastic flexible cantilever beams and improve a centering holding function of a disc to enable handling of high speed revolution, that is, a disc drive device having a plastic turntable mounted on a shaft of a spindle motor, wherein this turntable has a disc hole engagement projection provided with a ring-shaped projection and a plurality of centering portions which extend from this ring-shaped projection outwardly in a diametrical direction and have guide surfaces from which an edge of a disc hole easily slides off, a disc carrying portion, through holes formed defined between adjoining centering portions, and flexible cantilever beams extending in the through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110266901
    Abstract: A flat type vibration motor realizing strong fastening of a rotor frame and an eccentric weight without welding, that is, a flat type vibration motor provided with a cover case having a tubular part with an opening closed by a stator structure and supporting one end of a shaft and with a rotor frame supported to be able to rotate via a slide bearing through which the shaft runs and having an axial direction field-type rotary magnet and an eccentric weight, wherein the rotor frame has a disk part having a burring part into which a slide bearing is fitted and at least one rivet hole, while the eccentric weight has a covering part superposed over the disk part at the side opposite to the stator structure, at least one rivet which is inserted from the covering part through the rivet hole and have heads which are crushed at the stator structure side of the disk part, and an eave-shaped taper part hanging down from the covering part over the outer circumferential edge of the disk part to the stator structure side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: SANYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki KANAI
  • Publication number: 20110260559
    Abstract: A flat vibration motor for suppressing deformation of coils even in a reflow at a high temperature, having a stator structure 10 fixing a shaft 1 and having no-core coils C1 and C2; a cover case 20 covered by the stator structure 10 and supporting the other end of the shaft 1; and a rotor frame 30; wherein the stator structure 10 includes: a board 12 having a first face 12a being provided with electrode patterns E1-E3 and a second face 12b being provided with a wiring pattern to be connected to the electrode patterns and to the no-core coils; and a base frame 14 having a burring part 15a into which one end of the shaft 1 is fitted, and being sandwiched between the rotor frame 30 and the upper surfaces of the coils C1 and C2 by abutting against the coils C1 and C2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicants: SANYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki KANAI
  • Patent number: 8008818
    Abstract: A flat vibration motor able to be mounted to a device side board by just reflow processing and able to reduce the occupied area, that is, a flat vibration motor provided with a stator plate having a through hole into which one end of a shaft is fit, the stator plate having a magnetic metal core plate having detent torque generating holes 10a to 10c, interconnect patterns arranged on a first electrical insulating film formed on this front surface, and electrode patterns arranged on a second electrical insulating film formed on a back surface of the magnetic metal core plate and connected with the interconnect patterns through the through holes h1 to h3, the insides of the detent torque generating holes 10a to 10c being covered by front-to-back superposed films formed by extensions of the first electrical insulating film and second electrical insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro Saito, Naoki Kanai, Mitsuru Ooi, Masaki Arai
  • Publication number: 20110198949
    Abstract: A vibration generator making a closed loop of a magnetic circuit of a permanent magnet to obtain a high vibrating force while kept small in size, including a reciprocating vibrator having a ring-shaped permanent magnet in a center hole of a ring-shaped weight, a first and second plate springs supporting this reciprocating vibrator at a recessed case and end plate to be able to elastically displace in a thickness direction spanning a first and a second end faces, a tubular toroidal coil passing through a center hole of the permanent magnet and generating a reciprocating vibrating magnetic field for reciprocatingly driving the permanent magnet in the thickness direction, and a columnar core passing through this toroidal coil, the ring-shaped permanent magnet being magnetized in the thickness direction, and the toroidal coil having a lower toroidal coil and an adjoining reversely wound series connected upper toroidal coil coaxial with the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke FURUICH, Masahiko MIYAZAKI, Tomohiro AKANUMA, Takahiro TAKAGI
  • Publication number: 20110198948
