Abstract: A magnetic circuit including a pole piece, a magnet, and a yoke is supported by using a suspension where outer and inner circumferential portions thereof are connected to each other with a supporting member, and the outer circumferential portion of the suspension is fixed to protrude from a housing or an inner wall of a cover provided with a stepped portion in a direction passing over the magnetic circuit toward an inner portion, so that it is possible to limit a movable range of the magnetic circuit by using the outer circumferential portion of the suspension and to prevent inner components of a main body of the multi-function vibration actuator from being destructed at the time of being impacted due to falling.

Abstract: A magnetic circuit unit includes a pole piece, a magnet, and a yoke and a suspension made of a magnetic material. A magnetic gap is formed between an inner circumferential side surface of the suspension and a circumference of the pole piece. Accordingly, it is possible to allow the magnet in the magnetic circuit unit to be thinly constructed. In addition, it is possible to implement a multi-function vibration actuator having a thin structure and capable of obtaining a sufficiently sensible vibration.

Abstract: This invention realizes an incoming call notification operation for portable equipments in which the amplitude of vibration matches the rhythm of the melody, by electrically connecting an electromagnetic induction actuator that produces melody and vibration to an integrated circuit that outputs the melody generation signal and the vibration signal, and by applying to the electromagnetic induction actuator either the melody generation signal from the integrated circuit or a signal created by mixing the melody generation signal and the vibration generation signal.

Abstract: A magnetic circuit including a pole piece, a magnet, and a yoke is supported by using a suspension where outer and inner circumferential portions thereof are connected to each other with a supporting member, and the outer circumferential portion of the suspension is fixed to protrude from a housing or an inner wall of a cover provided with a stepped portion in a direction passing over the magnetic circuit toward an inner portion, so that it is possible to limit a movable range of the magnetic circuit by using the outer circumferential portion of the suspension and to prevent inner components of a main body of the multi-function vibration actuator from being destructed at the time of being impacted due to falling.

Abstract: A magnetic circuit unit includes a pole piece, a magnet, and a yoke and a suspension is made of a magnetic material, so that a magnetic gap is formed between an end portion of an inner circumferential side surface of the suspension and an end portion of the pole piece. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the magnet in the magnetic circuit unit from being formed in a thin size. In addition, it is possible to implement a multi-function vibration actuator having a thin structure and capable of obtaining a sufficiently sensible vibration.

Abstract: The present invention is a multifunctional actuator including a magnetic circuit, a suspension that supports the magnetic circuit, a diaphragm positioned facing the magnetic circuit, and a voice coil that is mounted on the diaphragm and inserted in a circular air gap of the magnetic circuit, comprising a housing to accommodate the magnetic circuit, and a cover to cover an open end of the housing, wherein a sound release gap is formed between an outer periphery of the housing and a side wall of the cover for communication between the inside and outside of said housing. Thereby, it can prevent the infiltration of foreign matter into the housing without attaching a dust mesh or non-woven fabric over the sound release hole.

Abstract: A multifunction vibration actuator is disclosed, which includes a housing (1) integrally formed with a first house part (1a) with an elliptic wall (10), a second house part (1b) having a cylindrical wall (11) with a diameter corresponding to the first house part (1a) at the center of the ellipse, and both bottom walls (1c) and (1d) of the first housing part (1a). The actuator also includes an elliptic diaphragm (3) with an annular voice coil (3) installed on the inner surface thereof, a circular magnetic circuit part (4), and a disk type suspension (5). The elliptic diaphragm (3) is tightly installed in the wall of the first house part (1a), and the circular magnetic circuit part (4) is installed in the cylinder of the second house part (1b) with the suspension (5).

Abstract: A multifunction-type vibration actuator and a mobile terminal device capable of decreasing the lowest acoustic resonance frequency and preventing breakage of a coil lead as well as improving acoustic characteristics and preventing sound leaks. A portion near the outer periphery of a diaphragm 3 is bent to form a rising portion 3b extending along an inner periphery 1a of a housing 1 toward an open end thereof. This rising portion 3b serves as a corrugation to decrease the lowest resonance frequency and the amplitude of vibration of which a fulcrum is served by the rising portion 3b is not so large as that of the corrugation. Accordingly, the coil lead of a voice coil 4 is not easily broken. Furthermore, an extending portion 3c is formed to extend outward along a flat surface 1b formed at the open end of a housing 1 from a rising portion 3b. This enlarges the entire radius of the diaphragm 3 and improves the acoustic characteristics.

