Direct-connected Patents (Class 310/28)
  • Patent number: 11582564
    Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao, Lei Zhang, Junjiang Fu, Bingyan Yan
  • Patent number: 11289990
    Abstract: The present invention provides a linear vibration motor including a housing with a receiving space, a vibration unit placed in the receiving space, an elastic part suspending the vibration unit in the receiving space and a coil assembly fixed on the housing and driving the vibration of the vibration unit. The vibration unit includes a weight in which a pole plate is disposed for positioning a magnet. The pole plate includes a body part and a positioning protrusion extending from the body part. The magnet includes a positioning hole corresponding to the positioning protrusion. Compared with the related technology, the linear vibration motor of the invention has the advantages of simpler assembly, higher assembly precision and higher vibration reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Tao, Fanghua Ling, Mengxun Shi, Xiaofeng Pu
  • Patent number: 9685848
    Abstract: A vibrating device includes a motor housing, an electromagnetic coil coupled to the motor housing and a motor elastically coupled to the motor housing. The motor includes a pole plate, a magnet and a yoke, the pole plate bonded to the magnet and the magnet set within the yoke. The electromagnetic coil is disposed within an annular space defined between the magnet and the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Inseat Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Wenbin Song, Orsi R. Garcia
  • Patent number: 9515540
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: MPLUS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok June Park, Jin Hoon Kim, Yong Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 9472125
    Abstract: An electronics circuit first portion is entirely within an electronics module housing, sensing and transmitting a tamper condition of a normally locked bolt. The bolt comprises a second portion of the electronics circuit. The seal electronics circuit first portion comprises a seal monitoring, tracking and communications system. The bolt passes through the module housing and is secured with a locking device external the module such that the module is reusable when the bolt is severed. The bolt and module housing include a cooperative contamination sealing arrangement for sealing the bolt to the housing. The electronics circuit first portion includes RFID tamper detection circuitry, GPS, Wi Fi and cell phone communication and tracking technologies. The cell phone technology tracks the seal using cell phone towers and Wi Fi access points and communicates the seal tracked position and seal status data to a cell phone communications center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: E.J. BROOKS COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Debrody, Donald Ruth, George Lundberg, Richard Dreisbach
  • Patent number: 9312058
    Abstract: An electromagnetic linear actuator has a frame (stator) and an armature each at least partially formed of soft magnetic material. The armature can be moved relative to the frame along a longitudinal axis, they form a gap therebetween in an open position and lie against each other in a closed position with the gap closed. A first armature coil is connected to the armature so that a force acting on the first armature coil is transferred to the armature. An excitation magnetic field is generated and guided at least partially by the frame and the armature and acts with a force on the first armature coil when current flows through the first armature coil, to close the gap. The frame, the armature, and the excitation magnetic field are configured so that a retaining force takes effect when the gap between the frame and the armature is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: MSM Krystall GBR
    Inventors: Rainer Michaelsen, Arno Mecklenburg, Rainer Schneider
  • Patent number: 9282409
    Abstract: A bass shaker system is provided that includes a motor and a motor housing, where the motor includes a motor case having first and second members shaped to tightly envelop an exterior surface of the voice coil while still leaving a gap between adjacent ends of the first and second members, and a plurality of spiders having at least four spider legs secured within a ring that has an interior shoulder to mate with a radial ridge on each of the first and second motor case members. In some embodiments, the bass shaker system includes ventilated caps and vented housing covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: AUDIO DESIGN EXPERTS, INC.
