Unbalanced Weight (e.g., Vibrators) Patents (Class 310/81)
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Publication number: 20100243392Abstract: The system for damping oscillations in a structure according to the invention provides two masses that can be controlled to rotate at the frequency of oscillation of the structure and in opposite directions about axes of rotation transverse to the direction of the oscillations. The masses have individually controllable moments of inertia, and when their moments of inertia are equal a harmonic linear force is generated. The phases of the rotating masses can be individually controlled whereby the direction of the resulting harmonic linear force can be controlled. The moments of inertia can be controlled by shifting their centres of gravity relative to the respective axes of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2007Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/SInventor: Erik Sloth
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Publication number: 20100243541Abstract: A drive device is provided for a screening body of a screening machine, in particular for mineral materials for crushing, such as oil sand, with a drive motor, a synchronous transmission gear which is operatively connected thereto and has at least two output shafts which rotate in pairs in antiphase at the same rotation speed with respect to one another. The drive motor and the synchronous transmission gear are mounted in a stationary manner, separately from the screening body, at the side alongside the screening body, and do not oscillate therewith. Each output shaft has a single associated horizontal shaft which has unbalance elements, and which is connected to the output shaft by means of a rotationally rigid universally jointed shaft and is arranged with its axis parallel to the adjacent shaft and transversely with respect to the conveying direction of the screening body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Dietmar Riedel, Siegbert Surrey, Detlef Papajewski
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Patent number: 7804211Abstract: A vibration generator has at least two groups of shafts, on which at least two groups of imbalances are disposed, and which are connected with at least one drive that rotates the shafts relative to one another, at different speeds of rotation, thereby achieving a directed advance. The operating direction of the vibration generator can be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: ABI Anlagentechnik-Baumaschinen-Industriebedarf Maschinenfabrik und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Albrecht Kleibl, Christian Heichel
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Patent number: 7800274Abstract: A stator includes a bracket having a shaft bearing portion at a center, a stator base including a flexible printed wiring board outwardly attached to the shaft bearing portion, single-phase air-armature coils disposed on the stator base, and a drive circuit member disposed on the stator base so as not to overlap with the single-phase air-core armature coils. The bracket has a through hole at the section corresponding to the bottom of the drive circuit member. The stator base is embedded at least partly in the thickness direction in the through hole and fixed using a resin, and a detent torque generation member is contained in, and is no thicker than, the stator base.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Tokyo Parts Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadao Yamaguchi, Katsuhito Sohara
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Patent number: 7786633Abstract: An electric motor (100) for controlling the lateral displacement of a shaft (114) connected to a rotor (104) of the electric motor (100) is provided. The electric motor (100) includes one or more stator conductors (106) for carrying a current and one or more permanent magnets (108) to produce a magnetic field (504). The one or more stator conductors (106) interact with the magnetic field (504) when the power is applied, to purposely generate a force with an axial (Fa) and a circumferential component (Fc). The electric motor (100) includes the shaft (114) that travels along a rotor axis (506) in an axial direction when the power is applied, under an action of the axial component of the force. However, when the power is removed, the shaft (114) retracts under the action of a biasing force from a tension device (118).Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Martin R. Pais, Shumin Cheng, Detlef Schmidt
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Patent number: 7781927Abstract: A vibration motor is provided, comprising a case having an upper case and a lower case which are coupled to each other; a shaft installed in the case while being supported by the case; a rotor rotatably coupled with the shaft; a stator arranged around the shaft; a first substrate installed on an upper surface of the lower case; and a second substrate coupled to a lower surface of the lower case and electrically connected to the first substrate. The lower case has a first opening and the first substrate is electrically connected to the second substrate through the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Il Park, Jae Jun Eom
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Patent number: 7755227Abstract: A vibration generator is provided. The vibration generator comprising a case having a hollow inside and a lower plate. A first vibrator is disposed away from the lower plate of the case and supported by first elastic member fixed to the lower plate. A second vibrator is disposed away from the first vibrator and supported by second elastic member fixed to the first vibrator. The first vibrator and the second vibrator are operable to vibrate separately. When operated separately at least two different resonance frequencies are created and transmitted to the case.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroki Hirashima
