IP Library Granted Patent US 8,941,273
Granted Patent B2
US 8,941,273 · App. 13/683,560 · Granted Jan 27, 2015

Vibration generation device

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Patent No.
US 8,941,273
App. No.
13/683,560
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (29)

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.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2016
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
To: MPLUS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037962/0472 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2012
From: KIM, YONG TAE; HONG, JUNG TAEK; PARK, KYUNG SU; MOON, DONG SU
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029337/0888 →