    Inventor: Dai Zo Lee
  • Publication number: 20150132161
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a stator of a linear compressor comprises first stator pieces that are circumferentially and sequentially arranged about an axial direction and are radially disposed, second stator pieces that are provided between outer parts of the adjacent first stator pieces, and an outer side, away from a motor axis, of the second stator pieces assembled at an outer circumference of the stator. The stator can reduce the magnetic losses of the stator caused by the gap, and improve the efficiency of the motor. It can also improve the performance, stability, durability and reliability of the linear compressor. It can also reduce the bulk of the linear compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Bin Song, Hyeomgkook Lee, Saina Yan, Zhiqiang Zhao, Sheng Xu, Biao Li
  • Publication number: 20140327328
    Abstract: The present device is applied to a linear driving unit which comprises: a linear electric motor (M) formed by a motor housing (C) which is electrically excited and affixed to a fixed structure (1), and by a magnetic armature (A) which is displaced in a reciprocating axial movement; and a helical resonant spring (50) having an end coupled to the fixed structure (1) and an opposite end coupled to the magnetic armature (A). The deformation control device (60) is mounted to contact a surface extension of the resonant spring (50), which is elastically and radially deformed, and to generate friction with said surface extension and/or an elastic deformation in the deformation control device (60), absorbing energy in a value sufficient to at least minimize said radial elastic deformation of the resonant spring (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL S.A.
    Inventors: Rinaldo Puff, Alexandre Rafael Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20140239746
    Abstract: An inertial drive actuator includes a displacement unit, a vibration substrate, a first magnetic field generator which generates a magnetic field, a movable body disposed on a flat surface of the vibration substrate, and which includes a first yoke that concentrates a magnetic flux of an N-pole and an S-pole generated by the first magnetic field generator, at a predetermined position, and a second yoke which is disposed on a side of the vibration substrate, opposite to a direction facing the movable body. A movement in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which, the movable body is driven is regulated mechanically by end portions of the second yoke facing end portions of the first yoke at an outer side of the vibration substrate, and a frictional force is controlled by controlling the magnetic field, and the movable body is driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20140239747
    Abstract: An inertial drive actuator includes a displacement unit, a vibration substrate, a movable body, a first magnetic field generator which generates a magnetic field so that, a magnetic attractive force or a magnetic repulsive force acts in a direction opposite to the movable body, a first yoke, and which induces a magnetic flux generated by the first magnetic field generator such that, the flux generated by the first magnetic field generator is concentrated on a surface of the movable body, opposite to the vibration substrate, and second yokes and on a side of the vibration substrate, opposite to a direction facing the movable body, and the second yokes and control a frictional force acting between the movable body and the vibration substrate by controlling the magnetic field generated by the first magnetic field generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaya TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 8810935
    Abstract: This invention provides an actuator, comprising: a supporting frame having a movable element accommodation space; a movable element received by the movable element accommodation space of the supporting frame, at least one elastic element accommodation space and at least one electrically-driven element accommodation space being arranged in proximity to each other around the exterior thereof; an electrically-driven element received by the at least one electrically-driven element accommodation space and configured to cause the movable element to move with respect to at least one axis; and an elastic element configured to provide an elastic force with respect to at least one axis, wherein the elastic element is received by the at least one elastic element accommodation space and able to perform a sliding function with the at least one elastic element accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen Yi Huang, Te Sheng Tseng, Wen Hung Hsu
  • Publication number: 20140225460
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric motor, more particularly the present invention relates to an electric motor to replace conventional electrical motor for general applications comprising at least a propulsion unit (101) and a means for supplying current to the propulsion unit (101). The propulsion unit (101) comprises a propulsion member (11) and a casing (12) having a pair of first guides (13) secured to the opposite laterals, and a plurality of second guides (14) spaced and disposed along the surface of said casing (12), for receiving and actuating the propulsion member (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: Choo-Peng Oh
  • Patent number: 8766496
