Vibrator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9496479-B2
Application number	US-201414170476-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2014
Priority date	Sep 23, 2013
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

There is provided a vibrator including: a housing having an internal space; an elastic member including a housing fixed part fixed to the housing, a piezoelectric element mounted part disposed so as to face the housing fixed part, and a weight body installed part disposed adjacent to the housing fixed part; a piezoelectric element fixed to the piezoelectric element mounted part; and a weight body fixed to the weight body installed part, wherein the elastic member has a closed curve shape.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vibrator comprising:
a housing having an internal space;
an elastic member including a housing fixed part fixed to the housing, a piezoelectric element mounted part disposed so as to face the housing fixed part, and a weight body installed part disposed adjacent to the housing fixed part;
a piezoelectric element fixed to the piezoelectric element mounted part; and
a weight body fixed to the weight body installed part,
wherein the elastic member has a closed curve shape, and
wherein each central portion of the housing fixed part and the weight body installed part is bent in an opposite direction from each other.

2. The vibrator of claim 1 , wherein the elastic member includes:
a first elastic member including the housing fixed part and a first deformed part extended from the housing fixed part; and
a second elastic member including a bonded part bonded to the first deformed part, the piezoelectric element mounted part extended from one side of the bonded part, and the weight body installed part extended from the other side of the bonded part.

3. The vibrator of claim 2 , wherein the first and second elastic members are formed integrally with each other or are formed separately from each other and then bonded to each other.

4. The vibrator of claim 1 , wherein the piezoelectric element has a hexahedral shape.

5. The vibrator of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a case having the internal space and a bracket assembled to a lower end portion of the case,
each of the case and the bracket is provided with protrusion parts at which the piezoelectric element and both end portions of the elastic member are disposed, and
each of the case and the bracket has a circular shape except for the protrusion parts, when viewed from the top.

6. The vibrator of claim 1 , wherein the elastic member further includes first deformed parts contacting both end portions of the piezoelectric element,
the piezoelectric element mounted part is extended from one end of the first deformed parts, the housing fixed part is extended from a central portion of the other end of the first deformed part, and
weight body fixed parts are extended from the other end of the first deformed parts so as to be disposed at both sides of the housing fixed part.

7. The vibrator of claim 1 , wherein the elastic member further includes first deformed parts contacting both end portions of the piezoelectric element,
the piezoelectric element mounted part is extended from one end of the first deformed parts,
a weight body fixed part is extended from a central portion of the other end of the first deformed parts, and
the housing fixed parts are extended from the other end of the first deformed parts so as to be disposed at both sides of the weight body fixed part.

8. The vibrator of claim 7 , wherein the weight body fixed part has a width wider than that of the housing fixed part.

9. A vibrator comprising:
a housing having an internal space,
an elastic member including a housing fixed part fixed to the housing, a piezoelectric element mounted part disposed so as to face the housing fixed part, and a weight body installed part disposed adjacent to the housing fixed part;
a piezoelectric element fixed to the piezoelectric element mounted part; and
a weight body fixed to the weight body installed part,
wherein the elastic member has a closed curve shape,
wherein the weight body has an insertion groove formed in an upper surface thereof and has a coin shape, the insertion groove having the piezoelectric element inserted thereinto at the time of generation of vibration.

10. A vibrator comprising:
a housing having an internal space;
a first elastic member including a housing fixed part and a first deformed part extended from the housing fixed part;
a second elastic member including a bonded part bonded to the first deformed part, a piezoelectric element mounted part extended from one side of the bonded part, and a weight body installed part extended from the other side of the bonded part;
a piezoelectric element fixed to the piezoelectric element mounted part; and
a weight body fixed to the weight body installed part,
wherein the housing fixed part and the weight body installed part contact each other or are spaced apart from each other at the time of generation of vibration, and
wherein each central portion of the housing fixed part and the weight body installed part is bent in an opposite direction from each other.

Assignees

• Samsung Electro Mech
• Mplus Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oh Hwa Young
• Jeong Seung Hyeon

Classifications

• B06B1/0648 Primary

  of rectangular shape · CPC title

• H01L41/053 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02N2/04 Primary

  Constructional details · CPC title

• H02N2/00

  Electric machines in general using piezoelectric effect, electrostriction or magnetostriction (generating mechanical vibrations in general B06B; piezoelectric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive devices in general H10N30/00) · CPC title

• H10N30/88 Primary

  Mounts; Supports; Enclosures; Casings · CPC title