Reed Type Patents (Class 310/25)
  • Patent number: 9748827
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor is disclosed in the present disclosure. The linear vibration motor includes a housing including a cover and a base associated with the cover to form an internal space; a pair of elastic members received in the internal space, each of the elastic member including a first connecting portion and an elastic arm extending from the first connecting portion and connected with the cover; an vibrator unit suspended in the internal space by the elastic members; a stator unit mounted on the base; a pair of dampers, each damper located on one side of the first connecting portion, and been in contact with the first connecting portion for absorbing vibrations of the vibrator unit; and a pair of clamping members, each clamping member clamping the first connecting portion and the damper to the vibrator unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Leping Dong
  • Patent number: 9742254
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for generating linear vibration with a damper, which includes a housing having an inner space formed therein, a fixed body provided in the inner space and having a coil, a vibrating body having a magnet and a weight coaxially disposed with the coil and configured to move in a vertical direction on the basis of the fixed body, an elastic body configured to elastically support the vibrating body, a viscous fluid provided at an upper surface of the magnet and having viscosity, and a damper installed in the housing to face an upper surface of the vibrating body and configured to make a surface contact with the viscous fluid when the vibrating body moves upwards, the damper having a shape not making a surface contact with the entire viscous fluid simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: JAHWA electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Jin Choi, Kyung Hoon Jo, Soon Koo Shim, Young Bin Chong, Won Gook Lee, Min Goo Lee
  • Patent number: 9518906
    Abstract: A method for measuring the properties of a fluid that uses a torsionally resonant structure having a base structure; at least two parallel tines affixed to the base structure and projecting in the same direction from the base structure; and wherein the base structure is sufficiently compliant as to mutually couple the tines so that they behave as a single resonator when the tines are driven in synchronized manner. The torsionally resonant structure is immersed in the fluid to be measured and a tine driving mechanism is used to drive the tines torsionally. A tine movement sensing mechanism form measurements of tine movement response to the driving mechanism and the measurements of tine movement to form measurements of fluid properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Joseph H. Goodbread, Juerg Dual
  • Patent number: 9508915
    Abstract: Embodiments related to a piezoelectric bender that comprises a spring and mass element to provide additional constructive resonance. An embodiment provides an apparatus comprising: a base plate; a piezoelectric body coupled to the base plate; a spring coupled to the base plate; and a mass element coupled to the spring, wherein the base plate, the piezoelectric body, the spring, and the mass element are operable to produce at least two resonance frequencies in the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: PGS Geophysical AS
    Inventor: Mattias Dan Christian Oscarsson
  • Patent number: 9482219
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module includes an electro-magnetic member, an elastic member and a magnetic member. The electro-magnetic member is configured for generating a periodic magnetic field. The elastic member includes a fixed end, a free end and multiple blades for expanding or closing; and the blades are located between the fixed end and the free end. The magnetic member is disposed on the free end and configured for reciprocating due to being magnetically induced by the periodic magnetic field so as to drive the plurality of blades to produce an air current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Lun Cheng, Chih-Kai Yang
  • Patent number: 9477205
    Abstract: A timepiece oscillator including a resonator formed by a tuning fork which includes at least two mobile oscillating parts, fixed to a connection element by flexible elements whose geometry determines a virtual pivot axis having a determined position with respect to this connection element and around which the respective mobile part oscillates, and the center of mass of the mobile part coincides in the rest position with the respective virtual pivot axis, and, for at least one of the two mobile parts the flexible elements are formed of intersecting resilient strips extending at a distance from each other in two parallel planes, and whose directions, in projection on one of the parallel planes, intersect at the virtual pivot axis of the mobile part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Born, Gianni Di Domenico, Baptiste Hinaux, Jerome Favre, Dominique Lechot
  • Patent number: 9473008
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor includes a stator part including a case having an internal space formed in the case, a bracket coupled to the case to close the internal space, and at least a magnet provided in the internal space, a vibrator part provided in the internal space, including a coil positioned so as to face the magnet and a printed circuit board having one end coupled to the bracket and the other end coupled to the coil, and an elastic member connecting the stator part and the vibrator part to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: MPLUS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung Taek Hong
  • Patent number: 9467033
