Reed Type Patents (Class 310/25)
  • Publication number: 20140218324
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator (9) for a touch interface module (1) with haptic feedback, the interface module comprising a touch surface (3) able to detect at least one property of a user's touch, the actuator (9) comprising: a frame (11); a moveable core (13) interacting with the frame (11) and intended to be driven to move between extreme positions in order to generate the haptic feedback; and a main actuator connected to the touch surface (3) and able to generate haptic feedback depending on the detected touch and comprising electromagnetic actuating means (15, 17) for driving the moveable core (13) to move, characterized in that it furthermore comprises a controlled secondary actuator (18) cooperating with the moveable core (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: DAV
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Tissot
  • Patent number: 8794823
    Abstract: A magnetic resonator, for a timepiece, is disclosed which comprises an oscillator of the tuning-fork type having first and second branches in the form of a U of which at least a first branch supports a first permanent magnet defining a first magnetic field, an escape wheel, designed to be arranged in engagement with a watchwork gear train in order to allow it to be driven by a power source of the timepiece and, situated within range of said first permanent magnet in order to undergo the influence of the first magnetic field. In particular, provision is made for the escape wheel to be free and support at least two permanent magnets, preferably at least four, arranged so that the vibrations of the first branch of the tuning fork, on the one hand, control the rotation speed of the escape wheel and, on the other hand, are sustained periodically by the magnetic interaction between the first permanent magnet of the tuning fork and the permanent magnets of the escape wheel in order to define a free escapement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Asgalium Unitec SA
    Inventor: Ilan Vardi
  • Patent number: 8786144
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor including: a fixing part including a magnet; and a vibrator part including a coil corresponding to the magnet and a printed circuit board coupled with the coil, wherein one end of the printed circuit board is coupled with the fixing part and the other end thereof is coupled with the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kwang Hyung Lee, An Soo Yoon, Hwa Young Oh
  • Patent number: 8766494
    Abstract: A linear vibrator is disclosed, characterized by: a housing; a stator fixed inside the housing; a vibrating unit formed with an opening for surrounding the stator and vibrating inside the housing by being interactive with the stator; and an elastic member elastically supporting the vibrator inside the housing, whereby the vibrating unit is vibrated in the width direction to enable a reduced thickness of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Il Park
  • Publication number: 20140152126
    Abstract: The present invention provides a horizontal linear vibrator which can reduce the thickness but increase vibration strength while at the same time guaranteeing a sufficiently long lifetime and satisfactory responsivity. The horizontal linear vibrator includes a casing, a bracket, a vibration unit and springs. The casing defines an internal space therein. The bracket is disposed under the casing. A cylindrical coil is provided on the bracket. The vibration unit has a magnet, a yoke and a weight. The yoke contains the magnet therein and is open on the lower end thereof. The weight is coupled to the outer surface of the yoke. The springs are coupled to sidewall plates of the casing or the bracket. The springs elastically support the vibration unit to allow the vibration unit to vibrate in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 8742634
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor including: a stator part including a magnetic force part and a casing receiving the magnetic force part therein; and a vibrator part including a coil facing the magnetic force part to thereby generate electromagnetic force and a printed circuit board having one end coupled to the stator part and the other end coupled to the coil, wherein the vibrator part moves linearly along a longitudinal outer peripheral surface of the casing receiving the magnetic force part therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 8736121
    Abstract: Disclosed is a linear vibrator including a fixing part providing an inner space of a predetermined size, at least one magnet disposed in the inner space of the fixing part to generate a magnetic force, a vibration part including a coil disposed to face the magnet to generate electromagnetic force by interacting with the magnet and a vibrating mass body, an elastic member coupled to the fixing part and the vibration part to provide an elastic force, and a substrate coupled to the vibration part and including a through hole through which the magnet passes to prevent the substrate from contacting the magnet when the vibration part is vibrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Kun Choi, Kwang Hyung Lee, Hwa Young Oh
  • Patent number: 8729746
    Abstract: The present invention provides a linear vibration device in which a PCB is coupled to a bracket having an extension piece protruding at a peripheral portion thereof to transfer an external electrical signal to a coil and a yoke of a stator is installed on an upper surface of the PCB to be coupled to the coil, in order to maximally generate an electromagnetic force in one direction. In addition, an upper plate and a lower plate are configured to concentrate a magnetic field of a magnet configured to create a magnetic field corresponding to an electromagnetic force of the yoke formed by the coil to one direction. Accordingly, a vibrating body includes a vibrator which is operated upward and downward in response to an electromagnetic force concentrated by the yoke, increasing vibration feelings due to the upward and downward movement thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Young Jin Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin Han Yu
