IP Library Granted Patent US 12700776
Granted Patent B2
US 12700776 · App. 18/779,433 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Actuator device

Inventors: Hiroshi Shirai (Zama, JP); Shun Kato (Zama, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC POWERTRAIN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
H02K11/215F16H25/20H02K7/06H02K21/16F16H2025/2075H02K2207/03H02K2211/03
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Patent No.
US 12700776
App. No.
18/779,433
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An actuator device includes a drive assembly that is movable in a first direction, a sensor magnet that extends in the first direction that is a magnetization direction, the sensor magnet being fixed to the drive assembly, and a magnetic sensor that opposes the sensor magnet in a second direction intersecting the first direction to detect a magnetic flux of the sensor magnet. As viewed from the second direction, a width of the sensor magnet at a portion where a barycenter of the sensor magnet is positioned is wider than a width of two ends of the sensor magnet in the first direction.

Claims (14)

1 . An actuator device comprising:

a drive assembly that is movable in a first direction;

a sensor magnet that extends in the first direction that is a magnetization direction, the sensor magnet being fixed to the drive assembly; and

a magnetic sensor that opposes the sensor magnet in a second direction intersecting the first direction to detect a magnetic flux of the sensor magnet; wherein

as viewed from the second direction, a width of the sensor magnet at a portion where a barycenter of the sensor magnet is positioned is wider than a width of two ends of the sensor magnet in the first direction.

2 . The actuator device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the sensor magnet that opposes the second direction has a planar shape.

3 . The actuator device according to claim 1 , wherein each of end portions on two sides of the sensor magnet in a width direction has a curved shape as viewed from the second direction.

4 . The actuator device according to claim 1 , wherein as viewed from the second direction, an end portion on one side of the sensor magnet in a width direction has a curved shape, and an end portion on another side of the sensor magnet in a width direction has a linear shape.

5 . The actuator device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a motor assembly including a shaft extending in the first direction and rotatable about a rotation axis extending in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to the first direction; wherein

the drive assembly has a tubular shape including an inner peripheral surface provided with a first screw portion, the tubular shape extending in the first direction; and

an outer peripheral surface of the shaft is provided with a second screw portion that meshes with the first screw portion.

6 . The actuator device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a circuit board mounted with the magnetic sensor and operable to control the motor assembly based on a magnetic flux of the sensor magnet detected by the magnetic sensor.