    Abstract: A vibration motor includes a housing, a coil, a moving portion, an elastic member and a roller member. The housing has a top surface, a bottom surface, and first to fourth side surfaces joining the top surface to the bottom surface, the first to fourth surfaces defining an inner circumferential surface of the housing. The coil is provided in the housing. The moving portion provided in the housing and the moving portion is configured to reciprocate between the first and third sides arranged opposite to each other. The elastic member is provided between the moving portion and the housing. The roller member is provided in the housing and arranged to come into rolling contact with the top or bottom surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minsu Jun, Hongki Kim, Jaecheon Choi
  • Patent number: 9461530
    Abstract: An electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy, the electromechanical generator comprising a housing, an electrically conductive coil assembly fixedly mounted in the housing, a magnetic core assembly movably mounted in the housing for linear vibrational motion along an axis, a first biasing device, mounted between the housing and the magnetic core assembly, adapted to apply a centering force acting to oppose movement of the magnetic core assembly away from a central position on the linear axis and a second magnetic biasing device adapted to provide a compensating force to compensate for variations in the centering force of the first biasing device due to temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Perpetuum Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam Wasenczuk, Stephen Roberts
  • Patent number: 9350220
    Abstract: A vibration generator includes a vibrator, a holder, and a plurality of coils. The vibrator includes a magnet and has a plate shape parallel to a horizontal surface. The holder is attached to a chassis and holds the vibrator such that the vibrator can be displaced with respect to the vibrator. The plurality of coils generate a magnetic field for changing at least one of a position and a posture of the vibrator with respect to the chassis. Each of the plurality of coils is a thin coil, and is arranged face to face with the vibrator. The vibrator can move at least according to magnetization of the coils, while deforming a portion of the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minoru Kuroda
  • Patent number: 9312744
    Abstract: A vibration generator includes a housing, a vibrating body arranged inside of a circumferential wall portion of the housing, and a band-like leaf spring arranged between the vibrating body and the circumferential wall portion. The leaf spring includes a connection portion connected to the vibrating body, an attachment portion attached to the circumferential wall portion of the leaf spring and an intermediate portion formed between the connection portion and the attachment portion to extend around the vibrating body. The connection portion and the attachment portion are arranged at one transverse side and the other transverse side of the vibrating body along a direction intersecting a vibration direction of the vibrating body. The intermediate portion is arranged in a vibration-direction outer region of the vibrating body and formed in a single layer to extend across the vibration direction of the vibrating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: NIDEC SEIMITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Akanuma, Yuuki Yamada, Tetsuya Inoue
  • Patent number: 9246375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vibration generator which is used in devices, such as mobile phones, requiring a vibration mode. More specifically, the invention relates to a horizontal vibration type vibration generator which includes a casing that is open on one surface thereof, a vibration part having a weight provided inside the casing, and a spring mounted inside the casing, and which produces horizontal vibration by using the phenomenon of resonance which occurs by causing oscillation in an electromagnetic force having the same frequency as the intrinsic vibration frequency of the spring, and which solves the problem of a reduction in the life span of the vibration generator due to mechanical friction as seen in existing mechanical vibration generators, and generates a large vibration force despite having a thin construction unachievable in a vertical moving type vibration generator. The invention also relates to a production method of the vibration generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: MOATECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Kwan Oh, Hyuk-Sang Ahn, Ki-Hwan Hong, In-Jae Lee, Hyun-Ki Yang
  • Patent number: 9085013
    Abstract: There is provided a linear vibrator, including: a housing providing an internal space; an electromagnet having one end fixed to the housing so as to be disposed in the internal space; a vibrating part including a magnet facing the electromagnet and interacting therewith; an elastic member having one end fixed to the housing and the other end fixed to the vibrating part and elastically supporting the vibrating part during vibrating thereof; and a separation prevention member interposed between the other end of the electromagnet and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20150137627
    Abstract: A vibration actuator has a stationary element including a frame, a coil, and a movable element having a magnet and a weight portion. The movable element vibrates in a vibration direction relative to the stationary element. The vibration actuator includes a sliding support member, provided within the frame, extending parallel to the vibration direction at a distance relative to the magnet. The movable element is supported slidably on the sliding support member and relative to the stationary element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori KATADA, Yuki SHODA, Yoshihide TONOGAI
  • Publication number: 20150137628
