Abstract: There is provided a vibration generator (40) in which a rotor with an unbalancer is rotated. The vibration generator includes a bottom plate (47) having a flat coil substrate (120) installed thereto, a stationary shaft (91) provided perpendicularly to the bottom plate, a magnet (85) installed on the stationary shaft (91) with a freely rotatable bearing being disposed between them and opposite to the surface of the flat coil substrate (120) with a slight clearance defined between them, and a weight (87) installed to the magnet (85). For generating a vibration, a current is supplied to the coil on the flat coil substrate (120) to rotate the magnet (85) and weight (87). The bottom plate (47) is formed from a nonmagnetic material. A thin magnetic plate (48) is installed at the side opposite to the magnet (85) with the bottom plate (47) being placed between the thin magnetic plate (48) and magnet (85).

Abstract: Disclosed is a coin type vibrating motor including: a rotor provided with an upper base including at least one wound coil placed on the upper surface thereof; a stator including a pair of brushes placed on the upper surface of a lower base, on which a magnet is mounted corresponding to the wound coil; and a shafting unit including a bearing member formed integrally with the upper base to surround the wound coil and the weight, and a shaft, of which the bearing member is installed on the outer periphery, wherein an oil scattering-preventing portion, which exposes an assembling region, and has an inner surface extended downwardly to a designated length while being spaced from the inner surface of the shaft, is formed integrally with the lower surface of an insulator exposed to the outside through an opening of the upper base.

Abstract: Disclosed is a brushless vibration motor having a driving circuit therein, which is capable of operating like a typical DC motor. The brushless vibration motor having an eccentric rotor R having an eccentric weight 5b, a rotor case 5 and a magnet 6 which has a plurality of magnetic poles arranged in the rotor case; a shaft 2 for supporting the eccentric rotor, a housing H for supporting the shaft, a stator S which is disposed around the shaft on a stator base 1 constructing a part of the housing and which consists of armature coils to drive the rotor, and a driving circuit member lC which is mounted in a space K corresponding to an area of at least one armature coil.

Abstract: A driver IC and passive parts, which convert a direct current voltage into a three-phase voltage, and an FP coil for cyclically generating a magnetic field through the driver IC are mounted on a flexible substrate, which constitutes a small vibration motor. The driver IC is a so-called bare chip in which a circuit section is exposed and is not molded with resin and the like. Magnets and an unbalance weight are installed on a yoke having a shaft. The FP coil and the magnet are placed so as to face each other. A cover is caulked to fixed to a bottom plate. Thus, the vibration motor can be miniaturized and thinned. Moreover, the vibration motor can be automatically manufactured, and installing them to an electronic apparatus can be automatically performed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flat type vibration motor, in which a shaft is supported between a housing and a bracket. A rotor includes an upper board, A and B phase winding coils, an eccentric weight and a rectifier. The rectifier has a plurality of segments electrically connected to first and second ends of the A and B phase winding coils. A stator includes a lower board, a magnet and a pair of brush fingers electrically connected to a power supply and in contact with the segments. A pattern coil on the upper board electrically connects between a segment connected to a first end of the A phase winding coil and another segment connected to a second end of the B phase winding coil to generate electromagnetic force for rotating the rotor from an electrically disconnected section to an electrically connected section.

Abstract: An axial-air-gap brushless vibration motor has an eccentric rotor R in which an axial-air-gap magnet and an arched weight are provided in a rotor yoke which is rotatably mounted on a shaft fixed to a yoke bracket. A stator base is attached to the yoke bracket which includes a magnetic portion receiving the magnetic field of the magnet and a nonmagnetic portion. One Hall sensor and a drive circuit member for receiving output of the Hall sensor are disposed so that they do not overlap on a radial plane, of the stator base which has single-phase air-core armature coils installed. A cover member is welded to the yoke bracket.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a motor which can stably be mounted on a circuit board when being assembled into an instrument in particular. The motor 1 in accordance with the present invention comprises a motor body A, an output shaft 3 projecting from a front end of the motor body A, and a voltage-supplying terminal 8 provided in the motor body A, the terminal 8 having an elastic force in a direction substantially orthogonal to the output shaft 3 and also having a grounding portion 14 disposed near a rear end of the motor body A.

