Patents by Inventor Fanghua Ling

Fanghua Ling has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180297064
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linear vibration motor, including a housing having accommodating space, a vibrating unit and a stator unit accommodated in the housing, and an elastic member suspending the vibrating unit in the housing, the elastic member comprises a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm which are arranged at two ends of the vibrating unit, and a connecting arm connecting the first elastic arm with a second elastic arm as a whole. The linear vibration motor provided by the present disclosure effectively improves support strength of the elastic member in Z axis direction, and the vibrating unit will not offset in Y axis direction during vibrating. The elastic member is integrated as a whole, during assembling, only one elastic member is necessary, which is easy to assemble, and the positioning is accurate, thereby further improving vibration stability of the linear vibration motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Lubin Mao, Fanghua Ling
  • Publication number: 20180297066
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vibration motor. The vibration motor includes a housing with side walls; a vibration unit accommodated in the housing; a driving device; and an elastic member elastically supporting the vibration unit in the housing. The vibration unit includes a first surface and a second surface connecting the first surface. The elastic member includes a first fixed section, extension sections extending from two sides of the first fixed section and surrounding the second surface and a second fixed section connecting to the extension section and fixed on the side wall away from one side of the first fixed section. The elastic member includes a first elastic member and a second elastic member opposite to the first elastic member. The first elastic member and the second elastic member are respectively fixed on two first surfaces of the vibration unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Fanghua Ling, Hongfu Xu, Wenli Wang, Xifeng Huang
  • Publication number: 20180297065
    Abstract: A vibration device, including a shell, a vibrator and a stator accommodated in the shell, and an elastic member. One of the vibrator and the stator includes a magnetic circuit unit while the other one includes a coil. The elastic member includes a first fixing portion fixedly connected with the shell, a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm bending and extending from two opposite ends of the first fixing portion, a second fixing portion extending from an end of the first elastic arm in a direction away from a geometric center of the first fixing portion, and a third fixing portion extending from an end of the second elastic arm in a direction away from the geometric center of the first fixing portion; both the second fixing portion and the third fixing portion are fixedly connected with the vibrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Jinquan Huang, Xiang Xu, Fanghua Fanghua Ling, Wenli Wang
  • Publication number: 20180297061
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes a housing, an electromagnetic driving device accommodated in the housing, a vibrator, and an elastic component elastically supporting the vibrator. The vibrator has a hollow portion penetrating through upper and lower surfaces of the vibrator in a direction perpendicular to vibrating direction, and the hollow portion is defined by a first inner wall along the vibrating direction and a second inner wall connected with the first inner wall, the electromagnetic driving device is in the hollow portion and fixed on the housing, a distance between the electromagnetic driving device and the second inner wall in vibrating direction is greater than the maximum amplitude of the vibrator, on the housing, a stopper is provided between the inner wall and the electromagnetic driving device. The present disclosure can bring the product reliability under premise of guaranteeing the driving force and the size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Lubin Mao, Fanghua Ling, Zixu Hua
  • Publication number: 20180297075
    Abstract: A vibration device, including a housing having accommodating space, a vibrator, a stator and an elastic member, the elastic member is configured to suspend the vibrator in the accommodating space; the vibrator, the stator and the elastic member are accommodated in the housing, the elastic member includes two elastic plate components disposed at two opposite sides of the vibrator, each elastic plate component includes at least two V-shaped elastic plates parallelly arranged perpendicular to vibrating direction, each elastic plate component includes a first fixing portion fixedly connected with the housing, a second fixing portion fixedly connected with the vibrator, and a V-shaped elastic arm connecting the first fixing portion with the second fixing portion, the first and second fixing portions are opposite to and spaced from each other to form an opening end, and the opening ends of two V-shaped elastic plates faces away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Fanghua Ling, Wenli Wang, Xiang Xu, Shuming Wang
  • Publication number: 20180301615
    Abstract: A vibration device, including a housing having accommodating space, a vibrator, a stator and an elastic member for making the vibrator suspended in the accommodating space, the vibrator, the stator and the elastic member are accommodated in the housing, one of the vibrator and the stator includes a magnetic circuit unit while the other one includes a coil, the housing includes a pair of first side walls symmetrically arranged in a long axis direction of the housing and a pair of second side walls symmetrically arranged in a short axis direction, the elastic member includes a sheet-like spring perpendicular to vibrating direction of the vibrator, the spring includes a first fixing portion fixedly connected with the housing, a second fixing portion fixedly connected with the vibrator, and an N-shaped connecting portion connects the first fixing portion with the second fixing portion and extends along the short axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Wenli Wang, Hongfu Xu, Fanghua Ling, Yongsheng Lu
  • Publication number: 20180297078