    Abstract: A vibration actuator includes: a coil having a vibration space along an axial direction; an outer case that covers the coil and that extends the vibration space in the axial direction; a movable element that comprises a magnet that vibrates within the coil and a weight unit that vibrates within the outer case and that is connected to one end side, in the axial direction, of the magnet; and an elastic member that supports elastically the vibration of the movable element in the axial direction. A resin layer is secured to an outer peripheral surface of the weight unit that faces an inner surface of the outer case. An oil film is interposed between the resin layer and the inner surface of the outer case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Nidec Copal Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya ENDO, Satoru ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150130297
    Abstract: An energy harvesting device comprises a semiconductor device, a first magnet core, and at least one second magnet core. The semiconductor device, disposed in a housing, includes a plurality of first sensors and a plurality of second sensors. The first magnet core, disposed over the semiconductor device, is configured to establish a magnetic field between the first sensors and move with respect to the semiconductor device. The at least one second magnet core, disposed between an inner wall of the housing and the semiconductor device, is configured to establish a magnetic field between the second sensors and move with respect to the semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: EN-HSIANG YEH, MONSEN LIU, CHUEI-TANG WANG
  • Publication number: 20150130298
    Abstract: The vibration power generator includes: a plurality of permanent magnets (1, 2) integrated together to have given inter-magnet gaps under a state in which the same poles of the permanent magnets are opposed to each other; and a plurality of coils (3, 4) arranged on respective outer peripheries of the plurality of permanent magnets so as to have a distance from the plurality of permanent magnets, and is configured to generate an electric power through relative movement of the plurality of permanent magnets and the plurality of coils. A relationship between a length of the opposed coils and a length of the permanent magnet is set so that the length of the coils is larger than the length of the permanent magnet and equal to or smaller than a sum of the length of the permanent magnet and a length of the inter-magnet gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ENGINEERING COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiromori Nomura, Ken Onishi, Masataka Bando
  • Patent number: 9030058
    Abstract: A vibration generator includes a coil, a vibrating body, a spring, and a shaft. The coil is arranged to generate magnetic fields. The vibrating body includes a magnet and a weight. The vibrating body is arranged to be vibrated in a thrust direction by an interaction of magnetic fields generated from the magnet and magnetic fields generated from the coil. The spring is arranged to support the vibrating body at one thrust-direction side of the vibrating body. The shaft is extended in the thrust direction through the vibrating body. The shaft is arranged to allow the vibrating body to slide along the shaft in the thrust direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nidec Seimitsu Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Furuichi, Tomohiro Akanuma
  • Publication number: 20150123499
    Abstract: A linear vibrator includes a housing providing an internal space; a fixed part including a coil fixed to the housing to be disposed in the internal space; a vibrating part including a magnet disposed to face the coil and generating electromagnetic force by interacting with the coil; and an elastic member having one end fixed to the housing and the other end fixed to the vibrating part to elastically support the vibrating part, wherein the elastic member includes a first fixed part fixed to the housing, a second fixed part fixed to the vibrating part, and a deformable part connecting the first fixed part and the second fixed part to each other and elastically deformed, and the first fixed part includes a welded part being welded and coupled to the housing at the outside of a portion of the first fixed part to which the deformable part is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok June Park, Jin Hoon Kim, Yong Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20150123500
    Abstract: An haptic actuator includes: a base member; a hollow cylindrical coil arranged in the upper portion of the base member; a core formed in the base member and arranged so as to be inserted into the center of the coil; a cover member covering the upper portion of the base member; a vibration plate mounted on the cover member, arranged in the upper portion of the core, and moving in the vertical direction; and a vibration unit coupled to the vibration plate and spaced apart from the upper portion of the core. The vibration plate has a mounting portion fixedly mounted on the central area of the cover member and a coupling portion formed so as to extend from the mounting portion and be bent in the downward direction. The vibration unit has a permanent magnet coupled to the coupling portion and spaced apart from the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: M2SYS. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bo Seung Jung
  • Publication number: 20150123498
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vibration generator which is used to embody vibration for signal reception indication or a haptic function of wireless communication devices such as mobile phones. The vibration generator includes a casing which has a space therein, a stator which is provided in the casing and is provided with a coil along which current flows, a vibrator which is provided in the casing and is horizontally moved by electromagnetic force, an elastic body which is fixed at a first end thereof to the casing and fixed at a second end thereof to the vibrator, and a residual vibration reducer which is provided between the vibrator and the casing to absorb vibration of the vibrator. Therefore, after the vibration of the vibrator is stopped, the time it takes to stop movement of the vibrator can be markedly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Hyun-Ki YANG, Seong-Kwan Oh, Hyok-Sang Ahn, Se-Hee Park