Abstract: A boot for a vibration motor of a mobile communication device is provided. The motor has a generally flat upper surface and is adapted to be installed in a mounting slot in a mobile communication device frame with the upper surface substantially parallel to an adjacent surface of said frame, and the mounting slot is at an angle with respect to a normal of the adjacent surface. The boot has an outer surface corresponding to the shape and angle of said mounting slot, an exposed surface generally parallel to said adjacent surface, and a motor-receiving slot for receiving said vibration motor, the motor-receiving slot having an axis angled from an axis of the mounting slot and generally normal with respect to the adjacent surface.

Abstract: A vibration motor has an eccentric rotor having a plurality of armature coils with at least one winding-type air core armature coil disposed in an eccentric manner on a printed wiring board. A commutator is disposed on the printed wiring board. An eccentric weight is disposed so as not to overlap with at least one winding-type air-core armature coil and at least two of the air-core armature coils overlap. A magnet imparts a magnet field to the eccentric rotor via an axial air gap, a brush that imparts electric power to the air-core armature coils via the commutator.

Abstract: A deflection limiting member (110, 310) or a deflection limiting mechanism (512, 514) is used to limit deflection of a motor shaft (102) of a vibrator (105, 305, 505) in a portable electronic device (104,304, 504). The deflection limiting member (110, 310) extends in a radial direction from the motor shaft (102) on a side of the motor shaft (102) that is opposite to the center of gravity (108, 308) of an eccentric weight (108, 308). The deflection limiting member (110, 310) contacts a fixed surface such as a printed circuit board (112) to limit deflection of the motor shaft (102). The deflection limiting mechanism (512, 514) prevents an inertial force of an eccentric weight 510 from being applied directly to the motor shaft (102) under conditions in which there is a high risk of permanent deformation of the motor shaft (102).

Abstract: An eccentric rotor wherein a printed wiring board in which commutator segments are formed at a first surface, two wound air-cored coils arranged with a prescribed arrangement angle about the shaft as a center at the second surface of the printed wiring board, and a weight are integrally molded into a disk-like shape with a resin by injection molding. The weight comprises a first surface of the weight which is exposed at the side surface of the rotor together with the first surface of the printed wiring board and a second surface of the weight which is exposed at the other surface of the rotor together with the wound air-cored coil. The resin which integrates the aforementioned components and forms an outer peripheral resin portion having a circular-arc periphery about the shaft as a center. The outer contours of the weight and printed wiring board are so formed as to assume positions separated from the outer periphery inwardly in a circular-arc portion.

Abstract: A vibration motor includes: a lower case provided with a lower board; an upper case coupled with the lower case; a four-pole magnet provided on the lower case; a shaft supported between the lower case and the upper case; a rotor rotatably supported by the shaft with an eccentricity, in which a pair of coils is provided in the rotor at an angle ranging form 135° to 142° between centerlines thereof; a commutator formed on a bottom of the rotor with six segments; and a pair of brushes having lower parts contacted with the lower board and upper parts contacted with the segments of the commutator at an angle of 90° therebetween.

Abstract: An exciter for directly vibrating a board, which enables a sufficient rotational torque to be obtained by a work tool at the time of attachment or detachment, provided with a magnetic circuit unit having an outside yoke comprised of a side wall and a bottom, a permanent magnet fastened to the bottom, and an inside yoke and with a coil inserted into a clearance between the side wall and inside yoke, the magnetic circuit unit being vibratably supported at the coupler member by elastic members, the coupler member being screwed with the bracket member fastened to the surface of the board, two parallel flat surfaces engaging with ends of a work tool being provided at an outer circumference of the outside yoke, and the work tool being turned to attach/detach the coupler member with respect to the bracket member.

Abstract: A vibration motor comprised of a motor body, a motor shaft projecting from the motor body, an eccentric weight attached to the motor shaft, and a mounting frame for setting the motor body on one surface of a board, wherein the mounting frame has a pair of feet straddling a motor case in its thickness direction and extending in parallel with the motor shaft and wherein a plane including the back surfaces of the pair of feet intersects with a circular orbit of the outermost point of the eccentric weight at two points, thereby enabling the vibration motor to be mounted on a thinner board, and a board mounting structure of the same.

Abstract: An axial-air-gap brushless vibration motor has an eccentric rotor R in which an axial-air-gap magnet and an arched weight are provided in a rotor yoke which is rotatably mounted on a shaft fixed to a yoke bracket. A stator base is attached to the yoke bracket which includes a magnetic portion receiving the magnetic field of the magnet and a nonmagnetic portion. One Hall sensor and a drive circuit member for receiving output of the Hall sensor are disposed so that they do not overlap on a radial plane, of the stator base which has single-phase air-core armature coils installed. A cover member is welded to the yoke bracket.