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Publication number: 20100156209Abstract: Provided is a vibration motor including a supporting shaft, a rotor rotatably coupled to the supporting shaft, a stator facing the rotor, and a case having a lower plate where the supporting shaft and the stator are coupled, an upper plate facing the lower plate and the rotor, and having at least a portion having a first thickness and a portion having a second thickness greater than the first thickness at a position adjacent to the supporting shaft, and a side plate extending from the upper plate to couple to the lower plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2007Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventor: Young IL Park
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Publication number: 20100148604Abstract: A vibration motor is provided, comprising a case having an upper case and a lower case which are coupled to each other; a shaft installed in the case while being supported by the case; a rotor rotatably coupled with the shaft; a stator arranged around the shaft; a first substrate installed on an upper surface of the lower case; and a second substrate coupled to a lower surface of the lower case and electrically connected to the first substrate. The lower case has a first opening and the first substrate is electrically connected to the second substrate through the first opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2010Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventors: Young Il Park, Jae Jun Eom
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Patent number: 7737588Abstract: The preferred embodiment the invention proposes pertains to a three-phase induction motor, and operates on the premises of having the extension cords on two ends of the motor embedded with several balancing eccentric washers and a balancing eccentric block added, of which the eccentric block contains a sleeve bearing, and one end of the eccentric block is fitted with a bolt, with the bolt head covered with rubber; o-ring is fitted between the balancing eccentric washer and balancing eccentric block, whereby using the invention's frequency changer for controlling an AC 3-phase induction motor serves to generate multiple frequencies for generating different amplitudes, which can be use to control the speed and load emitted between the eccentric block and balancing eccentric washer.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Inventor: Huan-Yau Peng
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Patent number: 7723881Abstract: The present invention involves a type of flat, motor-driven vibrator that does not increase the outer physical dimensions of the vibrator while increasing the amount of vibration by changing the mass and balance of the eccentric rotor. The base structure of the eccentric rotor is made of high-density alloy. Two or more coils are installed over the protuberances of the alloy oscillator and a circuit board is installed into the other end of the oscillator. A self-lubricating and wear-resistant, low-density plastic material is injected into the gap between the coils, the oscillator, and the circuit board to mold them together. A cylindrical bore in the middle of the molded plastic is used as a rotor bearing.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2006Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: BYD Company LimitedInventors: Kelong Zhao, Xuezhong Wu
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Patent number: 7719150Abstract: The present invention provides a vibration-generating stepping motor including: two stator yokes; a bearing that magnetically couples the two stator yokes; a rotor frame that rotates on a circumference of the stator yokes; and an eccentric weight that shifts a gravity center of the rotor frame from a rotation center of the rotor frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Minebea Motor Manufacturing CorporationInventor: Masaaki Matsubara
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Publication number: 20100117471Abstract: A micro vibration motor with adjustable vibration amount includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a round cover; a perforation, formed on a rotation center of the round cover; a weight portion, integrally formed on an edge of the round cover, for changing a mass center of the round cover, in which the weight portion has at least one slot formed thereon; and at least one movable part, selectively disposed in each slot, for changing a weight of the weight portion, so as to adjust a vibration amount generated during the rotation of the round cover according to design demands.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: RISUN EXPANSE CORP.Inventor: Chiang-Cheng Huang
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Patent number: 7709983Abstract: In a vibration motor holding structure for retaining a vibration motor having eccentric weights at rotation shaft ends and holding the vibration motor on a circuit board, there is provided a metal holder having support legs provided along a part of the length of the vibration motor and protruding horizontally in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the vibration motor on both sides thereof. Thus, the vibration motor can be prevented from falling over during the mounting process and be held on the circuit board at solder-applied positions.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Minebea Motor Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Mikio Umehara, Kazuaki Sato, Daichi Kadowaki
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Patent number: 7705500Abstract: A vibration apparatus and also a motor assembly are provided to enhance vibrational massage therapy and to improve non-impact exercise. In particular, the motor assembly generates vibrations of differing amplitudes utilizing a single motor to drive a shaft that, in turn, rotates an eccentric weight whose rotational axis is non-coaxial with the shaft's rotational axis. The reversal of the direction in which the motor rotates the shaft changes the amplitude of the resulting vibrations communicated to a platform. Thus, vibrational amplitude most suitable for a particular application or purpose may be selected.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.Inventors: Stephen B. Mills, Charles J. Burout, III
