Patents by Inventor Tetsufumi HAYASHI

Tetsufumi HAYASHI 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).

  • Patent number: 10866641
    Abstract: A vibration system includes a linear vibration motor, and a controller that controls a drive current waveform of the vibration motor. The drive current waveform includes consecutively arranged large unit waves having the same waveforms side by side on a time axis. Each large unit wave includes a first region having a waveform with a smaller amplitude in one period, which is a width of the large unit wave on the time axis, and a second region having a waveform with a larger amplitude than the amplitude in the first region. The first region and the second region alternatively appear on the time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: NIDEC CORPORATION, NIDEC SEIMITSU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsufumi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10396644
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary portion including a base and an annular coil; a vibrator including a magnet, and supported to be capable of vibrating in one direction with respect to the stationary portion; and an elastic member arranged between the stationary portion and the vibrator. The base includes a columnar portion arranged to project upward in a vertical direction perpendicular to the one direction. An outside surface of the columnar portion is arranged opposite to an inside surface of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC SEIMITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Akanuma, Mitsuru Oi, Tetsufumi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10396645
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary portion including a casing and a coil; a vibrator including a magnet, and supported to be capable of vibrating in one direction with respect to the stationary portion; and an elastic member arranged between the stationary portion and the vibrator. The magnet is arranged on an upper side of the coil in a vertical direction perpendicular to the one direction. The elastic member includes a fixing portion fixed to a side surface of the vibrator, and a top plate portion joined to the fixing portion, and fixed to an upper surface of the vibrator. The top plate portion is arranged opposite to the magnet in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC SEIMITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Akanuma, Mitsuru Oi, Tetsufumi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10381908
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary portion including a casing and a coil; a vibrator supported to be capable of vibrating in one direction with respect to the stationary portion; and an elastic member arranged between the stationary portion and the vibrator. The vibrator includes a magnet arranged on an upper side of the coil in a vertical direction perpendicular to the one direction, and a weight arranged to hold the magnet. The weight includes a first weight portion in the shape of a plate, and at least one second weight portion arranged to extend downward from a lower surface of the first weight portion. The at least one second weight portion and the coil are arranged opposite to each other in the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC SEIMITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Akanuma, Mitsuru Oi, Tetsufumi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10367402
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary portion including a casing and a coil; a vibrator including a magnet, and at least one elastic member. The magnet is arranged on an upper side of the coil. The stationary portion includes at least one projecting portion arranged to project in the vertical direction. A portion of the at least one projecting portion is arranged opposite to a portion of the vibrator in the one direction. The at least one elastic member includes a plate spring portion arranged to support at least one of both ends of the vibrator with respect to the one direction. The plate spring portion includes a decreased width portion and an increased width portion, the decreased width portion being above or below a corresponding one of the at least one projecting portion when viewed from one side in the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC SEIMITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Akanuma, Mitsuru Oi, Tetsufumi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20190094974
    Abstract: A vibration system includes a linear vibration motor, and a controller that controls a drive current waveform of the vibration motor. The drive current waveform includes consecutively arranged large unit waves having the same waveforms side by side on a time axis. Each large unit wave includes a first region having a waveform with a smaller amplitude in one period, which is a width of the large unit wave on the time axis, and a second region having a waveform with a larger amplitude than the amplitude in the first region. The first region and the second region alternatively appear on the time axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Tetsufumi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170110949
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary portion including a base and an annular coil; a vibrator including a magnet, and supported to be capable of vibrating in one direction with respect to the stationary portion; and an elastic member arranged between the stationary portion and the vibrator. The base includes a columnar portion arranged to project upward in a vertical direction perpendicular to the one direction. An outside surface of the columnar portion is arranged opposite to an inside surface of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro AKANUMA, Mitsuru OI, Tetsufumi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170110951
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary portion including a casing and a coil; a vibrator including a magnet, and at least one elastic member. The magnet is arranged on an upper side of the coil. The stationary portion includes at least one projecting portion arranged to project in the vertical direction. A portion of the at least one projecting portion is arranged opposite to a portion of the vibrator in the one direction. The at least one elastic member includes a plate spring portion arranged to support at least one of both ends of the vibrator with respect to the one direction. The plate spring portion includes a decreased width portion and an increased width portion, the decreased width portion being above or below a corresponding one of the at least one projecting portion when viewed from one side in the one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro AKANUMA, Mitsuru OI, Tetsufumi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170110950
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary portion including a casing and a coil; a vibrator including a magnet, and supported to be capable of vibrating in one direction with respect to the stationary portion; and an elastic member arranged between the stationary portion and the vibrator. The magnet is arranged on an upper side of the coil in a vertical direction perpendicular to the one direction. The elastic member includes a fixing portion fixed to a side surface of the vibrator, and a top plate portion joined to the fixing portion, and fixed to an upper surface of the vibrator. The top plate portion is arranged opposite to the magnet in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro AKANUMA, Mitsuru OI, Tetsufumi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170110948
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes a stationary portion including a casing and a coil; a vibrator supported to be capable of vibrating in one direction with respect to the stationary portion; and an elastic member arranged between the stationary portion and the vibrator. The vibrator includes a magnet arranged on an upper side of the coil in a vertical direction perpendicular to the one direction, and a weight arranged to hold the magnet. The weight includes a first weight portion in the shape of a plate, and at least one second weight portion arranged to extend downward from a lower surface of the first weight portion. The at least one second weight portion and the coil are arranged opposite to each other in the one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro AKANUMA, Mitsuru OI, Tetsufumi HAYASHI