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vibration motor, comprising a housing, a vibrator, an elastic member, a first block and a second block; the elastic member comprises first elastic member and second elastic member facing toward each other and each comprises a first fixing portion, two extending portions and two second fixing portions, the first fixing portion is fixed on the first surface, the two extending portion extend from the first fixing portion along two opposite directions and surrounds the second surface, the two second fixing portions are fixed on the side wall away from the first fixing portion; the first block is on a side of the first fixing portion corresponding to the side wall, the second block is on the side wall, faces towards the first block and is spaced from the first block. The second block is adjacent to the second fixing portion and is between the two second fixing portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hongfu XU, Fanghua LING, Wenli WANG
  • Publication number: 20180297076
    Abstract: The present application provides a linear vibration motor, including a base, a vibrating unit and an elastic member. The elastic member includes a first elastic member and a second elastic member, the first elastic member includes a first fixing arm, two first elastic arms and two first connecting arms; the two first elastic arms bend and extend from two ends of the first fixing arm, respectively; the two first connecting arms bend and extend from the two first elastic arms, respectively; each of the first elastic member and the second elastic member is arranged in central symmetry with respect to a central axis which goes through a geometric center of the vibrating unit and perpendicular to the vibrating direction. As compared with relevant art, the linear vibration motor of the present application has advantages of simple and high-efficient assembling, good vibrating performance and high reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hongfu XU, Xingzhi HUANG, Jinquan HUANG, Fanghua LING
  • Publication number: 20180297062
    Abstract: A vibration device includes a housing having accommodating space, a vibrator, a stator and an elastic member configured to suspend the vibrator in the accommodating space, the vibrator, the stator and the elastic member are accommodated in the housing, one of the vibrator and the stator includes a magnetic circuit unit while the other one includes a coil, the housing includes a pair of first side walls symmetrically arranged in its long axis direction and a pair of second side walls symmetrically arranged in a short axis direction, the elastic member is a sheet-like spring perpendicular to vibrating direction of the vibrator, the elastic member includes a first fixing portion fixedly connected with the second side wall, a second fixing portion fixedly connected with the vibrator, and an S-shaped connecting portion which connects the first fixing portion with the second fixing portion and extends along long axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Jinquan Huang, Wenli Wang, Hongfu Xu, Fanghua Ling
  • Publication number: 20180297072
    Abstract: A vibration device, including a housing having accommodating space, a vibrator, a stator and an elastic member accommodated in the housing. One of the vibrator and the stator includes a magnetic circuit unit while the other includes a coil, the vibrator includes a supporting frame fixed to the elastic member and suspended in the accommodating space by the elastic member, the supporting frame includes an accommodating cavity and, a coil or a magnetic circuit unit fixed and accommodated in the accommodating cavity. One end of the elastic member is fixedly connected with the supporting frame while anther end is fixedly connected with the housing. The supporting frame includes opposite first side walls and a second side wall forming an accommodating cavity, the first side wall is fixedly connected with the elastic member. A protrusion extends from the first side wall to the elastic member fixedly connected with the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Xiang Xu, Fanghua Ling, Mengxun Shi, Zhilin Chai
  • Publication number: 20180297077
    Abstract: The present application provides a linear vibration motor, including a base, a vibrating unit and an elastic member. The elastic member includes a first elastic member and a second elastic member, the base includes two side plates facing toward each other along the vibrating direction of the vibrating unit, the first elastic member includes a first fixing arm fixed at the vibrating unit, two first elastic arms extending from the first fixing arm and two first connecting arms bending and extending from ends of two first elastic arms; the second elastic member includes a second fixing arm fixed at the vibrating unit, two second elastic arms bending and extending from two ends of the second fixing arm and two second connecting arms extending from the two second elastic arms; and the two first connecting arms and two second connecting arms are fixed at the two side plates, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Zhilin CHAI, Wenli WANG, Hongfu XU, Fanghua LING
  • Publication number: 20180297067
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor includes a base including an accommodation space; a vibration unit; and a first elastic unit suspending the vibration unit in the accommodation space. The first elastic unit includes two elastic pieces located on two opposite sides of the vibration unit, each the elastic piece having a main elastic arm, a first auxiliary elastic arm and a second auxiliary elastic arm extending reversely in a bending way respectively from an end of the first auxiliary elastic arm and an end of the second auxiliary elastic arm. The main elastic arm is perpendicular to the vibration direction, the first auxiliary elastic arm and the second auxiliary elastic arm are respectively located on the two opposite sides of the main elastic arm, the first fixed arm is fixed to the vibration unit, and the second fixed arm is fixed to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Jinquan Huang, Hongfu Xu, Fanghua Ling, Junsheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20180297063
    Abstract: Provided is a linear vibration motor, including a housing having accommodating space, a vibrating unit and a stator unit accommodated in the housing, and an elastic member suspending the vibrating unit in the housing, the elastic member includes a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion which are arranged at two ends of the vibrating unit, and a connecting member connecting the first elastic portion and the second elastic portion as an integrated structure, both the first elastic portion and the second elastic portion includes two elastic arms which are arranged by crossing with each other. The linear vibration motor provided by the present disclosure effectively improves support strength of the elastic member in Z axis direction, and the vibrating unit will not offset in Y axis direction during vibrating. The elastic member is integrated as a whole, which is easy to assemble, thereby further improving vibration stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Lubin Mao, Fanghua Ling