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Patent number: 7692346Abstract: A compact enclosed type vibrator capable of ensuring a large amount of vibration has a casing (5), a coil (10) and a magnetic circuit unit (11) provided in the casing, and a suspension (3) supporting the magnetic circuit unit. The magnetic circuit unit has an extent in the radial direction and has an outer peripheral surface set adjacent to the inner peripheral surface of the casing across an annular gap. At least one of the casing and the magnetic circuit unit is provided with a vent passage (13a and 13b) that additionally communicates between a first space (17) and a second space (18) formed at the upper and lower sides of the magnetic circuit unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2007Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Hiroo Kajiwara
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Patent number: 7692345Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vibration generating device used for mobile telephone, etc., which comprises a rotor (110), and a stator (120) for rotatably supporting the rotor, and serving to rotate the rotor to thereby generate vibration. The rotor comprises a bearing sleeve (160) consisting of resin molded material and rotatably attached to a fixed shaft (124) provided at the stator, a magnet (170) and a weight (180) positioned in eccentric state with respect to the bearing sleeve, wherein the bearing sleeve and the magnet are formed in the state where they are integrated by material resin of the bearing sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2004Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignees: Sony Corporation, Omron CorporationInventors: Shun Kayama, Yukiko Shimizu, Toshinori Yamasue, Hiroshi Azuma, Hirokazu Kitamura
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Patent number: 7679241Abstract: Disclosed is a vibration motor. The vibration motor includes a bracket including a support tube protruding from the bracket, a case coupled with the bracket, a support shaft supported by the bracket and the case, a bearing rotatably fitted around the support shaft, a rotor fixed to the bearing to rotate together with the bearing, thereby generating vibration, a stator mounted on the bracket to rotate the rotor through interaction with the rotor, a support member installed around the support tube, and a first washer interposed between the support tube and the bearing and supported by the support member.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Young Il Park
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Patent number: 7679239Abstract: Provided is a flat type vibrating motor capable of reducing a consumed current of the motor while maintaining torque of the motor, lengthening even more an operating time of an apparatus such as a mobile communication apparatus in which the flat type vibrating motor is mounted, and shortening a charging period. At least one auxiliary coil separated at a predetermined mechanical degree with respect to a center of the primary coil mounted on the substrate, and series-connected to the primary coil is provided, so that a current flowing through the coil is reduced and torque equivalent to or greater than that of a related art motor can be obtained. Accordingly, an amount of a consumed current of the motor is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Il Park, Sung Hwan An
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Patent number: 7679240Abstract: A vibration motor having an eccentric weight 20 includes a tubular metal holder frame 30 with a flat bottom part 31 and a wall surface 32, the flat bottom part 31 having an inner projection 31f with a bottom-up recess part W, the upper wall surface 32 being domed; a pair of external terminal pieces 14 and 15 attached to a plastic end cap 13, wherein the plastic end cap 13 has spacer projections 13b and 13c inserted between the motor case 11 and the flat bottom part 31.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sanyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Kono
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Patent number: 7679258Abstract: A vibration motor includes a housing, a stator (10) received in the housing (30) and a rotor (20) rotatably disposed in the stator. The stator includes two claw-pole assemblies (11) arranged back-to-back, and a shaft (23) being fixedly connected with the two claw-pole assemblies. The rotor includes a bearing (22) rotatably mounted around the shaft, a permanent magnet (26) mounted around the bearing, and an eccentric weight (24) fixedly attached to the permanent magnet. The eccentric weight includes a main body (240) and at least one inserting portion (244) having a density higher than that of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheng-Fang Hsiao, Ye-Fei Yu
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Publication number: 20100045127Abstract: A spring-sheet-type vibration motor comprises a motor body with an output shaft on a front end and an end cap coupled between a supporting bracket and the motor body on the rear end. The end cap supports one or more electric brushes against the motor body. The supporting bracket includes an end face and a prolonged portion extending therefrom toward the front end of the motor body. One or more connecting terminals are coupled to the supporting bracket, with a first portion coupled to the end face and a front end of a second portion coupled to the prolonged portion. Each terminal further includes a third portion extending obliquely away from the front end of the second portion, a fourth portion bending upward from an end of the third portion, and a contact disposed on a lower surface of a connecting area of the third portion and the fourth portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Sunbin Du, Jianping Zhou