  • Publication number: 20140125151
    Abstract: A power generator 100 of the present invention includes a housing 20; a permanent magnet 31 disposed in the housing 20 so that the permanent magnet 31 can be displaced in a magnetization direction thereof; a coil 40 disposed in the housing 20 so as to surround the permanent magnet 31 without contacting with the magnet 39; a coil holding portion 50 disposed between the housing 20 and the permanent magnet 31; a pair of leaf springs 60U, 60L disposed in the housing 20 so as to be opposed to each other through at least the permanent magnet 31, the coil 40 and the coil holding portion 50; and at least one of a first spring constant adjuster 12 for adjusting spring constants of the first spring portions 64 and a second spring constant adjuster 13 for adjusting spring constants of the second spring portions 65.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KENICHI FURUKAWA, KENSUKE YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20140117787
    Abstract: A linear vibrator including: a fixing unit having a magnet in an inner space, the magnet generating magnetic force; a vibration unit including a coil disposed to face the magnet and generating electromagnetic force by interaction with the magnet, and a holder coupled with a surface of the coil and fixedly supporting a mass body which vibrates; and an elastic member coupled with the holder and the fixing unit and providing elastic force to the vibration unit
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Kun CHOI
  • Patent number: 8704387
    Abstract: An electrical energy generator comprising a housing having a longitudinal axis and opposite ends, an electromagnetically active mass positioned within the housing reciprocally movable along at least a portion of the longitudinal axis, an electrically conductive material within the housing, a body engaged with the electromagnetically active mass, and at least one spring positioned between at least one of an end of the housing and an end of the body, or between an end of the body and the electrically conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Tremont Electric, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Patrick Lemieux
  • Publication number: 20140103750
    Abstract: A vibrator includes a substrate, a coil supported to the substrate and a vibrator member disposed in opposition to the coil and capable of vibrating along the axial direction of the coil. The vibrator member includes a weight, a magnet polarized along the axial direction of the coil, and a supporting member for supporting the magnet with allowing displacement thereof along the axial direction of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Ishihara, Ryuji Awamura, Hidenori Motonaga, Kensuke Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20140103751
    Abstract: A power generator 100 includes a housing 20 and a power generating unit 10 disposed in the housing 20. The power generating unit 10 is constituted of a magnet assembly 30 having a permanent magnet 31, a coil 40 disposed so as to surround the permanent magnet 31, a coil holding portion 50 holding the coil 40 and a pair of an upper leaf spring 60U and a lower leaf spring 60L disposed in the housing 20 so as to be opposed to each other through at least one of the magnet assembly 30, the coil 40 and the coil holding portion 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Furukawa, Kensuke Yamada
  • Patent number: 8692423
    Abstract: There is provided a vibrator, including: a case having an inner space; a coil fixedly mounted on a side wall of the case; an elastic member fixedly mounted on the case so as to be disposed within the coil; a weight body fixedly mounted on the elastic member; and a magnet fixedly mounted on the weight body so as to face the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Taek Hong, Dae Lyun Kang
  • Publication number: 20140084710
    Abstract: A cylindrical magnet of an oscillating actuator includes a plurality of divided magnet portions which are magnetized in the radial direction. Since adjacent magnet portions have different poles in the direction of an oscillation axis, magnetic poles do not repel each other when adhering the magnet portions and it is thus easy to adhere the magnet portions to each other. In addition to this construction of the magnet, a coil includes a plurality of divided coil portions corresponding to the magnet portions in the direction of the oscillation axis, and adjacent coil portions are wound in opposite directions to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Endo, Yoshihide Tonogai
  • Patent number: 8682396
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vibration module for a portable terminal that includes a housing, a magnetic moving part movable in a first direction within the housing; an elastic member supported between the opposite ends of the magnetic moving part and inner walls of the housing, and a solenoid coil provided in the housing. The vibration module is positioned at one end of the moving section by the magnetic force of the magnetic moving part and an object around the magnetic moving part, allowing the vibration module to provide a user with a feeling similar to a click feeling via the acceleration produced at a stopping instant. In addition, when vibrating, the vibration module generates sufficient vibration power through acceleration at the instant of changing moving direction at the ends of the moving section, to provide an alarm function, such as an incoming call notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tae-Heon Yang, Yu-Dong Bae, Dong-Soo Kwon, Young-Min Lee, Eun-Hwa Lee, Jeong-Seok Lee, Dong-Bum Pyo, Young-Jun Cho