Abstract: A brushless motor has a drive circuit component mounted on a stator which has plating conducted on a copper foil land to facilitate soldering. Need for a plating line from the outside is eliminated by providing an internal plating connection trace connected to a power feed terminal portion which is subsequently cut by a guide hole for an armature coil. An adhesive resin is applied to the stator where the circuit drive component is installed and the guide hole to adhere simultaneously to the stator to a bracket and the armature coil to the stator and bracket.

Abstract: A generator for charging the battery of a portable instrument such as a portable telephone, a player or the like, includes a permanent magnet in the form of a bar mounted freely in rotation about a pivotal axle corresponding to its median axis, within a magnetic circuit which is the core of a winding, the permanent magnet carrying a weight adjacent one of its ends, this assembly being mounted in the instrument such that, during movement of the portable instrument, the magnet unbalanced by the weight, pivots about its axle and relative to the magnetic circuit, which induces, in the winding, a current used to charge the battery of the instrument.

Abstract: A vibrator, applicable to a cell-phone or a pager for providing vibration in different directions to signal incoming messages. The vibrator includes a housing and an eccentric cam. The cam is capable of rotating around an axle to provide vibration along a horizontal plane perpendicular to the axle. In the first embodiment of the invention, an engaging structure (like a trail around the axis with different attitude with respect to the horizontal plane) is installed on the housing such that the cam is engaged to move up and down along the axle to provide vibration along an axial direction. In the second embodiment of the invention, at least a vibrating body, capable of sliding along the axial direction, is installed on the housing, such that when the cam rotates, the vibrating body is engaged to move up and down to provide vibration along the axis.

Abstract: A voice coil for a disk drive includes a spiral formation of winding of an electrically conductive material. This formation has a generally triangular shape with an open center. First and second active leg portions of the formation curve inward of it, and an inactive leg portion curves outward of it. The cross-sectional area of the coil varies along its length with the segments in the inactive leg portion having a smaller cross-sectional area than those of the active leg portions. The voice coil is a laminate with the conductive layer disposed between two electrically insulating layers. It lies fixedly secured to a surface of a base member of the disk drive's actuator. The method of making this laminate includes securing the conductive layer to an insulating layer, removing selected portions of the conductive layer to form the coil, and covering the conductive layer with another insulating layer.

Abstract: An improved vibrating actuator for notifying the user of a call upon signal arrival by any of a buzzer, a speech and a vibration, and a power supply mechanism thereof. The device has high impact resistance by a magnetic yoke having a flange, a damper material is provided between an oscillation plate and a cover to prevent generation of noise, and a hole is provided in the cover to change acoustic characteristics as required within the same frequency band. As a power supply mechanism for ensuring electrical connection, a projecting electrical connection terminal is provided on the actuator side, and a conductive material touching with the electrical connection terminal is provided as a power supply terminal electrically connected to a power supply section of a circuit board.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a motor which can stably be mounted on a circuit board when being assembled into an instrument in particular. The motor 1 in accordance with the present invention comprises a motor body A, an output shaft 3 projecting from a front end of the motor body A, and a voltage-supplying terminal 8 provided in the motor body A, the terminal 8 having an elastic force in a direction substantially orthogonal to the output shaft 3 and also having a grounding portion 14 disposed near a rear end of the motor body A.

Abstract: A vibration motor includes: a lower case provided with a lower board; an upper case coupled with the lower case; a four-pole magnet provided on the lower case; a shaft supported between the lower case and the upper case; a rotor rotatably supported by the shaft with an eccentricity, in which a pair of coils is provided in the rotor at an angle ranging form 135° to 142° between centerlines thereof; a commutator formed on a bottom of the rotor with six segments; and a pair of brushes having lower parts contacted with the lower board and upper parts contacted with the segments of the commutator at an angle of 90° therebetween.

Abstract: A bar type vibration motor includes a stator unit including a body having a bearing insert groove formed at one end thereof and exposed to the outside, and a magnet attached to the body; a rotor unit including a rotary shaft having one end fixed to an eccentric weight, both ends of the rotary shaft being rotatably supported in the body, and an armature fixed to the rotary shaft at a space from the magnet; and a power supply unit including a fixing cap fixed to the body and brushes mounted on the fixing cap to supply voltage to the armature.