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Publication number: 20100033045Abstract: A vibrating motor includes a base having a bearing mounting section, a magnet mounted on the base, a shaft assembled with the bearing mounting section, a pair of brushes located on the base and a rotor rotably supported by the shaft. Each of the brushes has a first contacting portion and a second contacting portion. The rotor includes a commutator facing the brushes. The commutator defines a plurality of segments. A gap is defined between two adjacent segments and extends along radial direction of the commutator. A connecting line connecting the first and second contacting portions is not through the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicants: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD, AMERICAN AUDIO COMPONENTS INC.Inventor: LE-PING DONG
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Publication number: 20100026219Abstract: An H-bridge circuit is connected to a coil of the vibration motor that is to be driven. A comparator receives Hall signals indicating position information of a rotor of the vibration motor, and converts to an FG signal. A pulse width modulator generates a pulse-modulated pulse signal specifying energization time of the coil of the vibration motor. The pulse width modulator, in a first mode, after commencing start-up of the vibration motor, sets a duty ratio of the pulse signal to 100%, and after that, switches the duty ratio to a predetermined value in accordance with rotational frequency of the motor. In a second mode, the duty ratio of the pulse signal continues to be set to 100%. In a third mode, frequency and the duty ratio of the pulse signal are set based on a control signal of a pulse form inputted from outside. The control signal is used also in switching mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2007Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventor: Tatsuji Nakai
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Patent number: 7652401Abstract: A flat vibration motor is provided. The flat vibration motor includes a rotor portion, a stator portion, a fixing mount, a pair of terminals, and a base portion. The rotor portion generates vibrating force when rotating. The stator portion houses and couples with the rotor portion to allow the rotor portion to rotate. The fixing mount extends from a side of a lower case of the stator portion. Each terminal includes a contacting portion, an elastic portion, and a joining portion. The base portion forms a plurality of supporting holes through which each of the terminals respectively passes. The joining portion of the terminal connects electrically to the circuit board through a peripheral lower surface around the supporting hole, when the base portion and the fixing mount are coupled.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byung Hee Mun, Jae Jun Eom
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Publication number: 20100007229Abstract: A vibration motor is provided. The vibration motor includes a case, a shaft, a rotor, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a coil. The case includes a lower case and an upper case. The case includes an insulating coating layer on the lower case thereof. The shaft is supported by the upper case and lower case. The rotor is rotatably coupled to the shaft to generate a vibration. The PCB is fixed to the lower case. The coil passes through the PCB and fixed to the lower case. the coil interacts with the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Do Hyun Kim, Young Il Park
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Patent number: 7646122Abstract: A fixing structure capable of adjusting the dimensions in the vertical direction of a vibration generating device including a circuit board in combination with the circuit board without reducing the size or the diameter of the vibration generation device. A fixing holder in a holder shape for holding or including at least a part of the outer circumference of a vibration generating device has an inner circumferential surface substantially identical to the external shape of the vibration generating device. Groove-like rail parts are provided partially in the outer circumferential surface of the holder at the opposite ends thereof in the same linear direction, and the side end part of a notched circuit board or a part on the housing side of the apparatus is inserted into each of the groove-like rail parts, thus holding and securing the vibration generating device at an arbitrary vertical position against the surface of the circuit board in the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Namiki Seimitsu Houseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidehiro Uchiumi, Kazuo Morita
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Publication number: 20090309436Abstract: A flat vibration motor including a stator having a spindle for mounting a flexible substrate, and a rotor having an eccentric weight and rotatably supported by the spindle, the flexible substrate having a lower surface substrate overlapped on the lower surface of the stator and centered around the spindle, an upper surface substrate overlapped on the upper surface of the stator plate, and a narrow-width connecting part for connecting the lower surface substrate and the upper surface substrate by bending the lower surface substrate and the upper surface substrate in an integrated fashion at a notch in the circumference of the stator plate, and the upper surface substrate having a through hole for fastening and connecting an upper surface wiring pattern with the stator plate by filing solder bump, whereby reflow soldering in automatic mounting of a printed circuit of instrument side can be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicants: SANYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichiro SAITO, Naoki Kanai