  • Patent number: 8680722
    Abstract: Disclosed is a linear vibrator, the linear vibrator including: a stator including a circuit substrate formed at a bottom surface with a connection terminal and a coil block arranged at an upper surface opposite to the bottom surface and electrically connected to the connection terminal; a first cover arranged at the bottom surface of the circuit substrate and formed with an opening for exposing the connection terminal; a second cover coupled to the first cover in a bottom-opened cylindrical shape; and a vibrator including a magnet arranged inside the coil block, a yoke in which the magnet is mounted, and an elastic member coupled to the yoke and the second cover to vertically vibrate the magnet relative to the coil block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Youngil Park
  • Patent number: 8680723
    Abstract: A linear actuator includes a stationary part, a movable part moveably supported by the stationary part, and at least one elastic member disposed between the movable part and the stationary part. The stationary part includes a stator core with a pair of teeth extending inwardly there from, and a winding wound on each of the teeth. The movable part disposed between the teeth includes two pairs of permanent magnetic poles respectively facing the teeth and an output shaft projecting in a first direction. When the windings are electrified, the stationary part generates a magnetic field which interacts with the permanent magnetic poles to reciprocate the movable part relative to the stationary part in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Arunkumar Subramanian, HongTao Wang, JinHui Huang
  • Patent number: 8674526
    Abstract: An electrical energy generator including a housing, an electromagnetically active mass positioned within the housing, an electrically conductive material within the housing, a body positioned within the housing wherein the body and the electromagnetically active mass move relative to each other, and at least one spring for imparting restorative forces to the electromagnetically active mass and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tremont Electric, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Patrick Lemieux
  • Publication number: 20140070633
    Abstract: There is provided a linear vibrator including: a fixed part having an internal space of a predetermined size provided therein; a magnet coupled to one surface of the internal space of the fixed part and generating magnetic force; a vibrating part including a coil disposed to face the magnet and interacting with the magnet to generate electromagnetic force and a mass body vibrated by the electromagnetic force; and a holder provided between the coil and the mass body and having one edge and the other edge extended in an inner radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong-Jin KIM
  • Patent number: 8669679
    Abstract: There is provided a linear vibrator, including: a fixed part providing an interior space having a predetermined size; at least one magnet disposed in the interior space and generating magnetic force; a vibration part including a coil facing the magnet and generating electromagnetic force through interaction with the magnet and a mass body; and an elastic member coupled to the fixed part and the vibration part to mediate vibrations of the vibration part and having a damping increasing portion attached to a predetermined region of a surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Ho Lee, Young Nam Hwang, Po Chul Kim, Yong Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20140054981
    Abstract: An ultrathin electromagnetic vibrating device and its manufacturing method, wherein the ultrathin electromagnetic vibrating device includes: a base frame, a vibrating reed, a set of surrounds, a voice coil and a magnetic circuit system, wherein the surrounds include an upper surround and a lower surround, respectively connected with an upper surface and a lower surface of the vibrating reed to fixedly connecting the vibrating reed with a base of the base frame. Due to an application of the lower surround to form a combined action of the upper and lower surround, the vibrating reed is only able to keep vibrating up and down vertically, a first end of the voice coil is fixedly provided on the lower surface of the vibrating reed, similarly, while a stroke of the voice coil drives the vibrating reed to vibrate up and down vertically, the voice coil achieves an up-and-down vertical stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventor: Xinmin Huang
  • Publication number: 20140054982
    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: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youngil PARK
  • Patent number: 8648502
    Abstract: Disclosed is a linear vibrator, the vibrator including a case including a lower case and an upper case engaged with the lower case; a stator that is disposed on a bottom plate of the lower case and includes a coil block formed of coil wound in the horizontal direction to the bottom plate; a vibrator including a weight having a storage that is formed in a position corresponding to the coil block to store the coil block, a yoke to cover the storage of the weight, and first and second magnets that are disposed in the storage and on the coil block; and an elastic member that has one side fixed to external surfaces of the weight, the external surfaces facing each other, and the other side engaged with a side of the case facing the external surfaces of the weight, the other side facing the one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Youngil Park
  • Patent number: 8643229
