Vibration generating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10847296-B2
Application number	US-201916295354-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2019
Priority date	Sep 14, 2016
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A vibration generating device includes an electromagnet including a coil and a magnetic core around which the coil is wound; a permanent magnet; a casing to which the electromagnet or the permanent magnet is fixed; and an elastic body in which the electromagnet or the permanent magnet is held. The vibration generating device generates a vibration by relatively moving the electromagnet and the permanent magnet by energizing the coil. The casing has a polyhedral structure made of a plate material, and includes a first surface in which a gap portion is provided and another surface in which an extension portion is provided. The vibration generating device further includes a reinforcement portion that is formed by the extension portion extending from the another surface toward the first surface, thereby being fitted into the gap portion and flush with the first surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vibration generating device comprising:
an electromagnet including a coil and a magnetic core around which the coil is wound;
a permanent magnet;
a casing to which one of the electromagnet and the permanent magnet is fixed; and
an elastic body in which another one of the electromagnet and the permanent magnet is held, wherein
the vibration generating device generates a vibration by relatively moving the electromagnet and the permanent magnet by energizing the coil,
the casing has a polyhedral structure made of a plate material, and the casing includes a first surface in which a gap portion is provided and another surface in which an extension portion is provided, and
the vibration generating device further includes a reinforcement portion that is formed by the extension portion extending from the another surface toward the first surface, thereby being fitted into the gap portion and flush with the first surface.

2. The vibration generating device according to claim 1 , wherein
the casing includes
a main body portion, and
a lid portion including a lid surface covering the main body portion, wherein

the casing is formed by combining the main body portion and the lid portion,
the electromagnet, the permanent magnet, and the elastic body are accommodated in the main body portion,
the main body portion includes a second surface that is adjacent to the first surface, the second surface forming a right angle with respect to the first surface,
the extension portion includes a first extension portion formed in the main body portion and a second extension portion formed in the lid portion,
the gap portion includes a first gap portion formed in the first surface and a second gap portion formed in the first surface or the second surface,
the first extension portion is formed by being bent perpendicularly in a direction from the second surface to the first surface, and the first extension portion includes a locking portion formed at a leading end of the first extension portion, and
the reinforcement portion is formed by fitting the locking portion into the first gap portion.

3. The vibration generating device according to claim 2 , wherein the elastic body, which is accommodated in the main body portion, applies an urging force with respect to the second surface.

4. The vibration generating device according to claim 2 , wherein
the second extension portion is formed by being bent vertically from the lid surface of the lid portion, and extended, and being further bent perpendicularly, and
the reinforcement portion further includes the second extension portion extending along the second surface of the main body portion, and a leading end of the second extension portion is fitted into the second gap portion such that the second extension portion is flush with the first surface.

5. The vibration generating device according to claim 2 , wherein
the main body portion includes two of the first surfaces opposed to each other, two of the second surfaces opposed to each other, and a bottom surface having a rectangular shape connected to the two of the first surfaces and the two of the second surfaces, and
the main body portion is formed by vertically bending the first surfaces and the second surfaces from the bottom surface.

6. The vibration generating device according to claim 5 , wherein
two of the permanent magnets are included, and the two of the permanent magnets are respectively fixed to the two of the first surfaces opposed to each other,
both ends of the elastic body are respectively held by the two of the second surfaces opposed to each other,
the elastic body is formed of a plate spring including a plurality of folded portions,
the elastic body includes a holding portion provided at a center portion of the elastic body, and
a vibrating body is formed by the coil and the magnetic core that are held inside the holding portion.

7. The vibration generating device according to claim 6 , wherein
each of the two of the second surfaces of the casing includes a pressing plate that is parallel to the first surface and that protrudes toward an inner side of the casing, and
the each of the two of the second surfaces of the casing includes plural attachment claw portions that are parallel to the bottom surface and that protrude toward the inner side of the casing,
the permanent magnet is sandwiched and held between the first surface and the pressing plate, and
the both ends of the elastic body are held by the plural attachment claw portions.

8. The vibration generating device according to claim 6 , wherein the vibrating body is configured to vibrate in a direction orthogonal to both of the second surfaces of the casing, and in a direction orthogonal to the bottom surface and the lid surface of the casing.

Assignees

• Alps Alpine Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wauke Tomokuni

Classifications

• H02K33/18 Primary

  with coil systems moving upon intermittent or reversed energisation thereof by interaction with a fixed field system, e.g. permanent magnets · CPC title

• H01F7/066

  Electromagnets with movable winding · CPC title

• H01F7/126 Primary

  Supporting or mounting · CPC title

• B06B1/045

  using vibrating magnet, armature or coil system · CPC title

• H01F7/0289

  Transducers, loudspeakers, moving coil arrangements · CPC title