Linear vibration motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10536064-B2
Application number	US-201615573258-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2016
Priority date	Aug 24, 2016
Publication date	Jan 14, 2020
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020

Abstract

The present invention discloses a linear vibration motor. The linear vibration motor comprises: a stator assembly including a shell, a coil and a central support, wherein the shell is provided with a cavity therein and includes a shell wall in parallel to a direction of vibration, and the coil and the central support are located in the cavity, the coil being configured on the shell wall and the central support being configured in the intermediate portion of the shell wall to connect a resilient element; a vibrator assembly including a permanent magnet and a counterweight portion, the permanent magnet and the counterweight portion being connected together; and resilient elements, through which the vibrator assembly is suspended within the cavity, wherein the resilient elements comprise a first end and a second end arranged opposite to each other in the direction of vibration, the first end being connected to the central support and the second end being connected to the vibrator assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A linear vibration motor, comprising:
a stator assembly including a shell, a coil and a central support, wherein the shell is provided with a cavity and includes a shell wall in parallel to a direction of vibration, and the coil and the central support are located in the cavity, the coil being configured on the shell wall and the central support being configured in an intermediate portion of the shell wall to connect a resilient element;
a vibrator assembly including a permanent magnet and a counterweight portion, the permanent magnet and the counterweight portion being connected together; and
the resilient elements for providing resilient restoring force, through which the vibrator assembly is suspended within the cavity, wherein the resilient element comprise a first end and a second end arranged opposite to each other in the direction of vibration, the first end being connected to the central support and the second end being connected to the vibrator assembly;
the central support comprises a first barrier wall and a second barrier wall arranged opposite to each other in the direction of vibration; the counterweight portion includes a surface close to the central support, and further includes a first side wall and a second side wall protruding from the surface respectively, the first side wall and the second side wall being arranged opposite to each other in the direction of vibration, the first side wall being connected to the first barrier wall through the resilient element, and the second barrier wall being connected to the second side wall through the resilient element.

2. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein the central support is in a U shape and comprises the first barrier wall and the second barrier wall arranged opposite to each other, and the counterweight portion is in an inverted U shape and comprises the first side wall and the second side wall arranged opposite to each other.

3. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein the coil and the central support are arranged on one same shell wall, and the central support is arranged between the shell wall and the coil.

4. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein the shell wall comprises a first shell wall and a second shell wall arranged opposite to each other, the coil being arranged on the first shell wall and the central support being arranged on the second shell wall.

5. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein the first barrier wall and the second barrier wall are located between the first side wall and the second side wall.

6. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient element is a spring or an elastic sheet, wherein the elastic sheet comprises a first cantilever, a second cantilever and a bending portion located between the first cantilever and the second cantilever, the first cantilever, the second cantilever and the bending portion being connected together, the first cantilever being connected to the side wall and the second cantilever being connected to the barrier wall.

7. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein two elastic sheets are symmetrically arranged between the first side wall and the first barrier wall, and another two elastic sheets are symmetrically arranged between the second side wall and the second barrier wall.

8. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein at outer sides of the two long edges of the coil are respectively arranged one lateral magnet, two lateral magnets being configured to be magnetized in the direction of vibration, both an intermediate magnet and the lateral magnet adjacent to the left long edge of the coil having a polarity of S pole, and both an intermediate magnet and the lateral magnet adjacent to the right long edge of the coil having a polarity of N pole.

9. The linear vibration motor according to claim 8 , wherein the lateral magnet has a height less than a height of the coil.

10. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein: at outer sides of the two long edges of the coil are respectively arranged one lateral magnet, the two lateral magnets being configured to be magnetized in the direction of vibration, both an intermediate magnet and the lateral magnet adjacent to the left long edge of the coil having a polarity of an N pole, and both an intermediate magnet and the lateral magnet adjacent to the right long edge of the coil having a polarity of an S pole.

11. The linear vibration motor according to claim 10 , wherein the lateral magnet has a height less than a height of the coil.

Assignees

• Goertek Inc

Inventors

• Liu Baoyu
• Zhu Yueguang

Classifications

• H02K33/16 Primary

  with polarised armatures moving in alternate directions by reversal or energisation of a single coil system · CPC title

• H02K33/02 Primary

  with armatures moved one way by energisation of a single coil system and returned by mechanical force, e.g. by springs · CPC title

• H02K33/06 Primary

  with polarised armatures · CPC title