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Patent number: 7626295Abstract: An eccentric rotor equipped with a fan is included in an axial gap micro-fan motor for generating vibrations and cooling. The rotor has a first impeller section having a low specific gravity and a second impeller section having a high specific gravity. Each fan comprises a flat section at an upper surface of an axial gap magnet and an impeller section at a side of the magnet. The fans are assembled by concave-convex mating sections at the flat sections and are also bonded to and held by the axial gap magnet. Impeller blades of the fans are optionally formed as backward vanes.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Tokyo Parts Industrial Co., LtdInventor: Tadao Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 7619335Abstract: A vibration motor having a tubular case, a shaft protruding from a front end of the case, a weight eccentrically fixed to an end of the shaft, and a metallic holder surrounding the case, the holder being surface-mounted on a wiring board by reflow-soldering, wherein the holder has a planate bottom placed on the wiring board, a pair of forward tilting prevention portions that extends up to a position facing the weight is formed at the bottom, a notch is provided on a center line extending along the bottom between the forward tilting prevention portions, and the notch extends from the front end of the forward tilting prevention portions beyond the position facing the weight.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Nidec Copal CorporationInventors: Kazuhisa Suzuki, Noboru Segawa
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Patent number: 7615901Abstract: A slim type vibration motor is provided. The slim type vibration motor includes a case, a shaft, a rotor, a printed circuit board, and a plurality of coils. The shaft has at least one end thereof fixed to a central portion of the case. The rotor rotates about the shaft within the case, and includes a rotor yoke, a magnet fixed to the rotor yoke, and a weight imparting eccentricity to the rotor. The printed circuit board is installed to a bottom surface of the case, and forms a coil hole in a region thereof facing the magnet. The plurality of coils passes through the coil hole and is installed on the bottom surface of the case.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.Inventor: Young Il Park
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Patent number: 7615900Abstract: A power generator comprises a coil with having ends connected to electrical contacts, a magnet mounted on a slide rod placed surrounded by the coil and having a positive pole and a negative pole and configured to slide between the two ends of said rod to generate an electrical power in the coil by electromagnetic induction on movement of the magnet inside the coil, a first magnetic bumper located at a first end of the two ends of the slide rod and having a positive pole facing the positive pole of the magnet, a second magnetic bumper located at a second end of the two ends of the slide rod and having a negative pole facing the negative pole of the magnet, and an electronic interface circuit for converting an output power of said electrical contacts of the coil to a power input of an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventor: David L. Harris
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Publication number: 20090267434Abstract: Provided is a vibration motor. The vibration motor includes a housing, a support shaft, a rotor. First and second stators, and a power supply. The housing includes a bracket and a case coupled to the bracket. The support shaft is supported and fixed to the housing. The rotor is rotatably disposed on the support shaft. The first stator is disposed in the bracket, and the second stator is disposed in the case. The power supply supplies a power to the rotor to rotate the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventor: Young Il PARK
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Patent number: 7605500Abstract: A miniature generator includes a carrier having a tubular shaft on the inside, a substantially C-shaped permanent magnet mounted on the tubular shaft inside the carrier, a match mounted on the tubular shaft inside the carrier and joined to the permanent magnet to keep the permanent magnet in a slightly unbalanced condition for allowing rotation of the permanent magnet upon movement of the carrier by an external force, and a winding holder sleeved onto the carrier and having wound thereon multiple windings for inducing an induction current upon rotation of the permanent magnet in the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2007Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Inventors: Chin-Lung Liao, Yi-Chih Chen
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Publication number: 20090256532Abstract: An apparatus and method for harvesting energy in a wellbore is disclosed. In one embodiment, a harvester tool positioned in a wellbore for capturing energy in the wellbore is disclosed. The harvester tool includes a rotor comprising a magnet. The magnet is disposed eccentric to a center of the harvester tool. In addition, the rotor is rotatable around the center of the harvester tool. The harvester tool also includes a stator. Rotation of the rotor induces a voltage in the stator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2008Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Reinhart Ciglenec, Albert Hoefel
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Publication number: 20090251017Abstract: A vibration motor includes a rotary shaft, an armature core secured to the rotary shaft and having a plurality of salient poles, an armature coil wound around each of the salient poles except at least one salient pole, a frame serving as an outside cover, a plurality of magnets secured to the frame and having respective different polarities, and a weight adapted to rotate together with the rotary shaft and disposed eccentrically, wherein the weight is disposed inside the frame and secured to the armature core in such a manner that at least a part of the weight is inserted in a hollow provided in at least the one salient pole having no armature coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: Minebea Motor Manufacturing CorporationInventor: Masaaki Matsubara