Abstract: A gyrating device includes a stator and a rotor. The stator is formed of at least one induction member and two induction coils connected with the induction member by an induction signal. The rotor is formed of at least one magnet and two inductors. The rotor is caused to engage in a reciprocating motion by an attracting force and a repelling force, which are brought about between the magnet and the induction coils at the time when the induction coils are driven by a voltage. The action force and the reaction force of the reciprocating motion of the rotor can be changed at a speed by adjusting the voltage, thereby resulting in a vibrating motion of the rotor.

Abstract: In a first embodiment of the invention, an intra-fishing lure animator, comprising: a vibrator; an electrical power source electrically connected to the vibrator for providing electric power to the vibrator; and a programmable controller electrically connected between the vibrator and the electrical power source to animate the fishing lure by actuating the vibrator. In a second embodiment of the invention, a fishing lure, comprising: a lure body having a cavity defined therein; a fishing hook attached to the lure body; an eyelet attached to the lure body for connecting the lure body to a fishing line; a first microcontroller housed in the cavity, the first microcontroller operative to electronically animate the lure body from side to side in the water; an energy source electrically connected to the first microcontroller to operate the first microcontroller; and a switch connected between the energy source and the first microcontroller. Further embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: For the purpose of preventing resin from flowing into a commutator when resin molding a rotor, a rotor for a flat coreless motor comprises a printed wiring board, on one side of which a plurality of air-cored armature coils are provided, and on the other side of which a plurality of segment patterns constituting a commutator and a wiring pattern are provided. These members are molded with resin into a unitary body with the segment patterns exposed. Wiring pattern parts are provided so as to surround the outer periphery of the commutator.

Abstract: An apparatus adopting an iron core and an inertial mass is disclosed for exerting high power output by converting a sound signal to vibration so as to stimulate the human hearing organs through the bones. A sound-to-vibration conversion apparatus comprises a housing, a permanent magnet having an N-pole and an S-pole, only one pole of which is fixed to the housing, an electromagnet movably installed into the housing faced either the S-pole or N-pole of the permanent magnet, whichever one is not fixed to the housing, and an inertial mass for amplifying the inertial force of reciprocating movement of the electromagnet, so that the housing with the permanent magnet can be vibrated by the electromagnet, whereby the electromagnet vibrates in a reciprocating fashion towards or away from the permanent magnet in accordance with the incubation between the polarity formed at the electromagnet by acoustic signal applied to the electromagnet and either the N-pole or the S-pole of the permanent magnet.

Abstract: This invention relates to a system, especially adapted for high-power motors, comprising at least one rotor (1a; 1b) and means (4a, 4b; 5a, 5b) comprising active elements (7, 8) capable of rotating the rotor(s) (1a; 1b) by their synchronized deformation; said rotating means of the rotor(s) comprising at least one petal (6) comprising a hot top (11), characterized in that the material of each hot top (11) is such that it has a thermal mass capacity (Cp22C) of greater than 0.35 [J/g/K], and/or the material of each rotor (1a; 1b) is such that it has a thermal capacity of greater than 2 [J/cm3/K].

Abstract: An orbital vibrator apparatus has a base mounted on vibration isolation mounts. An armature plate is resiliently mounted to the base by three flexural spring elements. An armature of magnetically attracted material is mounted to the armature plate. A first electromagnet and a second electromagnet are mounted on the base at right angles to one another and in a spaced apart relationship to the armature. A source of single-phase alternating current is connected to the first electromagnet and the second electromagnet by way of a control circuit. The control circuit includes a variable voltage transformer for controlling the voltage of the electric current and a phase shifting circuit. The phase shifting circuit shifts the phase of the alternating current by approximately ninety degrees. The first electromagnet is driven directly from the output of the voltage transformer and the second electromagnet is driven from the output of the phase shifting circuit.

Abstract: A vibratory motor having an elongated housing having opposite ends, an electric motor positioned within the housing between the opposite ends, bearings in the opposite ends, a motor shaft extending into the opposite ends and supported by the bearings, eccentric weight chambers in the opposite ends proximate the bearings and between the bearings and the electric motor, explosion and leak-proof seal assemblies located proximate the eccentric weight chambers and between the eccentric weight chambers and the electric motor, each of the seal assemblies including an oil seal facing an adjacent eccentric weight chamber, and a flame path between the oil seal and the electric motor.

Abstract: An ultra-low profile vibrating transducer, particularly suited for floor mat and ultra thin vibrating pad and multimedia tactical feedback applications, using an “I” core coil in the center and permanent magnets positioned at both ends of the “I” core to create balanced push-pull vibrating actions. Mounting methods to effectively transfer energy to the users while withstanding user's body weight. “I” core coil may be driven by AC power, pulsed and/or DC power or audio power. Elastomeric supports are configured to provide rotational leverage action to further enhance the vibrating effectiveness.