    Abstract: A reciprocating vibration generator making the magnetic circuit of a permanent magnet a closed loop so as to obtain a high vibration force, specifically a vibration linear actuator having a ring-shaped weight, a reciprocating vibrator having a ring-shaped permanent magnet in a center hole of the weight, a first plate spring and a second plate spring supporting this reciprocating vibrator with respect to a recessed case and an end plate to be able to elastically displace in a thickness direction between a first end face and a second end face, a tube-shaped toroidal coil running through a center hole of the ring-shaped permanent magnet and generating a reciprocating vibration magnetic field for driving the ring-shaped permanent magnet to reciprocate in the thickness direction, and a columnar core running through the inside of this toroidal coil, wherein the ring-shaped permanent magnet is magnetized in the thickness direction, and the toroidal coil has a lower stage toroidal coil and an upper stage toroidal coi
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Furuich Keisuke, Takagi Takahiro
  • Patent number: 7888832
    Abstract: A vibration motor having mounting hardware with a width dimension able to be kept within a thickness of a motor case, that is, a vibration motor provided with a vibration motor body attaching an eccentric weight to a motor shaft sticking out from a bearing part of a motor case and attaching a pair of motor terminals to a plastic end cap closing an opening of the motor case and with mounting hardware carrying this vibration motor body and to be set on a board, wherein the mounting hardware has a raised bottom flat-shaped part facing a barrel circumference of the motor case, oriented in an axial direction, and to be bonded to mounting patterns on the board, a collar-shaped support piece extending from this raised bottom flat-shaped part and fit over the bearing part in the axial direction, and a plug-in support piece extending from the raised bottom flat-shaped part to the opening side and plugged into first and second positioning slots provided in the plastic end cap in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignees: Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nakamura Masato
  • Publication number: 20100237728
    Abstract: A flat vibration motor able to be mounted to a device side board by just reflow processing and able to reduce the occupied area, that is, a flat vibration motor provided with a stator plate having a through hole into which one end of a shaft is fit, the stator plate having a magnetic metal core plate having detent torque generating holes 10a to 10c, interconnect patterns arranged on a first electrical insulating film formed on this front surface, and electrode patterns arranged on a second electrical insulating film formed on a back surface of the magnetic metal core plate and connected with the interconnect patterns through the through holes h1 to h3, the insides of the detent torque generating holes 10a to 10c being covered by front-to-back superposed films formed by extensions of the first electrical insulating film and second electrical insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro SAITO, Naoki Kanai, Mitsuru Ooi, Masaki Arai
  • Publication number: 20100102646
    Abstract: A reciprocating vibration generator of a structure enabling force of a reciprocating vibrating body striking a coil to be absorbed by magnetic fluid even if an external impact force is applied, that is, a reciprocating vibration generator provided in a case body 100 with an upper plate spring 40 and a lower plate spring 50 for supporting a ring-shaped weight 20 having a ring-shaped permanent magnet 30 comprised of a combination of semi-ring-shaped permanent magnets 30R, 30L at its inner circumference side so as to be able to reciprocally vibrate in a vertical direction and a cylindrical excitation coil 60 passing through the inside of the ring-shaped permanent magnet 30 in the vertical direction and generating a reciprocating vibrating magnetic field, wherein the semi-ring-shaped permanent magnets 30R, 30L are magnetized in a direction spanning the inner circumferential surface and outer circumferential surface, the inner circumferential surface and top and bottom end faces of the semi-ring-shaped permanent m
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yamazaki Masami, Furuichi Keisuke, Katou Hiroki
  • Publication number: 20100077419
    Abstract: A disk drive apparatus able to prevent jamming of a disk and abutting parts having a rotary table fit on a shaft of a brushless motor and carrying a disk and a centering part elastically biased in an axial direction away from a center hole of this rotary table and fit in a center through hole of the disk to center and hold the disk, the centering part having inelastic abutting parts sticking out from a center taper part in radial directions and abutting against an inner circumferential edge of the center through hole and having outer circumferential groove parts forming clearances from the inner circumferential edge between the inelastic abutting parts adjoining each other in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20100066182
    Abstract: A reciprocating vibrator able to prevent detachment of a spindle etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicants: SANYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masami YAMAZAKI, Keisuke Furuichi, Hiroki Katou