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Patent number: 7598638Abstract: A stator has a stator base including a printed circuit board provided on a nonmagnetic or weakly magnetic bracket having a shaft support section disposed in the center thereof, a single-phase connected air-cored armature coil provided on the stator base, and a drive circuit member provided on the stator base so as not to overlap the air-cored armature coil. The stator base has a groove hole extending outwardly from a central through hole. A detent torque section extending radially from the center of a detent torque generating member composed of a magnetic body and provided around the shaft support section is accommodated in the groove hole so as to be confined in the stator base in the thickness direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Tokyo Parts Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tadao Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 7598640Abstract: A vibration exciter has at least two axles disposed parallel to one another, as well as at least two imbalance masses, which are attached to one or more of the axles. The relative rotary position of the imbalance masses can be adjusted relative to one another by a rotary oscillating motor having a rotor shaft and a stator housing. The rotor shaft is an integral part of one of the axles, and the rotary position of the stator housing relative to the rotor shaft can be changed. The stator housing can be locked to the rotor shaft. The oscillating motor has a rotor shaft and a stator housing, between which working chambers are formed. The stator housing can rotate about the rotor shaft and can be locked relative to the rotor shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2007Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: ABI Anlagentechnik-Baumaschinen-Industriebedarf Maschinenfabrik und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Christian Heichel, Albrecht Kleibl, Frank Hense, Rolf Winzen
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Patent number: 7598650Abstract: A motor mechanism of DC inverter-fed compressor is disclosed, wherein a motor rotor includes a first rotor layer, a second rotor layer and a third rotor layer, made up respectively of a plurality of rotor units stacked together. The rotor units have a shaft hole in the middle and have at least one magnet slot that install a permanent magnet at every quarter surface area of the rotor units. The rotor units of the first rotor layer have a plurality of first holes at one of the quarter areas thereon, and the rotor units of the third rotor layer have a plurality of third holes, which are set up at an area opposing the first holes. The present invention can reduce the height of the compressor, the costs of parts and assembly, and increase the total efficiency of the motor and the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Tse-Liang Hsiao, Pei-Yu Yu
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Patent number: 7598639Abstract: The vibration motor 100 of the present invention comprises a housing 110, a rotating shaft 140 being rotatably installed in the housing 110 and having a recess 141 formed on an outer periphery thereof, a commutator 190 being fixedly combined with the shaft 140, and a blocking body 180 with a small thickness being forcibly inserted into the recess 141 and fixedly combined with the commutator 190, wherein the commutator 190 and the blocking body 180 are fixedly combined with each other by an predetermined adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiichi Ibata, Hyun Gi Yang
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Publication number: 20090243410Abstract: A vibration generator has at least two groups of shafts, on which at least two groups of imbalances are disposed, and which are connected with at least one drive that rotates the shafts relative to one another, at different speeds of rotation, thereby achieving a directed advance. The operating direction of the vibration generator can be adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Albrecht Kleibl, Christian Heichel
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Publication number: 20090230797Abstract: Disclosed is a vibration motor. The vibration motor includes a bracket including a support tube protruding from the bracket, a case coupled with the bracket, a support shaft supported by the bracket and the case, a bearing rotatably fitted around the support shaft, a rotor fixed to the bearing to rotate together with the bearing, thereby generating vibration, a stator mounted on the bracket to rotate the rotor through interaction with the rotor, a support member installed around the support tube, and a first washer interposed between the support tube and the bearing and supported by the support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventor: YOUNG IL PARK
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Publication number: 20090230796Abstract: A flat type vibration motor with increased vibration amount comprises a vibrator (1), a hard circuit board (2), a rotor (3), a shaft (5), a lower case (9), a magnet (8), a flexible circuit board (11), a brush (10) and winding coils (a, b). The rotor (3) is formed by injection-molding the vibrator (1). The winding coils (a, b) and the hard circuit board (2) are both mounted on the vibrator (1), thus the outer edge of the vibrator (1) can be extended to the position beyond the winding coils (a, b) and the hard circuit board (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2006Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Kelong Zhao, Xuezhong Wu
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Patent number: 7589446Abstract: In a solder reflow process, a vibration motor is stably mounted on a circuit board by changing the design of a partial shape of a soldered motor holder without changing the design of a vibration motor body and securing a sufficient soldering area to completely perform solder bonding to prevent a soldered portion of a motor holder from peeling off the circuit board. A surface mount type vibration motor is provided, wherein the pedestals of a motor holder include the support plates that are in contact with stationary lands on a surface of a circuit board and extend in the axial direction of an output shaft, end portions of the support plates are arranged between the position of an eccentric weight and the end surface of the eccentric weight along the axial direction, and the support plates are not arranged just under an axis of said output shaft where the distance between the weight and the circuit board is minimum.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2005Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Namiki Seimitsu Houseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshio Suzuki, Tomohide Aoyagi, Takeshi Kogawa
