Vibration device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024326092-A1
Application number	US-202418621849-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 29, 2024
Priority date	Mar 31, 2023
Publication date	Oct 3, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a vibration device that includes: a coil; a drive circuit generating, based on induction electromotive force of the coil, a drive signal having a predetermined frequency; a piezoelectric element supplied with the drive signal; and a metal plate having a recess. The piezoelectric element is accommodated in the recess of the metal plate and stuck to a bottom surface of the recess through an adhesive.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vibration device comprising:
a coil; a drive circuit based on induction generating, electromotive force of the coil, a drive signal having a predetermined frequency; a piezoelectric element supplied with the drive signal; and a metal plate having a recess, wherein the piezoelectric element is accommodated in the recess of the metal plate and stuck to a bottom surface of the recess through an adhesive.

2 . The vibration device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a depth of the recess is half or more of the thickness of the metal plate.

3 . The vibration device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the piezoelectric element includes a center area and an outer peripheral area surrounding the center area, and wherein the adhesive is provided at the center area.

4 . The vibration device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the piezoelectric element has an edge facing an inner wall of the recess, and wherein the piezoelectric element and the drive circuit are connected to each other by a wiring extending along the edge.

5 . The vibration device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a magnetic body overlapping the coil and the recess of the metal plate.

6 . The vibration device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the recess includes first and second recesses connected to each other, wherein the piezoelectric element is accommodated in the first recess, and wherein the driving circuit is accommodated in the second recess.

7 . The vibration device as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising a DC generation circuit converting the induction electromotive force into a DC voltage and supplying the DC voltage to the drive circuit,
wherein the recess further includes a third recess connected to the second recess, and wherein a wiring connecting the DC generation circuit and the coil is accommodated in the third recess.

8 . The vibration device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the recess is not connected to any of edges of the metal plate.

9 . The vibration device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a DC generation circuit that converts the induction electromotive force into DC voltage and supplies the DC voltage to the drive circuit,
wherein the coil includes an antenna coil and a coupling coil, wherein the metal plate has a through hole formed therein, wherein the coupling coil is electromagnetically coupled to an IC module disposed inside the through hole, and wherein the DC generation circuit generates the DC voltage based on the induction electromotive force generated between an inner peripheral end and an outer peripheral end of the antenna coil.

10 . The vibration device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the DC generation circuit is activated when a voltage of the coupling coil exceeds a predetermined level.

11 . The vibration device as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising a magnetic body positioned between the coil and the metal plate,
wherein the magnetic body has a through hole formed therein, and wherein the through hole of the magnetic body overlaps the through hole of the metal plate.

Assignees

• Tdk Corp

Inventors

• Kaneko Shigeru
• Burket Chris T

Classifications

• B06B2201/55

  Piezoelectric transducer · CPC title

• G06K19/07783

  the coil being planar · CPC title

• G06K19/07722

  the record carrier being multilayered, e.g. laminated sheets (flat articles in general, see B32B37/00) · CPC title

• B06B1/0207 Primary

  Driving circuits (specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclass, e.g. G01; circuits for steering transducer arrays G10K11/34; basic circuits H03) · CPC title

• B06B1/0648 Primary

  of rectangular shape · CPC title