  • Patent number: 9024489
    Abstract: A vibration generator includes a housing, a vibrating body, and a leaf spring. The leaf spring includes a connection portion connected to the vibrating body at one longitudinal end of the leaf spring, an attachment portion attached to a circumferential wall portion at the other longitudinal end of the leaf spring and an intermediate portion formed between the connection portion and the attachment portion to extend around the vibrating body. The connection portion and the attachment portion are arranged along a direction intersecting a vibration direction of the vibrating body at the opposite sides of the vibrating body. The intermediate portion is arranged in an outside region around the vibrating body to extend across the vibration direction of the vibrating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Nidec Seimitsu Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Akanuma, Yuuki Yamada, Tetsuya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150108854
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing having a plurality of surfaces and a plurality of vibration portions provided in the housing so as to be in contact with at least one of the plurality of surfaces. The plurality of vibration portions include a first vibration portion, which vibrates at a frequency included in a first frequency band, and a second vibration portion, which vibrates at a frequency included in a second frequency band that is different from the first frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi AKASAKA
  • Publication number: 20150084443
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a vibration energy harvester with increased output power density. The vibration energy harvester has two magnetic solenoids, each with cores that include multiple layers of high permeability materials. The two magnetic solenoids are fixed at two sides of a movably supported hard magnetic core, such as a magnet pair with anti-parallel magnetization, which produces a spatially inhomogeneous bias magnetic field for switching the flux inside the solenoids during vibration of the magnetic core. An output voltage of 2.52 V and a power density 20.84 mW/cm3 at 42 Hz, with a half peak working bandwidth of 6 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Nian-Xiang SUN
  • Patent number: 8987951
    Abstract: Disclosed is a linear vibrator, the linear vibrator including a stator having first and second coil blocks coupled to a bottom plate of a casing, a vibrator having a magnet disposed at a position corresponding to the first and second coil blocks, and an elastic member elastically supporting the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: EM-Tech Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Youngil Park
  • Patent number: 8952580
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor including: a stator part; a vibrator part received in the stator part to thereby linearly vibrate; an elastic member having one end fixedly coupled to the stator part and the other end fixedly coupled to the vibrator part, wherein the vibrator part includes a printed circuit board having one end fixedly coupled to the stator part and the other end fixedly coupled to the vibrator part to thereby linearly vibrate integrally with the vibrator part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jin Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8941273
    Abstract: There is provided a vibration generation device, including: a housing including an internal space; a shaft passing through the internal space in an axial direction and mounted in the housing; a bearing member vibrated in the axial direction while contacting the shaft; a yoke mounted on the bearing member; a coil mounted on an outer surface of the yoke; a magnet interacting with electromagnetic force exerted on the yoke by the coil and included in the internal space; and at least one elastic member connected between an end of the yoke in the axial direction and a surface of the housing in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Tae Kim, Jung Taek Hong, Jr., Kyung Su Park, Dong Su Moon
  • Patent number: 8941272
    Abstract: There is provided a linear vibrator including a case including a cylindrical sidewall part forming a sidewall thereof and a cover coupled to one end of the sidewall part, and an elastic member including at least one connection protrusion and connected to the case while the connection protrusion is interposed between the sidewall part and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung Taek Hong
  • Patent number: 8937411
    Abstract: There is provided a vibration generating device, including: a housing including an inner space; a shaft provided in the inner space of the housing in an axial direction; a frame including a shaft hole into which the shaft is fitted; a bearing member mounted on the frame to be vibrated in a state of contact with the shaft; a vibrating part mounted on an outer surface of the frame and including a magnetic field generation part; elastic members mounted on both ends of the vibrating part in the axial direction; and a coil provided in the inner space and vibrating the vibrating part by interaction with the magnetic field generation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Tae Kim, Je Hyun Bang, Jung Taek Hong, Dong Su Moon
  • Publication number: 20150015091