    Abstract: A linear electric motors including a housing, a first armature movable on a first essentially linear path with respect to the housing, and a second armature movable on a second essentially linear path with respect to the housing, wherein the first armature is mounted to the housing by a first mounting spring, wherein the first armature and the second armature are coupled to each other by a coupling spring, and wherein the second armature is mounted to the housing by a second mounting spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Ziegler, Robert Schaefer, Uwe Schober, Thomas Meinke
  • Publication number: 20140161650
    Abstract: A linear drive, in particular for a piston pump, includes a first electromagnetic drive device, a second electromagnetic drive device, and a drive piston configured to be moved in an axial direction by the drive devices. The first drive device and the second drive device are each in the form of a reluctance drive device. The reluctance drive devices each have a stator with a stator coil that engages around the drive piston in a circumferential direction. The reluctance drive devices each also have a coil core with a coil receptacle, open in a radial direction toward the drive piston, for the coil winding. A piston pump arrangement includes the linear drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Paweletz, Michael Knoop, Dietmar Kratzer, Daniel Gosse
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20140139052
    Abstract: The present invention provides such a vibration generator which can obtain desired power-generation efficiency even if the vibration frequency is low. A vibration generator is provided with a vibrator which includes a plurality of magnets whose same magnetic poles are arranged by being faced to one another and which vibrates by a predetermined resonant frequency; a coil spring which supports the vibrator falling toward the gravitational direction and concurrently which vibrates the vibrator by a predetermined resonant frequency; a tubular winding bobbin in the inside of which the vibrator and the coil spring vibrate; coils which are wound on the outer circumference of the winding bobbin and which are connected in series inside groups divided into two or more; and a plurality of rectification circuits, each of which rectifies the output voltages of the coils for every one of the groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: SUMIDA Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsugu KAWARAI
  • Publication number: 20140139051
    Abstract: In a vibration motor, insulators are provided with protrusions that are positioned radially inward from extension portions, provided at an end portion of a body of a weight, and that restrict radial movement of the extension portions. In addition, in the vibration motor, the weight is supported by the protrusions of the insulators so as to prevent the weight from falling radially inward. Therefore, when using the vibration motor, the situation in which a force acting radially inward upon the weight is supported only by a weld or an adhesive is prevented from occurring, so that a gradual reduction in the securing strength of the weight does not occur. The insulators can prevent the weight from falling when assembling the vibration motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sayaka UENO
  • Publication number: 20140092535
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a base, a sliding member and a sliding mechanism. The sliding mechanism includes a first magnet disposed in the sliding member, and a first electromagnet disposed in the base opposite to the first magnet. The first magnet and the first electromagnet are capable of producing a first repulsive force and a first attracting force, the sliding member alternately slides back and forth between the different locations of the base driven by the first repulsive force and the first attracting force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: CHE-YU CHOU, QUN HUANG, TAI-SHAN ZHU, TAO JIANG, WEN-CHIH LAN, JUN-LIANG ZHANG, JI-BING GUO, HUA-YONG WANG, ZHI-JUN SHI, WEI-WEI YU, HAI-QIAN GE, ZHOU CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140054983
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a linear vibrator including a fixing part including a housing having a certain space formed therein and a coil disposed within the housing, a vibration part including magnets disposed to face the coil such that electromagnetic force acts with the coil, weight bodies coupled to the magnets, and a moving case accommodating the magnets and the weight bodies therein, and an elastic member connecting the fixing part to the vibration part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Su Moon, Kyung Su Park, Jung Taek Hong, Yong Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20140054984
    Abstract: An audio resonance vibrator includes a bracket, an elastic frame cooperatively with the bracket forming a housing having a receiving space, a magnetic circuit unit and a vibrating unit accommodated in the receiving space. The vibrating unit includes a vibrating plate and a coil assembly. The elastic frame further includes a bottom, a side wall extending vertically from the bottom, a supporting portion extending inwardly from the sidewall along a direction parallel to the bottom wall of the elastic frame, a slot formed between the bottom of the elastic frame for receiving the vibrating plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicants: AAC TECHNOLOGIES (NANJING) CO., LTD., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun TANG, Guan Rong ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20140009008