  • Patent number: 7679240
    Abstract: A vibration motor having an eccentric weight 20 includes a tubular metal holder frame 30 with a flat bottom part 31 and a wall surface 32, the flat bottom part 31 having an inner projection 31f with a bottom-up recess part W, the upper wall surface 32 being domed; a pair of external terminal pieces 14 and 15 attached to a plastic end cap 13, wherein the plastic end cap 13 has spacer projections 13b and 13c inserted between the motor case 11 and the flat bottom part 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Kono
  • Publication number: 20090309436
    Abstract: A flat vibration motor including a stator having a spindle for mounting a flexible substrate, and a rotor having an eccentric weight and rotatably supported by the spindle, the flexible substrate having a lower surface substrate overlapped on the lower surface of the stator and centered around the spindle, an upper surface substrate overlapped on the upper surface of the stator plate, and a narrow-width connecting part for connecting the lower surface substrate and the upper surface substrate by bending the lower surface substrate and the upper surface substrate in an integrated fashion at a notch in the circumference of the stator plate, and the upper surface substrate having a through hole for fastening and connecting an upper surface wiring pattern with the stator plate by filing solder bump, whereby reflow soldering in automatic mounting of a printed circuit of instrument side can be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicants: SANYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro SAITO, Naoki Kanai
  • Patent number: 7567002
    Abstract: A board mounted structure of a vibration motor which self aligns along with melting of cream solder even if deviation occurs in positioning of the flat bottom surface of a metal holder frame and a fastening pattern at the time of automatic mounting, that is, a board mounted structure having a vibration motor having a metal holder frame into which a motor case is fit and a pair of external terminal pieces attached to a plastic end cap and a printed circuit board having a fastening pattern shaped left-right symmetric about a center line and superposed with a bottom surface of the metal holder frame and power feed patterns adjoining this fastening pattern, arranged left-right symmetrical with respect to a center line, and superposed with corresponding external terminal pieces, the metal holder frame having front projecting pieces and a back projecting piece at its flat bottom surface, the fastening pattern having front extending pattern surfaces superposed with corresponding front projecting pieces and a back ex
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Takagi, Masato Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090184596
    Abstract: A vibration motor having mounting hardware with a width dimension able to be kept within a thickness of a motor case, that is, a vibration motor provided with a vibration motor body attaching an eccentric weight to a motor shaft sticking out from a bearing part of a motor case and attaching a pair of motor terminals to a plastic end cap closing an opening of the motor case and with mounting hardware carrying this vibration motor body and to be set on a board, wherein the mounting hardware has a raised bottom flat-shaped part facing a barrel circumference of the motor case, oriented in an axial direction, and to be bonded to mounting patterns on the board, a collar-shaped support piece extending from this raised bottom flat-shaped part and fit over the bearing part in the axial direction, and a plug-in support piece extending from the raised bottom flat-shaped part to the opening side and plugged into first and second positioning slots provided in the plastic end cap in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicants: SANYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nakamura MASATO
  • Patent number: 7550885
    Abstract: A reciprocal vibration generator occupying a small area on a board and able to be mounted by solder reflow, the reciprocal vibration generator provided with a cylindrical case body in which a weight is suspended and supporting a flat spring, a permanent magnet attached to the bottom side of the weight, and a bottom lid carrying an air core toroidal core for making the weight vibrate in the up-down direction by magnetic attraction or magnetic repulsion of this permanent magnet and closing a bottom opening of the case body. The bottom lid is an insert molded board comprised of three terminal boards insulated and separated by a molding plastic. Outside surfaces at the recesses of the terminal boards projecting down from the bottom surface of the molding plastic form board connection patterns for solder reflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignees: Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Takagi, Masami Yamazaki
  • Patent number: D603795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignees: Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Kono