    Abstract: An actuator has an electrically conductive coil which has a longitudinal axis and windings through which a current can flow. The coil is surrounded by a highly permeable first ferromagnetic body so that the first body has projections of highly permeable ferromagnetic material above and below the coil in the longitudinal direction. The actuator has a magnet spaced apart from the coil so that a gap forms therebetween. The magnet is surrounded by a highly permeable second ferromagnetic body so that the second body has projections of highly permeable ferromagnetic material above and below the magnet in the longitudinal direction. The magnet is statically mounted with the second body and the coil is spring mounted with the first body so that the coil and first body oscillate in the longitudinal direction when an alternating current flows through the coil. The coil is outside the magnet perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Genderjahn, Bernhard Uhrmeister, Hans-Juergen Karkosch, Peter Marienfeld
  • Patent number: 8933597
    Abstract: Disclose herein is a linear vibration motor including: a stator part including a coil having a power applied from the outside thereto to form a magnetic field; a vibrator part including a magnet facing the coil; and an elastic member having one end coupled to the stator part and the other end coupled to the vibrator part to elastically support linear vibration of the vibrator part, wherein the stator part includes: a cover member including a set fixing part extended to one side thereof to thereby be fixedly coupled to a set component and an extended plate extended to the other side thereof; an upper case coupled to an upper portion of the cover member so as to receive the vibrator part therein; a printed circuit board having the coil coupled thereto and coupled to the cover member and an upper portion of the extended plate; and a contact part fixedly coupled to an upper portion of the printed circuit board of which a portion is coupled to the extended plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young Jae Jeon, Seung Hyeon Jeong
  • Patent number: 8912693
    Abstract: A broadband linear vibrator that is small sized and yet capable of generating a greater vibrating force and outputting various broadband vibrations, and a mobile terminal capable of outputting various vibrations and sounds, wherein the broadband linear vibrator includes a case; a spring coupled to the case; an oscillator including a magnet for elastically supporting the spring and a stator formed inside the case for vibrating the oscillator, wherein a frequency band to a maximum use frequency that is detectable as a vibration or a sound source based on a resonant frequency is 1.2 times than a frequency band to a minimum use frequency, such that various feelings of vibrations and sounds can be advantageously provided by the broadband linear vibrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Youngil Park
  • Patent number: 8912692
    Abstract: A magnetic vibrator including a first magnetic portion and a second magnetic portion is disclosed. The first magnetic portion includes an inner plate, a first magnet and a second magnet. The inner plate is disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet. The second magnetic portion includes a coil and a wrapper. The coil is disposed around the first magnetic portion and wrapped in the wrapper. The wrapper has a gap corresponding to the inner plate. An interval is configured between the first magnetic portion and the second magnetic portion. When a current is occurred in the coil, the first magnetic portion and the second magnetic portion are actuated to move axially with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Chang, Ching-Hsiang Yu
  • Patent number: 8910727
    Abstract: The invention provides a novel jackhammer that utilizes ultrasonic and/or sonic vibrations as source of power. It is easy to operate and does not require extensive training, requiring substantially less physical capabilities from the user and thereby increasing the pool of potential operators. An important safety benefit is that it does not fracture resilient or compliant materials such as cable channels and conduits, tubing, plumbing, cabling and other embedded fixtures that may be encountered along the impact path. While the ultrasonic/sonic jackhammer of the invention is able to cut concrete and asphalt, it generates little back-propagated shocks or vibrations onto the mounting fixture, and can be operated from an automatic platform or robotic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Stewart Sherrit, Jack L. Herz
  • Publication number: 20140346901
    Abstract: The invention relates to a miniature linear vibrotactile actuator comprising: a first element 14, 104 of generally cylindrical shape, comprising permanent magnets 15, 105 aligned so that two adjacent sides of two adjacent magnets 15, 105 have identical polarities; a second element 11, 101 defining a cylindrical cavity 12, 102 into which the first element 14, 104 is inserted with play so as to be able to slide therein in a sliding direction X2, the second element 11, 101 comprising coils 13, 103 of conductive wire having strands that extend perpendicularly to the sliding direction X2, in order to form magnetic force generators, and that are placed so as to be able to influence the first element 14, 104 electromagnetically; and means 25, 41, 125 for returning and guiding the first element 14, 104 toward an equilibrium position in the second element 11, 101, in which position a median plane P2 between two adjacent magnets substantially coincides with a median plane P1 of a facing force generator 111.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6)
    Inventors: Vincent Hayward, Amir Berrezag, George Dietz
  • Patent number: 8872393