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Publication number: 20090224616Abstract: A flat vibration motor with a structure for coupling a stator portion and a base portion thereof is provided. The flat vibration motor includes a rotor portion, a stator portion, a fixing mount, and a base portion. The rotor portion generates vibrating force when rotating. The stator portion houses and couples with the rotor portion to allow the rotor portion to rotate. The fixing mount extends from the stator portion and includes a plurality of fixing arms formed to extend upward therefrom. The base portion includes a terminal for supplying electricity to the stator portion, and a plurality of fixing grooves formed thereon for respectively coupling with the fixing arms. The structure prevents a disruption of an electrical connection between a terminal and a control circuit board caused by a shift or disengagement in a coupling between the base portion and the stator portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2006Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventor: Sung Hwan An
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Publication number: 20090218896Abstract: [Problems] A surface mount-type vibration motor and an installation structure for a surface mount-type vibration motor, where soldered portions are prevented from separating from a circuit board without requiring any design change in a vibration motor body. [Means for Solving the Problem] A section where a motor holding section 31 of a motor holder 30 and motor support sections 32 of the motor holder 30 are connected is bent in an arc shape having elasticity to form the motor holder 30, the motor holding section 31 holding a vibration motor body 2 to which an elastic holder 8 is attached, the motor support sections 32 being arranged along a circuit board 3. First contact sections 52 and second contact sections 53 are formed in the connection section such that distal ends of the first and second contact sections are of a band-like shape projecting toward the inside of the vibration motor body 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2004Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: NAMIKI SEIMITSU HOUSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidehiro Uchiumi, Kazuo Morita, Toshio Suzuki, Tomohide Aoyagi, Takeshi Kogawa, Mitsugu Kudo
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Patent number: 7576462Abstract: An electromagnetic exciter includes a casing having a cylindrical side wall with first and second end openings. A suspension supports a magnetic circuit assembly vibratably in the cylindrical side wall. The suspension has a ring-shaped outer section integrally formed along the peripheral edge of the second end opening of the cylindrical side wall, an inner section provided at the radial center of the cylindrical side wall, and a connecting section that interconnects the inner and outer sections. The inner, outer and connecting sections are integrally molded with the casing.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Naoki Miura
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Publication number: 20090200880Abstract: An eccentric mass (EM) motor in a vibrotactile transducer provides a wide band vibrational stimulus to a mechanical load in response to an electrical input. The eccentric mass and motor may form part of the transducer actuator moving mass, which is in contact with a load, i.e, the skin of a user. The moving mass and the actuator housing may be in simultaneous contact with the load. The moving mass may be guided by a spring between the actuator housing and the moving mass. The load, moving mass, spring compliance, and housing mass make up a moving mass resonant system. The spring compliance and system component masses may be configured to maximize the actuator displacement and/or tailor the transducer response to a desired level. This configuration may be implemented as a low-mass wearable wide-band vibrotactile transducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Bruce J. P. Mortimer, Gary A. Zets
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Patent number: 7569952Abstract: An inductive energy harvester comprises a permanent magnet magnetic field source attached by a pair of compact spiral disk springs to an induction coil. The springs position the magnet so that the induction coil surrounds one end of the magnet where the flux density is greatest. In addition, the magnetic flux emerging from that end of the magnet is enhanced by a disk of magnetic material having high permeability and high flux density. In another embodiment, the magnetic field source comprises two dipole magnets arranged in opposing flux relationship with a thin layer of high flux density, high magnetic permeability material located in a gap between the magnets.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2004Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Ferro Solutions, Inc.Inventors: David C. Bono, Alan Sliski, Jiankang Huang, Robert C. O'Handley
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Publication number: 20090189467Abstract: A vibration generator for a vibration pile driver, comprises imbalance masses that can rotate, which are disposed on shafts. A hydraulic drive having a changeable suction volume is disposed on the generator. A vibration pile driver consists of the vibration generator and a mast for movably supporting the vibration generator and/or an accommodation for a pile-driven material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2008Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Christian Heichel, Albrecht Kleibl