Rotary reciprocating drive actuator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12438428-B2
Application number	US-202318343855-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2023
Priority date	Jul 15, 2022
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a shaft part to which a movable object is connected at one end portion side of the shaft part, and a magnet fixed to an other end portion side of the shaft part, the movable body being supported to be capable of performing a reciprocating rotation about an axis; a core assembly including a magnet position holding portion defining a reference position of the reciprocating rotation; and a sensor board on which a sensor for detecting a rotational angle of the shaft part is mounted, the sensor board being disposed to cover the core assembly from the other end portion side, with the sensor facing the magnet side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A rotary reciprocating drive actuator, comprising:
a movable body including:
a shaft part to which a movable object is connected at one end portion side of the shaft part, and
a magnet fixed to the shaft part at an other end portion side of the shaft part, the movable body being supported to be capable of performing a reciprocating rotation about an axis;

a core assembly including:
a core body comprising a plurality of magnetic poles facing an outer circumference of the magnet to sandwich the magnet,
a coil body that is wound around the core body and that is energized to generate a magnetic flux interacting with the magnet to cause the reciprocating rotation of the movable body, and
a magnet position holding portion that generates a magnetic attraction force between the magnet position holding portion and the magnet to define a reference position of the reciprocating rotation;

a top cover mounted on the core assembly from the other end side and comprising a concave sensor housing into which the shaft is inserted; and
a sensor board on which a sensor for detecting a rotational angle of the shaft part is mounted on the top cover, the sensor board covering the concave sensor housing of the top cover and the core assembly from the other end portion side, with the sensor facing the magnet side.

2. The rotary reciprocating drive actuator according to claim 1 , wherein
a number of the plurality of magnetic poles is two.

3. The rotary reciprocating drive actuator according to claim 1 , wherein
the core body has a magnetic path disposed to surround the plurality of magnetic poles and the magnet position holding portion.

4. The rotary reciprocating drive actuator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the sensor is an optical sensor,
the sensor includes a detection target portion that is attached to the shaft part to rotate integrally with the magnet and whose rotational position is detected by the optical sensor,
a circumferential wall portion is disposed on the other end portion side of the core assembly to surround the detection target portion and the shaft part together such that the detection target portion and the shaft part are rotatable, and
the sensor board is attached to the circumferential wall portion to close the circumferential wall portion such that the optical sensor faces the detection target portion.

5. The rotary reciprocating drive actuator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the coil body includes a terminal part that is disposed to protrude to the other end portion side and to which an end portion of a coil is connected, and
the sensor board includes a connection hole through which the terminal part is inserted and connected to the sensor board.

6. The rotary reciprocating drive actuator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a bottom cover through which the other end portion side of the shaft part is inserted and that is configured to support the movable object, wherein:
the bottom cover and the core assembly are fixed to each other using a fastening hole via a first fastening member, the fastening hole being formed in the core assembly, and
the sensor board is connected to the core assembly via the top cover by a second fastening member to a fastening hole formed in the sensor board that is continuous to and has a same diameter as the fastening hole of the core assembly.

7. The rotary reciprocating drive actuator according to claim 4 , wherein
a bushing whose moving direction is restricted to the one end portion side of the detection target portion is externally fitted to the shaft part.

8. The rotary reciprocating drive actuator according to claim 7 , wherein
there is a gap between the bushing and the shaft part, the gap being narrower than a gap between the magnet and the plurality of magnetic poles.

9. The rotary reciprocating drive actuator according to claim 7 , wherein
the bushing is slidably disposed on the shaft part.

10. The rotary reciprocating drive actuator according to claim 1 , wherein
the movable object is a mirror for reflecting scanning light.

Assignees

• Takahashi Yuki
• Kitamura Yasutaka
• Kagami Masaharu
• Otsuka Yuki
• Masamoto Kai
• Mitsumi Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takahashi Yuki
• Kitamura Yasutaka
• Kagami Masaharu
• Otsuka Yuki
• Masamoto Kai

Classifications

• H02K7/003

  Couplings; Details of shafts (means for mounting rotors on shafts H02K1/28) · CPC title

• H02K11/22

  Optical devices · CPC title

• G02B26/105 Primary

  with one or more pivoting mirrors or galvano-mirrors (G02B26/101 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02K2205/03

  Machines characterised by thrust bearings · CPC title

• H02K2203/12

  Machines characterised by the bobbins for supporting the windings · CPC title