  • Publication number: 20180297073
    Abstract: A vibration device, including a shell, a cover plate, a vibrator, a stator and an elastic member, the cover plate is matched with the shell to form accommodating space, the vibrator, the stator and the elastic member are accommodated in the accommodating space, one of the vibrator and the stator includes a magnetic circuit unit while the other one includes a coil. the elastic member includes a first connecting portion fixedly connected with the vibrator, a pair of elastic portions bending and extending from two opposite ends of the first connecting portion, and a pair of second connecting portions extending from a tail end of each elastic portion in the direction facing each other, and the pair of second connecting portions is fixedly connected with the shell to suspend the vibrator in the accommodating space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Xiang Xu, Jinquan Huang, Hongfu Xu, Fanghua Ling
  • Publication number: 20180297070
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor, including: a base, a vibrating unit, an elastic member, a first stopper and a second stopper. The elastic member includes two elastic members mutually spaced and arranged by stacking. Each elastic member includes a fixing arm fixed on the vibrating unit, two elastic arms bending and extending from the fixing arm, and two connecting arms respectively bending and extending from ends of the elastic arms, the connecting arms are respectively fixed on the base; the first stopper is fixed at a side of the fixing arm away from the vibrating unit; the second stopper is fixed on a side of the connecting arm close to the vibrating unit; the first stopper and the second stopper are mutually spaced and an orthographic projection of the first stopper along the vibrating direction at least partially falls into the second stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hongfu Xu, Jinquan Huang, Fanghua Ling, Wenli Wang
  • Publication number: 20180297071
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linear vibration motor, including: a base, a vibrating unit and an elastic member. The elastic member comprises a first elastic member and a second elastic member. The first elastic member comprises a first fixing arm, two first elastic arms respectively extending from the first fixing arm, two first connecting arms respectively extending from the two first elastic arms, and two first avoiding holes penetrating through the first fixing arm; the second elastic member comprises a second fixing arm, two second elastic arms respectively extending from the second fixing arm, and two second connecting arms respectively extending from the two second elastic arms, the first avoiding holes are respectively arranged directly facing the two second connecting arms. Comparing with the prior art, the linear vibration motor of the present disclosure can be conveniently assembled, and has good vibration property and high reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hongfu Xu, Jinquan Huang, Fanghua Ling
  • Patent number: 10097071
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a vibration motor. The vibration motor includes a housing, a vibrator, a stator and an elastic part. One of the vibrator and the stator includes a coil, and the other includes a magnet opposite to the coil. The elastic part includes a first fixation part, a second fixation part and a connecting part. A weight includes a first side and a second side and a gap part formed by denting towards the direction far from a first side wall from the first side. The weight further includes a welding part protruding from the center of the gap part and extends to the edge of the gap part. The durability of the elastic part is accordingly increased, and the reliability of the product is thus improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hongfu Xu, Zhilin Chai, Na Wu, Fanghua Ling
  • Patent number: 10097056
    Abstract: A vibration motor is disclosed. The vibration motor includes a housing, a substrate engaging with the housing, a vibration unit received in the housing, an elastic member suspending the vibration unit, and a coil assembly interacting with the vibration unit. The vibration unit includes an avoidance corresponding to the coil assembly for preventing the vibration unit interfering with the coil assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hongfu Xu, Zhilin Chai, Na Wu, Fanghua Ling
  • Patent number: 10076771
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor includes a housing; an elastic connecting part connected with the housing; a vibrator supported by the elastic connecting part and suspended in the housing; a first permanent magnet positioned by an internal wall of the housing; and a second permanent magnet assembled with the vibrator and facing the first permanent magnet. The first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet are separated from each other. The first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet are such configured that the same polarities of the first and second permanent face to each other for producing a repulsive force between the vibrator and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hongfu Xu, Zhilin Chai, Na Wu, Fanghua Ling
  • Patent number: 10079531
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor is disclosed. The linear vibration motor, includes a housing provided with an accommodation space; a vibrator accommodated in the accommodation space; and an electromagnet accommodated in the accommodation space. The vibrator includes a weight having a through-hole and a plurality of permanent magnets engaging with an inner wall of the through-hole. A number of elastic connecting parts are accommodated in the accommodation space, one end of the elastic connecting part connected with the housing and the other end connected with the weight for suspending the vibrator in the accommodation space. The electromagnet includes an iron core and a coil around the iron core for producing magnet fields interacting with the permanent magnets further for producing attracting and repelling force to drive the vibrator to vibrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hongfu Xu, Zhilin Chai, Na Wu, Fanghua Ling