    Abstract: Disclosed is a linear vibration device, the linear vibration device including: a case formed with a storage space; a vibrator including a cylindrical back yoke accommodated in the storage space, a magnet mounted on the back yoke, a leaf spring coupled to the back yoke and a weight coupled to the back yoke; and a coil block accommodated in the case to face the magnet, wherein one lateral end of the leaf spring is coupled to the case, and the other lateral end of the leaf spring facing the one lateral end is coupled to the back yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Youngil Park
  • Patent number: 8643236
    Abstract: A multifunctional electromagnetic transducer includes a bracket, a vibrating unit including a magnetic circuit part receiving in the bracket, and a plurality of elastic members assembled to the bracket for sustaining the magnetic circuit part. The magnetic circuit part defines a pole plate, a first magnet disposed at a center portion of the pole plate, and a plurality of second magnets surrounding the first magnet and forming a magnetic gap corporately with the first magnet. Each of the second magnets forms a receiving gap corporately with an adjacent second magnet. Each of the receiving gap receives a weight therein. A voice coil is partially inserted into the magnetic gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventors: Lin-zhen Li, Suo-He Wei
  • Patent number: 8629569
    Abstract: An electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy, the electromechanical generator comprising an electrically conductive coil assembly and a magnet assembly, the magnet assembly comprising at least one magnet and a two-part magnetic core, the two parts of the core being mounted by a biasing device so as to be relatively vibratable at a resonant frequency along an axis about a central position thereby to cause a change of magnetic flux linked with the coil assembly to generate an electrical potential in the coil assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Perpetuum Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen Roberts, Adam Wasenczuk, Thomas Benoit Julien Mouille
  • Patent number: 8624450
    Abstract: A linear vibration device is disclosed. The linear vibration device includes a housing, a plurality of elastic members received in the housing, each of the elastic member has a fastening portion connecting to the housing, an elastic arm extending from the fastening portion, and a mounting portion extending from the elastic arm, a moving unit suspended in the housing by the elastic members, a coil located below the moving unit, a supporting portion coupling to the elastic member, the supporting portion has a supporting plate covering at least a part of a top surface of the moving unit and a supporting arm extending downwardly from the supporting plate for pushing the mounting portion toward the positioning portion of the moving unit, the mounting portion has a fender defining a top part above the top surface of the moving unit for restricting the position of the supporting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventors: Le-Ping Dong, Hong-Fu Xu, Shi Zhou
  • Patent number: 8624449
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor, including: a fixing part, a vibrator part vibrating in a horizontal direction, and an elastic member coupled with the outer side of the vibrator part and a round-shaped bending part to elastically support the fixing part opposite to the vibrator part linearly vibrating in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yong Jin Kim, Kyung Ho Lee, Jun Kun Choi, Hwa Young Oh
  • Publication number: 20140001889
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibration motor including: a stator part; a vibrator part; and an elastic member, wherein the vibrator part includes a printed circuit board, and the stator part includes a case and a bracket, the bracket including a coupling hole formed therein so as to face the printed circuit board at an outer portion of the case and a blocking protrusion part formed at a side of the case adjacent to the coupling hole and protruding toward the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung Taek Hong
  • Publication number: 20130342035
    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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Jin Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20130342034
    Abstract: There is provided a linear vibrator including: a fixed part including a case open at one side thereof and providing an internal space therein and a bracket coupled to the case; a vibrating part disposed in the internal space and including a magnet having a hollow part and a mass body coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the magnet; an elastic member having one end coupled to the vibrating part and the other end coupled to the fixed part; a shaft having upper and lower portions fixed to one surface of the case and the bracket, respectively, and penetrating through the hollow part of the magnet; a coil provided on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft and generating electromagnetic force; and a bush disposed on the coil and concentrating the electromagnetic force generated therein in a single direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Dong Su MOON, Kyung Su Park, Yong Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20130342032