Abstract: An axially sliding contact type of a commutator which is capable of removing the problem related to a braking loose caused by magnetic force to prevent increase of consumed electricity, has a rotor including the commutator, and an electric motor having the rotor, in which a gap is axially formed. The commutator is of an axially contact type and comprises a plurality of metal plates made of copper and a noble metal layer coated on the metal plates in a state of disposing a separate layer between the metal plates and the noble metal layer. The separate layer is formed of Nickel plating having a non-magnetic property in a non-electrolysis manner.

Abstract: An amount of movement of an air passing through a clearance G2 is adjusted by adjusting the clearance G2 by placing an outer shape surface 35 of a yoke 3 in proximity of an inner side surface of a housing 1. Accordingly, a vibration characteristic having a wide frequency bandwidth can be obtained, thereby improving stability and convenience of body-sensible vibration characteristic of a multifunctional vibration actuator.

Abstract: Motors are made thinner than conventional by adding a contrivance to a bracket. A housing composed of a case and a bracket is provided and an eccentric rotor and ring magnet are in the housing. A pair of brushes are provided with their base ends thereof anchored to a flexible base at the inside diameter of the magnet. The aforementioned flexible base leads to the outer periphery of the housing as a power-supply terminal, and an opening is provided in the part where the magnet is disposed in the housing. The flexible base leads to a side of the housing through the opening.

Abstract: A brushless vibration motor includes a base plate unit having a burring element extended from the base plate, and including a shaft having a first portion inserted into the burring element to be fixedly coupled to the base plate, a stator having at least one coil disposed on the base plate through which current flows, a rotor rotatably supported by a second portion of the shaft, and having a bearing slidably inserted around the second portion of the shaft, a bearing holder having an inside surface forcibly coupled to the bearing, and a yoke coupled to the bearing holder and having a magnet mounted on the yoke to be spaced-apart from the coils to generate a magnetic field with the coil, and a counterweight generating eccentricity, and a cover coupled to the base plate to enclose the stator and the rotor.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved flat vibration motor to be disposed in a mobile communication terminal, etc. for generating a vibration signal. A brushless-type vibration motor without brushes and a commutator is adopted, instead of a brush-type vibration motor with the brushes and commutator. An eccentric portion is disposed on one side of the peripheral surface of a rotor made of a permanent magnet, and one or more pairs of hall sensors are mounted in the vibration motor so as to start and drive the vibration motor. A motor controller may be used as internally or externally disposed on the vibration motor. The arrangement of a stator coil is improved so as to reduce the loss of magnetic flux as well as remove the non-operation points, thereby preventing the starting and driving disorders of the vibration motor, and improving its performance and efficiency.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vibration motor having an improved support structure between a rotor for generating eccentric rotation and a stator for supporting rotation of the rotor.

Abstract: A generator for charging the battery of a portable instrument such as a portable telephone, a player or the like, includes a permanent magnet in the form of a bar mounted freely in rotation about a pivotal axle corresponding to its median axis, within a magnetic circuit which is the core of a winding, the permanent magnet carrying a weight adjacent one of its ends, this assembly being mounted in the instrument such that, during movement of the portable instrument, the magnet unbalanced by the weight, pivots about its axle and relative to the magnetic circuit, which induces, in the winding, a current used to charge the battery of the instrument.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vibration motor having an improved support structure between a rotor for generating eccentric rotation and a stator for supporting rotation of the rotor.

Abstract: A brushless motor-driving circuit is disclosed which includes an initializing element setting an initial rotating speed, an oscillating element for generating a frequency corresponding to the initial rotating speed set by the initializing element, a frequency-controlling element for causing the frequency generated by the oscillating element to change from the frequency corresponding to the initial rotating speed to a frequency corresponding to a constant rotating speed, a driving-signal-generating element for generating driving signals having a plurality of phases based on the generated frequency of the oscillating element, and a driving element for driving coils having a plurality of phases based on the driving signals having the plurality of phases generated by the driving-signal-generating element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flat type vibration motor and a rotor structure, which can increase a vibration amount of the vibration motor by the rotor structure adapted to increase a volume of a weight formed on a substrate. The weight is formed with the stepped portion formed on the surface thereof, which is contacted with the substrate and the substrate is formed on an inserting hole or an inserting groove corresponding to the stepped portion, so that the stepped portion can be engaged with the inserting hole or the inserting groove. Alternatively, the weight is formed with a mounting groove and the substrate is formed with the inserting hole or the inserting groove and the fixing bar.