    Abstract: An multi-function vibrating device is disclosed. The multi-function vibrating device providing sound producing and vibration functions includes a holder having a hollow space, a suspension divided into at least two parts, a vibration member suspended by the suspension and having at least a pair of receiving concaves for fixing the corresponding two parts of the suspension. The multi-function vibrating device has larger vibrating amplitude and small size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicants: AAC TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC., AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin-Zhen Li, Suo-He Wei
  • Patent number: 8624448
    Abstract: The invention is an electrodynamic linear oscillating motor, which has high power densities in the magnet gap, a high efficiency, and magnetically restores the oscillating system to a center position. The linear oscillating motor has a stator system, which has at least one magnet, and an oscillating system, which is movably mounted in the magnetic field of the stator. The oscillating system has at least one core made of a soft magnetic material, and at least one driving coil. The electrodynamic linear motor combines the advantages of the known moving coil and moving magnet linear motor, achieving electrodynamic conversion levels of up to 99%. The motor is suited as a drive for refrigerating and air conditioning systems having low power and also for pumping and injection systems, and, reversing the electrodynamic principle, as a generator, such as for shock absorber systems in a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Institute fuer Luft- und Kaeltetechnik gemeinnutzige GmbH
    Inventors: Gunter Kaiser, Juergen Klier
  • 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: 20130342036
    Abstract: The present invention provides a The vibration-based electric power generator in which one of ends of a magnet holding member 20 and one of ends of an outer yoke 30 are connected to each other through a first support spring 41 which is a leaf spring, the other end of the magnet holding member 20 and the other end of the first support spring 41 are connected to each other through a second support spring 42 which is a leaf spring, and the outer yoke 30 or the magnet holding member 20 is fixed to a structure 50 such as a wall surface, a road sign, a vehicle body and a railway bridge for generating electric power from vibration of the structure 50. The vibration-based electric power generator has excellent durability and can generate electric power even by slight vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teruyuki Akazawa
  • Publication number: 20130334903
    Abstract: This specification describes technologies relating to converting vibration energy to electrical energy through electromagnetic transduction. According to an aspect, an apparatus to convert kinetic energy to electricity through electromagnetic transduction can include: an array of magnets arranged in a first plane; and an array of coils arranged in a second plane with respect to the first plane to form a gap between the array of magnets and the array of coils. According to another aspect, an energy harvester can include: a two dimensional array of magnets; a two dimensional array of coils; a housing configured and arranged to limit a direction of motion of either the two dimensional array of magnets or the two dimensional array of coils; and additional magnets configured and arranged to form a suspension system for either the two dimensional array of magnets or the two dimensional array of coils in the direction of motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Eun Sok Kim, Qian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130313920
    Abstract: A covering is easily mounted and/or demounted to envelop an overall sliding device with onboard moving-magnet linear motor. The covering helps improved propulsion, high velocity and response of a table even with small in dimension, compact in construction. End blocks are installed in opposite ends of a bed and a linear motor is placed between the bed and the table. The end blocks are made in solid bodies which are tightened to the bed together with a coil board. The end blocks have butting surfaces which can come into abutment against the ends of the table to protect the table from getting out of the bed. The end blocks have locking recesses which mate with locking jaws on the covering to fasten the covering to the end blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji IDA, Ken NOMURA, Kazuki YAMAGISHI
  • Patent number: 8593017
    Abstract: An electric energy generator from a vibrational field includes a body of non-ferromagnetic material, at least one pair of permanent magnets pivotally hung from the body in such a way that they are arranged therebetween. The magnets have faces of equal magnetic polarity turned to each other from opposite sides of the body, whereby a repulsive force is established between the magnets tending to keep them spread apart in an equilibrium position. A plurality of electric coils is arranged on the surface of the body so as to intercept the magnetic field generated by the magnets. The body is configured to be connectable to a vibration source, the vibration contrasting the repulsive force and causing an oscillation of the magnets about the equilibrium position, thereby generating a magnetic flux variation and thus an electric power production as an output from the electric coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Cesare Stefanini, Piero Castrataro, Dino Accoto