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a cheap, efficient and polyvalent energy harvesting system able to exploit several energy sources. The invention proposes an energy harvesting system (100) comprising a frame, at least one permanent magnet (101) having a North/South direction, and at least one winding (107, 108) wound according to a winding direction around a core (103a-103b) comprising a high magnetic permeability material, at least said at least one permanent magnet being mounted on the frame to be able to oscillate relatively to the winding, characterized in that the system comprises a magnetic flux divider arranged between said at least one permanent magnet and said at least one winding in order to concentrate the magnetic flux at discrete positions of maximum magnetic flux then forming equilibrium positions where the winding faces one of the said discrete positions of maximum magnetic flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Universite de Liege
    Inventor: Philippe LAURENT
  • Patent number: 8598750
    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: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Youngil Park
  • Publication number: 20130313919
    Abstract: A vibrator includes a frame, a swing unit, and an elastic member. The swing unit is disposed within the frame and holds a magnet. The elastic member connects the swing unit and the frame. The swing unit is movable with respect to the frame while deforming the elastic member. The frame, the swing unit, and the elastic member are integrally molded with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Manabu NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20130311012
    Abstract: A control system for resonant inertial actuators estimates operating parameters of the resonant inertial actuators based on voltage and current feedback and dynamically limits selected parameters to maintain the safe, efficient, and cost effective operation of the resonant inertial actuators. Resistance within the electrical drives for the resonant inertial actuators is estimated from the voltage and current feedback and in conjunction with the modeling of the resonant inertial actuators other operating parameters are calculated or otherwise estimated. Having regard for the responsiveness of the resonant inertial actuators to changes in command signals, the command signals are adjusted to dynamically limit the estimated parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: LORD Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Black, Doug Swanson, Askari Badre-Alam, David Edeal, Douglas Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20130300219
    Abstract: An electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy. The electromechanical generator has a housing and an electrically conductive coil assembly movably mounted in the housing. The coil assembly has radially inner and outer sides, and upper and lower edges. A mount for the coil assembly extends inwardly of the radially inner side for mounting the coil assembly for linear vibrational motion along an axis. A first biasing device is mounted between the housing and the mount to bias the electrically conductive coil assembly in opposed directions along the axis towards a central coil position, a magnetic core assembly is movably mounted in the housing for linear vibrational motion along the axis, and a second biasing device is mounted between the housing and the magnetic core assembly to bias the magnetic core assembly in opposed directions along the axis towards a central magnet position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Stephen Roberts
  • Patent number: 8581451
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vibration motor for a portable terminal, including a flat spring; a cylindrical magnetic substance mounted on the flat spring; an annular magnetic substance disposed around the cylindrical magnetic substance mounted on the flat spring; and a coil disposed between the cylindrical magnetic substance and the annular magnetic substance, wherein the magnetic substances perform a linear reciprocal movement by the electromagnetic force generated between the magnetic substances and the coil and by the elastic force of the flat spring as an electric current is applied to the coil. The vibration motor operates at higher resonant frequencies than those of conventional vibration motors, thereby improving the sense of an after-vibration and realizing a delicate haptic feedback function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Kuk Yun, Eun-Hwa Lee, In Kim, Yu-Dong Bae
  • Patent number: 8575793
    Abstract: A voice coil motor includes a mount, a movable unit and a number of rollers. The mount includes a through hole, a number of recesses opposing the through hole, and a number of magnetic blocks mounted in the through hole. The movable unit includes a barrel and a coil of wire surrounding the barrel. The movable unit is movably received in the through hole of the frame and surrounded by the magnetic blocks. The rollers are rotatably received in the respective recesses and come in contact with the barrel. The rollers hold the movable unit in position when no magnetic force needed to be applied on the movable unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shun-Fan Chiang
  • Publication number: 20130278084
    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: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: NIDEC SEIMITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Furuichi, Tomohiro Akanuma
  • Publication number: 20130249325
    Abstract: A linear vibrator is disclosed having a structure capable of generating a large vibratory force with a small size, outputting various types of vibrations in a wide bandwidth, and accurately coupling the magnet, the linear vibrator including: a case providing an inner space; a trembler including a yoke formed with a circular plate-shaped wing unit, a one inner lateral end-closed, cylindrical insertion unit bent from the wing unit to have a stair, an inner magnet coupled by being inserted into the insertion unit, and an external magnet coupled to one surface of the wing unit; an elastic member fixed at one end to the case and fixed at the other end to the trembler; and a stator fixed to the case to vibrate the trembler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngil PARK, Kapjin LEE