Abstract: An auxiliary coupling disk for miniature vibration voice-coil motors aims to couple with a magnetic weight element to change the relative position of the auxiliary disk eccentric from the rotational center of the motor so that the magnetic weight element can generate vibration during rotation. The auxiliary coupling disk further can alter the vibration of the motor. The auxiliary coupling disk has at least one removable member located in the eccentric direction opposite to the magnetic weight element. The removable member may be selectively removed according to requirements to reduce the weight that offsets vibration to increase vibration.

Abstract: The invention relates to an internal vibration device having an electrical motor mounted in a vibrating unit housing and having a rotating device comprising an out of-balance mass that is also mounted in the vibrating unit housing. The invention is characterized in that eccentricity of a center of gravity of the out-of-balance mass can be varied relative to the axis of rotation of said out-of-balance mass depending on the direction of rotation of the electrical motor. Said internal vibration device is suitable both for compacting unset concrete and for distributing concrete in the formwork.

Abstract: A flat type vibration motor includes a rotor rotatably assembled between a stator and a housing, wherein the rotor includes an insulator of eccentric mass integrally containing at least a winding coil corresponding to the magnet and a weight arranged eccentrically adjacent to the winding coils, and an upper board mounted on an underside of the insulator; a plurality of brushes; a plurality of annular slip rings arranged on an underside of the upper board to be concentric with the shaft, each of the rings contacting an upper end of each of the brushes; and an IC chip for converting the direction of electric current flowing through the winding coils by alternating the polarity of electric current which is introduced to the slip rings via the brushes and then supplied to the winding coil.

Abstract: A motor with a plurality of electrode terminals, wherein at least a portion of a case for the motor forms at least one of the plurality of electrode terminals.

Abstract: A linear actuator comprises a piston and a rotary electric motor together with means which are interposed between the electric motor and the piston to define a mechanical system for transforming rotary movement of the motor into linear displacement of said piston, the actuator is characterized in that the electric motor is a vibration type motor comprising at least a stator and a rotor together with excitation means for deforming said stator and/or said rotor in modes of vibration combining tangential vibration and normal vibration for driving said rotor in rotation, and in that the means interposed between the electric motor and the piston include means for mechanically decoupling said piston from said electric motor in the event of the electrical power supply to the elector motor being interrupted.

Abstract: A vibrator of the present invention comprises a coreless coil (2), a driver (4) including a magnet (4a) inserted in the coreless coil (2), a yoke (4b) for pinching the coreless coil (2) and facing the magnet (4a), and a top plate (4c), suspensions (6 and 8) for carrying resiliently the driver (4). The driver (4) is reciprocated in an axial direction of the coreless coil (2) by applying an alternate current to the coreless coil (2) to generate vibrations. The vibrator can be miniaturized without increasing a cost and has a good rising of vibrations.

Abstract: A resistance force generator generates, in accordance with game information, a resistance force corresponding to an input operation on a trigger of an operation device which inputs information to a main unit of a game machine. The resistance force generator has a container that accommodates a magnetic powder, rotating vanes which are provided inside the container and rotate based on the input operation of the trigger, and an electromagnet which generates a magnetic field inside the container in accordance with game information.

Abstract: An ultra-low profile vibrating transducer, particularly suited for floor mat and ultra thin vibrating pad and multimedia tactical feedback applications, using an “I” core coil in the center and permanent magnets positioned at both ends of the “I” core to create balanced push-pull vibrating actions. Mounting methods to effectively transfer energy to the users while withstanding user's body weight. “I” core coil may be driven by AC power, pulsed and/or DC power or audio power. Elastomeric supports are configured to provide rotational leverage action to further enhance the vibrating effectiveness.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for converting a sound signal into vibration so as to stimulate the human hearing organs through the human bones, using an ironcore and an inertial mass so as to exert high power output. A sound-to-vibration conversion apparatus comprises a housing; a magnet means having N-and S-pole, only one of N- and S-pole being fixed to the housing; and an electromagnet movably fixed to the housing so as to face N- or S-pole, not fixed to the housing, of the magnet means, whereby the electromagnet reciprocates in such directions to get close to or away from the magnet means in accordance with the interaction between the polarity formed at the electromagnet by the acoustic signal applied to the electromagnet and either N-or S-pole of the magnet means.