  • Publication number: 20130242420
    Abstract: A voice coil motor includes a base made of plastic or resin, a stator, a moving and a shell. The base includes a mounting surface, assembling surfaces, and protrusions extending from at least one of the assembling surfaces. The stator includes a rack and magnets. The rack is mounted to the mounting surface. The moving unit received in the rack. The shell includes a top plate and side plates extending from the top plate. The shell defines at least one slot. Each slot is positioned at a joint between two neighboring side plates. At least one side plate defines mounting holes. The base, the moving unit, and the stator are accommodated in the shell. Each protrusion passes through a mounting hole and is heated to form a head portion. The head portion is positioned outside the shell and has an outer diameter greater than a diameter of each mounting hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: TAI-HSU CHOU
  • Publication number: 20130221680
    Abstract: A solution for harvesting energy from motion resulting from operation of an object, such as a vehicle, is provided. The motion can comprise low-frequency motion. The solution can include at least one magnet, at least one coil, a magnet supporting structure, a coil supporting structure, and a design component which provides a restoring force to at least one of: the magnet supporting structure or the coil supporting structure so as to ensure relative motion between the magnet(s) and coil(s). The relative motion of the magnet(s) and coil(s) generate energy which can be harvested for wireless monitoring or other purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zahid F. Mian, Ronald W. Gamache, Ryk E. Spoor
  • Patent number: 8519594
    Abstract: One or more superconductive cells are connected in series to provide voltage arising from the Hall effect when cooled to superconductor temperatures and immersed in a magnetic field. The magnetic field causes the Hall-effect voltage to develop across the London penetration depth, normal to the surface of each superconductive cell. Conductors connect the back side of one cell with the front side of the adjacent cell. Each superconductive cell is at least the thickness of one London penetration depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventor: David Mitchell Boie
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20130106205
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are multiple embodiments of a vibration transducer and actuator which combine an upper piece, a lower piece, a permanent magnet, an electromagnet coil, and, in some embodiments, a spring spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Marvin L. Clamme
  • Patent number: 8410642
    Abstract: A linear vibrator is disclosed. The linear vibrator includes a housing having a base and a cover, a number of elastic members connected to the housing, a vibrating unit suspended in the housing by the elastic members, and a coil positioned in the housing. The base has a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls extending vertically from the bottom wall. The vibrating unit has a magnet assembly and vibrates along a direction parallel to the bottom wall. The base further has a block located on the bottom wall. The block is located on a vibration path of the weight contacting the weight during vibration. An effective elastic displacement of the elastic member is not smaller than a distance between the block and a part contacting the block of the weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventors: Le-Ping Dong, Hong-Fu Xu
  • Publication number: 20130049492
    Abstract: A system for converting marine surface wave energy into electric energy includes a barrier disposed generally vertically and having at least a portion thereof disposed above a surface of a body of water. The portion has a substantially planar surface disposed generally transverse to direction of marine surface waves. Bottom edge of the barrier is pivotally connected to one of a floor bed, a rigid formation and a rigid structure. At least one linear electric generator is coupled to storage of electric energy and is operable by a pivotal movement of the barrier. One type of electric generator is disposed external to the barrier while another type is mounted within a barrier chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: Juan Andujar
  • Publication number: 20130049369
    Abstract: A system for converting marine surface wave energy into electric energy includes a barrier disposed generally vertically and having at least a portion thereof disposed above a surface of a body of water. The portion has a substantially planar surface disposed generally transverse to direction of marine surface waves. Bottom edge of the barrier is pivotally connected to one of a floor bed, a rigid formation and a rigid structure. At least one linear electric generator is coupled to storage of electric energy and is operable by a pivotal movement of the barrier. One type of electric generator is disposed external to the barrier while another type is mounted within a barrier chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: Juan Andujar
  • Patent number: 8334624
