Oscillatory linear actuator and hair cutting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11052553-B2
Application number	US-201815952535-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2018
Priority date	Apr 19, 2017
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

An oscillatory linear actuator includes an electromagnet that changes a magnetic field periodically, a first movable body, a second movable body, a holder, and a coupling spring. The first movable body is disposed on one side in the first direction of the electromagnet, includes a permanent magnet, and acts on a target object. The permanent magnet reciprocates in a second direction intersecting with the first direction by the electromagnet. The second movable body is juxtaposed to the first movable body and reciprocates in the second direction. The holder holds the first and second movable bodies to provide space between the first and second movable bodies and the electromagnet and to allow the first and second movable bodies to move in the second direction. The coupling spring is disposed on one side in the first direction of the holder and couples the first movable body and the second movable body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An oscillatory linear actuator comprising:
an electromagnet that changes a magnetic field periodically;
a first movable body that is disposed on one side in a first direction of the electromagnet, and includes a permanent magnet that makes a reciprocating motion in a second direction intersecting with the first direction under action of the magnetic field generated by the electromagnet;
a second movable body that is juxtaposed to the first movable body and makes a reciprocating motion in the second direction;
a holder that holds the first movable body and the second movable body to provide space between the first and second movable bodies and the electromagnet and to allow the first movable body and the second movable body to move in the second direction; and
a coupling spring that is disposed on one side of the first movable body and the second movable body with respect to the first direction and mutually couples the first movable body and the second movable body,
wherein when viewed in the second direction, the coupling spring has a ring shape that surrounds an end of first movable body and an end of the second movable body.

2. The oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 1 ,
wherein the coupling spring is disposed in a space that excludes a space in which first movable body passes through during reciprocating motion and a space in which second movable body passes through during reciprocating motion.

3. The oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second movable body includes a weight.

4. The oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 1 ,
wherein a position of the coupling spring in the second direction overlaps with a position in the second direction that is within a range of the reciprocating motion of the first movable body or the second movable body.

5. The oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 1 ,
wherein the coupling spring is coupled to a part of the first movable body and to a part of the second movable body, and
when viewed in the first direction, the coupling spring is bent toward a center of the second movable body.

6. The oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 1 ,
wherein the holder includes:
a first stationary portion that is connected to the first movable body;
a second stationary portion that is juxtaposed to the first stationary portion and is connected to the second movable body;
a first spring portion that, when a first force in a direction along the second direction is applied to the first stationary portion, applies a second force in an opposite direction to the direction of the first force to the first stationary portion;
a second spring portion that, when a third force in a direction along the second direction is applied to the second stationary portion, applies a fourth force in an opposite direction to the direction of the third force to the second stationary portion, and
the coupling spring couples the first movable body and the second movable body by coupling the first stationary portion and the second stationary portion.

7. The oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 1 ,
wherein the holder and the coupling spring are integrally molded.

8. A hair cutting device comprising:
the oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 1 ; and

a movable blade that is connected to the first movable body.

9. An oscillatory linear actuator comprising:
an electromagnet that changes a magnetic field periodically;
a first movable body that is disposed on one side in a first direction of the electromagnet, and includes a permanent magnet that makes a reciprocating motion in a second direction intersecting with the first direction under action of the magnetic field generated by the electromagnet;
a second movable body that is juxtaposed to the first movable body and makes a reciprocating motion in the second direction;
a holder that holds the first movable body and the second movable body to provide space between the first and second movable bodies and the electromagnet and to allow the first movable body and the second movable body to move in the second direction; and
a coupling spring that is disposed on one side of the first movable body and the second movable body with respect to the first direction and mutually couples the first movable body and the second movable body,
wherein the holder includes:
a first stationary portion that is connected to the first movable body;
a second stationary portion that is juxtaposed to the first stationary portion and is connected to the second movable body;
a first spring portion that, when a first force in a direction along the second direction is applied to the first stationary portion, applies a second force in an opposite direction to the direction of the first force to the first stationary portion;
a second spring portion that, when a third force in a direction along the second direction is applied to the second stationary portion, applies a fourth force in an opposite direction to the direction of the third force to the second stationary portion, and
the coupling spring couples the first movable body and the second movable body by coupling the first stationary portion and the second stationary portion.

10. The oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 9 ,
wherein the coupling spring is disposed in a space that excludes a space in which first movable body passes through during reciprocating motion and a space in which second movable body passes through during reciprocating motion.

11. The oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 9 ,
wherein the second movable body includes a weight.

12. The oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 9 ,
wherein a position of the coupling spring in the second direction overlaps with a position in the second direction that is within a range of the reciprocating motion of the first movable body or the second movable body.

13. The oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 9 ,
wherein the coupling spring is coupled to a part of the first movable body and to a part of the second movable body, and
when viewed in the first direction, the coupling spring is bent toward a center of the second movable body.

14. The oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 9 ,
wherein the holder and the coupling spring are integrally molded.

15. A hair cutting device comprising:
the oscillatory linear actuator according to claim 9 ; and

a movable blade that is connected to the first movable body.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Murakami Tomoaki
• Kobayashi Noboru
• Inoue Hiroki
• Moriguchi Masashi

Classifications

• B26B19/288

  Balance by opposing oscillation · CPC title

• B26B19/282 Primary

  Motors without a rotating central drive shaft, e.g. linear motors · CPC title

• B26B19/02

  of the reciprocating-cutter type · CPC title

• H02K33/06

  with polarised armatures · CPC title

• H02K33/16 Primary

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