Abstract: [Problems]To provide a multifunction-type vibration actuator and a mobile terminal device capable of decreasing the lowest acoustic resonance frequency and preventing breakage of a coil lead as well as improving acoustic characteristics and preventing sound leaks. [Means for Solving Problems] A portion near the outer periphery of a diaphragm 3 is bent to form a rising portion 3b extending along an inner periphery 1a of a housing 1 toward an open end thereof. This rising portion 3b serves as a corrugation to decrease the lowest resonance frequency and the amplitude of vibration of which a fulcrum is served by the rising portion 3b is not so large as that of the corrugation. Accordingly, the coil lead of a voice coil 4 is not easily broken. Furthermore, an extending portion 3c is formed to extend outward along a flat surface 1b formed at the open end of a housing 1 from a rising portion 3b. This enlarges the entire radius of the diaphragm 3 and improves the acoustic characteristics.

Abstract: [PROMBLEMS]To provide a multifunction vibration actuator capable of maintaining high tone quality and output by increasing a frequency band with an elliptic diaphragm, reducing labor and cost in assembly, and increasing the space efficiency thereof in equipment in which the actuator is mounted. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] This actuator comprises a housing (1) integrally formed with a first house part (1a) with an elliptic wall (10), a second house part (1b) having a cylindrical wall (11) with a diameter corresponding to the first house part (1a) at the center of the ellipse, and both bottom walls (1c) and (1d) of the first housing part (1a). The actuator also comprises an elliptic diaphragm (3) with an annular voice coil (3) installed on the inner surface thereof, a circular magnetic circuit part (4), and a disk type suspension (5).

Abstract: By having multiple air passage holes 10c in the housing 1 and by creating a clearance G2 between the outer surface of the yoke 20 and the inner surface of the housing 1, the measurement of the clearance being confined to a range exceeding 0% but not exceeding 2.5% of the inner radius of the housing, the amount of air movement is limited by the clearance G2, and by this means the frequency range within which the desired acceleration can be attained is expanded.

Abstract: By having multiple air passage holes 10c in the housing 1 and by creating a clearance G2 between the outer surface of the yoke 20 and the inner surface of the housing 1, the measurement of the clearance being confined to a range exceeding 0% but not exceeding 2.5% of the inner radius of the housing, the amount of air movement is limited by the clearance G2, and by this means the frequency range within which the desired acceleration can be attained is expanded.

Abstract: This invention deals with a portable terminal that reduces extraneous tones in a portable terminal in which is mounted an electromagnetic induction actuator that produces voice signals, a buzzer signal or a low frequency vibration. By short-circuiting the terminal fittings of the electromagnetic induction actuator or by connecting them electrically to amplifiers or to a signal generator that produces a constant voltage signal or a constant-frequency signal, the extraneous tone produced by vibration of the mechanical vibration system of the actuator is reduced.

Abstract: This invention concerns an electromagnetic induction actuator to be mounted in small equipment such as portable telephones and pagers; also concerns such portable telecommunications equipment. The electromagnetic induction actuator, as well as the portable telecommunications equipment in which it is mounted, can be assembled in a thin and small package even though there are tabs as shock resistance stoppers, and has good acoustical characteristics. In the electromagnetic induction actuator there is a yoke that has tabs as stoppers to provide shock resistance, and there are springs that have inner rings, outer rings, bridge arms that connect the inner and outer rings and recesses that correspond to the tabs of the yoke.

Abstract: There is a terminal block with leaf spring metal terminals that extend downward from a housing on the side opposite the open end of the housing in which a diaphragm is fitted and fixed, and an elastic material functions as a pad that is sandwiched between the surface of a circuit board and the open side of the housing on the side from which the metal terminals project, with the metal terminals pressed against the conduction pattern of the circuit board to make an electrical connection.

Abstract: This invention realizes an incoming call notification operation for portable equipments in which the amplitude of vibration matches the rhythm of the melody, by electrically connecting an electromagnetic induction actuator that produces melody and vibration to an integrated circuit that outputs the melody generation signal and the vibration signal, and by applying to the electromagnetic induction actuator either the melody generation signal from the integrated circuit or a signal created by mixing the melody generation signal and the vibration generation signal.

Abstract: There is a roughly rectangular housing that is narrower in one direction, with a pair of suspensions having two arms that are located in the narrow space of the housing and attach to the main part that supports the electromagnetic circuit and that extend gradually outward from the attachment on the main part of the suspension in the same or crossing directions, with the tips of the two arms of each suspension set in the narrow walls of the housing, such that the electromagnetic circuit can vibrate in the two suspensions.