    Abstract: A linear vibrator is disclosed. The linear vibrator includes a housing having a base and a cover, a number of elastic members connected to the housing, a vibrating unit suspended in the housing by the elastic members, and a coil positioned in the housing. The base has a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls extending vertically from the bottom wall. The vibrating unit has a magnet assembly and vibrates along a direction parallel to the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventors: Le-Ping Dong, Yong-Hua Pu
  • Patent number: 8304937
    Abstract: An AMPG device for generation of electrical energy, including a bobbin, at least one magnet, and at least one spring member. The magnet is arranged to be movable together with the spring member. The device is arranged so that when exposed to an acceleration component in a possible path of mobility of the first magnet, the first magnet will, due to its association with the spring member, move in an oscillating manner in relation to the bobbin, so as to generate electrical energy. The device is arranged to at a limiting position of the mobile magnet's path of mobility a spring member with an equal or higher spring constant than the remainder portions of the magnet's mobile path acting on the magnet. An AMPG device assembly includes several AMPG devices. A method to optimize the electrical output of the device adapts the device to the frequencies appearing in the application where it shall be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Saab AB
    Inventors: Per Cederwall, Dan Erichsen
  • Publication number: 20120248784
    Abstract: Devices and methods for converting movement into electrical energy. The electrical energy produced by the device can, for example, be stored in a storage device and used to power an electrical appliance. By using the devices, it is possible to provide a portable electrical device with a stable power supply that does not need to be recharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventor: Aya Seike
  • Publication number: 20120235517
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed toward a linear combustion engine, comprising: a cylinder having a cylinder wall and a pair of ends, the cylinder including a combustion section disposed in a center portion of the cylinder; a pair of opposed piston assemblies adapted to move linearly within the cylinder, each piston assembly disposed on one side of the combustion section opposite the other piston assembly, each piston assembly including a spring rod and a piston comprising a solid front section adjacent the combustion section and a gas section; and a pair of linear electromagnetic machines adapted to directly convert kinetic energy of the piston assembly into electrical energy, and adapted to directly convert electrical energy into kinetic energy of the piston assembly for providing compression work during the compression stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: EtaGen, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Simpson, Shannon Miller, Matt Svrcek
  • Patent number: 8269379
    Abstract: A linear vibrator is disclosed. The linear vibrator includes a housing having a base and a cover, a number of elastic members connected to the housing, a moving unit suspended inside the housing by the elastic members, a PCB covered by the housing and a coil mounted on the PCB. The base has a bottom wall, a plurality of sidewalls extending vertically from the bottom wall and a blocking ring extending form a central portion of the bottom wall. The moving unit has a magnet assembly and at least a pair of patches and vibrates along a direction parallel to the bottom wall, the coil is located right below the magnet assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventors: Le-Ping Dong, Hong-Fu Xu
  • Patent number: 8258657
    Abstract: A vibration motor is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the vibration motor includes a base, a vibrator, which reciprocates in the base, a protruding part, which is formed on at least one of the base and the vibrator, and an elastic body, which is interposed between the base and the vibrator and has a through-part formed therein and in which the protruding part is inserted into the through-part and the elastic body is coupled to the base or the vibrator by caulking or bending the protruding part which is protruded through the through-part. Thus, the vibration motor can have a uniform resonant frequency characteristic since a spring is coupled by way of caulking or bending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jin Kim, Hwa-Young Oh, Jee-Sung Lee, Seok-Jun Park, Je-Hyun Bang, Kwang-Hyung Lee, Kyoung-Ho Lee, Jun-Kun Choi, Ki-Suk Woo
  • Publication number: 20120207628
    Abstract: A spring-less buried magnet linear-resonant motor is provided. The motor includes a buried magnet system and a stator operable to produce an alternating magnetic field exerting alternating axial forces on the buried magnet system that has a self-centering force and a required stiffness to reciprocate at a frequency near an alternating current (AC) supply frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Zaid AL OTAIBI
  • Publication number: 20120140414