    Abstract: The present invention provides a voice coil motor comprising a carrier, upper and lower spring plates, magnets, a base and a conductor. The carrier comprises a main body and a coil surrounding said main body. The upper spring plate is provided on the top of the main body and the lower spring plate is provided on the bottom of the main body. The lower spring plate comprises a lower securing portion and a lower actuating portion; the lower actuating portion is adjacent to the bottom of the base. The magnets are arranged outside of the coil; the conductor between the lower spring plate and the base comprises an attachment plate and two conductive legs. The attachment plate is attached to the lower securing portion and the two conductive legs are integrally formed with the attachment plate such that assembly of the voice coil motor is greatly facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Tricore Corporation
    Inventor: Jen-Chieh Hou
  • Patent number: 8872394
    Abstract: A linear vibration generating apparatus employed in a portable terminal is provided. The linear vibration generating apparatus includes a bracket, a coil inserted into the bracket, a stator inserted into the bracket and including a central yoke concentrically fixed to an interior space of the coil, a vibrator including a permanent magnet disposed to surround an outer periphery of the coil, and a resilient body fixed to the stator to support the vibrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Jahwa Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Koo Shim, Kyung-Yang Jung, Young-Bin Chong, Bong-Joo Park
  • Publication number: 20140306556
    Abstract: There is provided a housing, including: a case formed in a longitudinal direction, having an opening on one side, and having an internal space; and a bracket coupled to the opening on the one side of the case; wherein the case has a protrusion formed at the opening and protruding in the longitudinal direction of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Tae KIM, Jung Taek HONG, Kyung Su PARK
  • Patent number: 8860263
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor including: a stator part including a coil, a printed circuit board coupled to the coil, a bracket having the printed circuit board fixedly coupled thereto, and a case having an internal space formed therein and coupled to the bracket; and a vibrator part including a main magnet positioned to face the coil, a yoke coupled to the magnet, a weight body coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the yoke, and an elastic member having one end coupled to the case and the other end coupled to the yoke, wherein the stator part further includes sub-magnets, which are magnetic damping units, the sub-magnets being disposed to face the main magnet of the vibrator part and being mounted in the stator part so that surfaces thereof facing the main magnet have the same polarities as those of the main magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: An Soo Yoon
  • Patent number: 8860262
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor including: a stator part including a magnet; a vibrator part including a coil disposed to face the magnet; and an elastic member connecting the stator part and the vibrator part to each other, wherein the elastic member includes bending parts formed in connection parts thereof connected to the stator part and the vibration part in a vibration direction of the vibrator part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 8860264
    Abstract: There is provided a linear vibrator, including a fixed part having an inner space of a predetermined size formed therein; at least one magnet disposed in the inner space and generating magnetic force; a vibration part including a coil disposed to face the magnet to generate electromagnetic force through interaction therewith, and a mass body; a substrate having one end connected to the vibration part to serve as a free end, and the other end connected to the fixed part to serve as a fixed end; and a connection protrusion formed on the fixed part and inserted into a connection hole formed in the substrate so as to allow the substrate to be fixed to the fixed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20140265650
    Abstract: There is provided a horizontal linear vibrator including a housing, a mass member movably mounted within the housing in a length direction thereof, a coil member mounted in the housing, a magnet member mounted in the mass member and interacting with the coil member to generate a magnetic field so as to enable movement of the mass member, an elastic member mounted in the housing and applying force in the same direction as or an opposite direction to a moving direction of the mass member, and a bearing member disposed between the mass member and the housing to enable a sliding motion of the mass member relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Young Jae JEON
  • Publication number: 20140265651
    Abstract: There are provided a vibrator and an electronic device including the same, the vibrator including a housing having an internal space; a shaft included in the internal space; a vibrating part suspended in the internal space by elastic members at both ends thereof, including a magnetic field part, and having a bearing member slidably and movably installed on the shaft; and a coil generating vibrations of the vibrating part through electromagnetic interaction with the magnetic field part and provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft while facing the magnetic field part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Yong Tae KIM, Kyung Su PARK, Jung Taek HONG
  • Publication number: 20140270276
    Abstract: An electromechanical transducer of the invention comprises a structural unit, an armature, and first and second elastic members. The structural unit includes at least one pair of magnets, a yoke conducting a magnetic flux generated by the magnets, and a coil supplied with an electric signal. The armature has an inner portion disposed to pass through an internal space of the structural unit and first and second outer portions protruding on both sides from the inner portion, and the armature constitutes a magnetic circuit with the structural unit via two regions through which components of the magnetic flux flow in directions opposite to each other in the inner portion. The first and second elastic members connect between the first and second outer portions of the armature and the structural unit, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Rion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Iwakura, Munehiro Date
