Vibration generation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8941273-B2
Application number	US-201213683560-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2012
Priority date	Sep 6, 2012
Publication date	Jan 27, 2015
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015

Abstract

There is provided a vibration generation device, including: a housing including an internal space; a shaft passing through the internal space in an axial direction and mounted in the housing; a bearing member vibrated in the axial direction while contacting the shaft; a yoke mounted on the bearing member; a coil mounted on an outer surface of the yoke; a magnet interacting with electromagnetic force exerted on the yoke by the coil and included in the internal space; and at least one elastic member connected between an end of the yoke in the axial direction and a surface of the housing in the axial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vibration generation device, comprising:
a housing including an internal space;
a shaft passing through the internal space in an axial direction and mounted in the housing;
a bearing member vibrated in the axial direction while contacting the shaft;
a yoke mounted on the bearing member;
a coil mounted on an outer surface of the yoke;
a magnet interacting with electromagnetic force exerted on the yoke by the coil and included in the internal space; and
at least one elastic member connected between an end of the yoke in the axial direction and a surface of the housing in the axial direction.

2. The vibration generation device of claim 1 , wherein the coil is wound around the outer surface of the yoke.

3. The vibration generation device of claim 1 , wherein the magnet is mounted on the surface of the housing in the axial direction.

4. The vibration generation device of claim 3 , wherein the end of the yoke in the axial direction has an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the magnet.

5. The vibration generation device of claim 1 , wherein the bearing member includes first and second bearing members spaced apart from each other in the axial direction, and
the first and second bearing members include a weight body therebetween.

6. The vibration generation device of claim 5 , wherein outer surfaces of the bearing member and the weight body are disposed in parallel in the axial direction, and
the yoke is mounted on the outer surfaces of the bearing member and the weight body so as to protrude to both ends of the first and second bearing members in the axial direction.

7. The vibration generation device of claim 6 , wherein both ends of the yoke in the axial direction have an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the magnet.

8. The vibration generation device of claim 1 , further comprising a power supply unit connecting the coil to an external power supply line.

9. The vibration generation device of claim 8 , wherein the power supply unit is a flexible printed circuit board.

10. The vibration generation device of claim 9 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes a moving portion coupled to the coil, a fixed portion coupled to an outer surface of the housing, and a connecting portion connecting the moving portion and the fixed portion.

11. The vibration generation device of claim 3 , wherein the surface of the housing in the axial direction is provided with a protruding part protruding in the axial direction and having the magnet fitted therein.

12. A vibration generation device, comprising:
a housing including an internal space;
a shaft passing through the internal space in an axial direction and mounted in the housing;
a bearing member vibrated in the axial direction while contacting the shaft;
a yoke mounted on the bearing member;
a coil mounted on an outer surface of the yoke;
magnets interacting with electromagnetic force exerted on the yoke by the coil and included in the internal space; and
at least one elastic member connected between an end of the yoke in the axial direction and a surface of the housing in the axial direction,
wherein the magnets respectively mounted on both sides of the internal space of the housing in the axial direction are magnetized in a reversed manner in the axial direction.

Assignees

• Samsung Electro Mech

Inventors

• Kim Yong Tae
• Hong Jr Jung Taek
• Park Kyung Su
• Moon Dong Su

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

• H02K33/00 Primary

  Motors with reciprocating, oscillating or vibrating magnet, armature or coil system (arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with motors H02K7/00, e.g. H02K7/06) · 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