    Abstract: Provided is a vibrating device which can generate efficient vibrations in a vibrating member and efficiently apply vibrations to a gas, a jet flow generating device in which the vibrating device has been implemented, and an electronic device in which the jet flow generating device has been implemented. A jet flow generating device 10 has a vibrating device 15 including a frame 4, and actuator 5 mounted on the frame 4, and a vibrating member 3 supported on the frame 4 by an elastic supporting member 6. The vibrating member 3 has a side plate 3b formed on the perimeter portion of a disc-shaped vibrating plate 3a, for example. Vibration of the vibrating member 3 applies vibrations to air within chambers 11a and 11b, whereby gas can alternatingly be blown from nozzles 2a and 2b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroichi Ishikawa, Norikazu Nakayama, Takuya Makino, Tomoharu Mukasa, Hiroyuki Ryoson
  • Publication number: 20120139367
    Abstract: It is possible to provide a vibrator configured so as to prevent the leakage of an adhesive out from between a frame and a diaphragm member and a portable information terminal having the vibrator. The vibrator includes: frame 11; diaphragm member 12 vibratably bonded to frame 11; and adhesive 21 used to bond the frame to the diaphragm member. To store adhesive 21, the vibrator further includes gap 22 which is formed between surfaces of frame 11 and diaphragm member 12 facing each other at bonded part 20 where frame 11 is bonded to diaphragm member 12 with adhesive 21, and the gap being used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: NIDEC SEIMITSU CORPORATION, SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Funaki, Hiroki Kato, Kazuyuki Kosuda
  • Publication number: 20120126544
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed toward a two-piston linear combustion engine, comprising: a cylinder having a cylinder wall and a pair of ends, the cylinder including a combustion section disposed in a center portion of the cylinder; a pair of opposed piston assemblies adapted to move linearly within the cylinder, each piston assembly disposed on one side of the combustion section opposite the other piston assembly; a pair of driver sections, each driver section comprising a compression mechanism that directly provides at least some compression work during a compression stroke of the engine; and a pair of linear electromagnetic machines adapted to directly convert kinetic energy of the piston assembly into electrical energy, and adapted to directly convert electrical energy into kinetic energy of the piston assembly for providing compression work during the compression stroke, wherein each linear electromagnetic machine is located distal to an end of the cylinder; wherein the engine
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Adam Simpson, Shannon Miller, Matt Svrcek
  • Publication number: 20120104876
    Abstract: An instantaneous magnetohydrodynamic generator includes a magnetic plate and a first metallic electrode plate. The magnetic plate has at least one pair of N and S magnetic poles, wherein one magnetic pole of the pair of N and S magnetic poles has a first magnetic pole face and the other magnetic pole of the pair of N and S magnetic poles has a second magnetic pole face. The first metallic electrode plate has an electrode face and at least one metallic wire, wherein the electrode face faces the first and second magnetic pole faces. The metallic wire has a free end moving between a position beneath the first magnetic pole face and a position beneath the second magnetic pole face to induce a positive or negative tunneling current on the first metallic electrode plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventor: Yuan-Ron Ma
  • Publication number: 20120062049
    Abstract: An electromechanical energy converter (1) is provided that can convert mechanical vibration energy into electrical energy. For this purpose, the energy converter (1) has a housing (2) in which a coil (12) and a permanent magnet (15) are disposed moveable with respect to each other, the coil (12) lying within the magnetic field of the magnet (15). To fully utilize the entire field intensity of the magnet (15), flux guides (18) are disposed at the poles of the magnet (15) that divert the magnetic flux lines (17) substantially in the direction of the coil (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Baur, Bernhard Blocher, Werner Karpen, Vladimir V. Popov, Guido Schmid, Stefan Schwamberger, Thomas Trietz
  • Patent number: 8129871
    Abstract: An electromagnetic vibrator is composed of vibration sheet, suspension edge, basin frame and magnetic return path system. The electromagnetic vibrator is prepared as connecting back surface of vibration sheet to voice coil being set in magnetic return path system, injecting the vibration sheet and suspension edge to be an integral unit, connecting suspension edge with basin frame by ultrasonic mode and connecting vice coil wire to terminal sheet on basin frame after the wire is connected by vibration sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Inventor: Hsin Min Huang
  • Patent number: 8110951
    Abstract: An electromagnetic vibrator includes a vibration sheet, suspension edge, basin frame and magnetic return path system. The electromagnetic vibrator is prepared as connecting back surface of vibration sheet to voice coil being set in magnetic return path system, injecting the vibration sheet and suspension edge to be an integral unit, connecting suspension edge with basin frame by ultrasonic mode and connecting vice coil wire to terminal sheet on basin frame after the wire is connected by vibration sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventor: Hsin Min Huang