  • Patent number: 8836178
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibrator, including: a stator including a coil; and a vibrator including a magnet opposite to the coil, wherein the linear vibrator is linearly vibrated due to electromagnetic induction of the coil and the magnet, the magnet is formed in a disc shape in which a cut part is formed by cutting a portion thereof, a magnetic fluid band is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the magnet, and a portion of the magnetic fluid band is in contact with the coil. According to the present invention, there is provided the linear vibrator capable of suppressing weak vibration generated at the time of external impact or movement, previously preventing noise generated as the vibrator applies an impact to the stator due to excessive vibration, and minimizing attenuation of the linear vibration quantity as the cut part that is formed by cutting a portion of the magnet to form the air gap with the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joon Choi
  • Publication number: 20140252890
    Abstract: A vibration generation device is provided. The device includes a casing configured to have a receiving space in the casing, a coil received in a receiving space of the casing and configured to have an externally supplied current flow through the coil, a vibrator received in the receiving space of the casing, configured to comprise a magnet and a yoke surrounding the magnet, and disposed over the coil so that the vibrator is vibrated under an influence of a magnetic field through an interaction with the coil, and an elastic member received in the receiving space of the casing, disposed under the vibrator, and configured to elastically support the vibrator. There are advantages in that biased vibration can be improved because the elastic member and the yoke can be fixed at several places, a sufficient space where the elastic member can be vibrated can be secured because the elastic member is configured under the magnetic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Cresyn Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong-Bae LEE
  • Patent number: 8829741
    Abstract: Disclosed is a horizontal vibration motor, the motor including a stator having a coil block secured to a bottom plate of a case, a vibrator having magnets placed above the coil block and a weight holding the magnets, a first elastic member having a first elastic plate secured to portion of the case corresponding to a first corner of the weight, a second elastic plate bent inwards from the first elastic plate, and a third elastic plate bent outwards from the second elastic plate and secured to portion around a second corner, and a second elastic member having a fourth elastic plate secured to portion of the bottom plate corresponding to a third corner, a fifth elastic plate bent inwards from the fourth elastic plate, and a sixth elastic plate bent outwards from the fifth elastic plate and secured to a fourth corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Youngil Park
  • Patent number: 8816540
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a vibration energy harvester with increased output power density. The vibration energy harvester has two magnetic solenoids, each with cores that include multiple layers of high permeability materials. The two magnetic solenoids are fixed at two sides of a movably supported hard magnetic core, such as a magnet pair with anti-parallel magnetization, which produces a spatially inhomogeneous bias magnetic field for switching the flux inside the solenoids during vibration of the magnetic core. An output voltage of 2.52 V and a power density 20.84 mW/cm3 at 42 Hz, with a half peak working bandwidth of 6 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventor: Nian-Xiang Sun
  • Publication number: 20140232211
    Abstract: A linear vibration actuator for which the positional accuracy of coils in the casing can be easily increased. A linear vibration actuator (1) in which a magnet (13) and a weight (15) are fixed. The magnet (13) and the shaft (20) form a magnetic circuit within a casing (2) causing reciprocating motion of the weight (15) and magnet (13), via a coil (24) within a casing (2). The linear actuator (1) includes a shaft (20) provided within the casing (2) and made from a magnetic material. A coil (24) is supported by the shaft (20) includes first and second coil parts (22, 23) arranged parallel to an axial line L and wound in opposing directions. A ring-like magnet (13) surrounds the coil (24) and the shaft (20). A weight is fixed to the magnet. A plate spring (17) biases the magnet (13) and the weight (15) along the shaft (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Nidec Copal Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori KATADA, Hirohiko SONOKI, Daisuke HIGASHI, Risa MATSUMURA, Sayaka UENO, Honami NAKAZAWA, Yoshihide TONOGAI
  • Patent number: 8803373
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor including: a stator part including a magnet; a vibrator part including a coil facing the magnet to generate electromagnetic force and a printed circuit board having one end coupled to the stator part and the other end coupled to the coil; and an elastic member connecting the stator part and the vibrator part to each other, wherein the stator part further includes a damper facing the vibrator part. The damper is made of a rubber material having lower density in order to alleviate and absorb impact at the time of contact with the vibrator part, thereby making is possible to prevent vibration noise due to residual vibration generated at the time of contact between the vibrator part and the stator part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joon Choi