  • Publication number: 20130241322
    Abstract: A linear vibrator being used in a mobile phone is provided. The linear vibrator includes a ring-shape permanent magnet in the outside of a cylindrical coil, and the poles of the permanent magnet are divided into the inside of the permanent magnet facing the coil and the outside of the permanent magnet in a direction opposite to the inside of the permanent magnet. Accordingly, efficiency can be improved, a size can be reduced, and productivity and durability can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CRESYN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Bae LEE, Sung-Soo LEE, Min-Su JOO
  • Publication number: 20130241321
    Abstract: A vibration generator includes a circumferential wall portion, a vibrating body arranged inside the circumferential wall portion in an opposing relationship with a coil and configured to reciprocatingly vibrate in one direction, a band-shaped leaf spring arranged between the vibrating body and the circumferential wall portion to support the vibrating body on the circumferential wall portion, and a damper member including a base portion attached to one of the vibrating body and the leaf spring and a tip end portion extending toward the other of the vibrating body and the leaf spring. The tip end portion of the damper member makes sliding contact with the leaf sprig or the vibrating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: NIDEC SEIMITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Akanuma, Yuuki Yamada, Tetsuya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130234445
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating electricity includes a flexural member configured to flex upon being subject to a vibration. A plurality of weight displacement systems is disposed at the flexural member, each weight displacement system in the plurality being configured to displace a moveable weight upon receipt of a signal. A processor is configured to provide a signal to each weight displacement system in order to achieve a desired resonant frequency of the flexural member. And, an electricity generating device is coupled to the flexural member and configured to generate the electricity upon flexing of the flexural member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert Alan Estes
  • Publication number: 20130229070
    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: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: NIDEC SEIMITSU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Akanuma, Yuuki Yamada, Tetsuya Inoue
  • Patent number: 8519573
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Nidec Seimitsu Corporation
    Inventors: Furuich Keisuke, Takagi Takahiro
  • Publication number: 20130200732
    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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
  • Publication number: 20130193780
    Abstract: An actuator includes a fixed section that includes a spindle and a coil fixed to the spindle, a first movable section that includes a first magnet magnetized in an inside-outside direction and disposed to cover the outer peripheral surface of one end in an axial direction of the fixed section, that is mounted on the spindle in an elastically-maintained state, and that is movable in the axial direction, and a second movable section that includes a second magnet magnetized in the inside-outside direction and disposed to cover the outer peripheral surface of the other end in the axial direction of the fixed section, that is mounted on the spindle in an elastically-maintained state, and that is movable in the axial direction. When current flows in the coil, the first movable section and the second movable section move in the opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Yuki TAKAHASHI, Shigenori INAMOTO, Yasutaka KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 8492937
    Abstract: An electromechanical generator for converting mechanical vibrational energy into electrical energy, the electromechanical generator comprising a housing, an electrically conductive coil assembly movably mounted in the housing, the coil assembly having radially inner and outer sides, and upper and lower edges, thereof, a mount for the coil assembly extending inwardly of the radially inner side for mounting the coil assembly for linear vibrational motion along an axis about, a first biasing device mounted between the housing and the mount to bias the electrically conductive coil assembly in opposed directions along the axis towards a central coil position, a magnetic core assembly movably mounted in the housing for linear vibrational motion along the axis, and a second biasing device mounted between the housing and the magnetic core assembly to bias the magnetic core assembly in opposed directions along the axis towards a central magnet position, wherein the magnetic core assembly encloses the electrically cond
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Perpetuum Ltd
    Inventor: Stephen Roberts
  • Patent number: 8492938
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibration device. The linear vibration device includes a stator including magnets, a bracket, and a case having an inner space formed therein and coupled with the bracket; and a vibrator including coils facing the magnets, a weight body coupled with the coil, an FPC coupled with a top portion of the weight body, and an elastic member of which the one end is coupled with the case and the other end is coupled with the coil, the vibrator being accommodated in the case, wherein the magnets include a first magnet and a second magnet facing the first magnet, coupled with a top surface of the bracket, and including a magnetic fluid applied to a bottom portion and a side portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seok Jun Park