IP Library Granted Patent US 9,525,379
Granted Patent B2
US 9,525,379 · App. 14/730,673 · Granted Dec 20, 2016

Control method for vibration generator and vibration generator

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Patent No.
US 9,525,379
App. No.
14/730,673
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control method for a vibration generator is provided. The vibration generator includes a fixed part around which a coil is wound, a movable part having a magnet, a bridge part movably supporting the movable part, and a power supply unit which applies an alternating current of a predetermined frequency to the coil. The power supply unit starts at the time of startup by the alternating current with a starting frequency which differs from a resonance frequency of the movable part, and the power supply unit changes the frequency of the applied alternating current to the resonance frequency of the movable part when the amount of vibration at the starting frequency reaches a predetermined ratio with respect to a saturation vibration amount of the resonance frequency.

Claims (13)

1. A control method for a vibration generator, the vibration generator comprising:

a fixed part around which a coil is wound;

a movable part having a magnet;

a bridge part movably supporting the movable part; and

a power supply unit which applies an alternating current of a predetermined frequency to the coil,

wherein the power supply unit starts at the time of startup by the alternating current with a starting frequency which differs from a resonance frequency of the movable part, and the power supply unit changes the frequency of the applied alternating current to the resonance frequency of the movable part when the amount of vibration at the starting frequency reaches a predetermined ratio with respect to a saturation vibration amount of the resonance frequency.

2. The control method for a vibration generator according to claim 1 , wherein the starting frequency is larger than the resonance frequency.

3. The control method for a vibration generator according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency of the alternating current is changed to the resonance frequency of the movable part before the amount of vibration at the starting frequency reaches the saturation vibration amount.

4. A vibration generator comprising:

a fixed part around which a coil is wound;

a movable part having a magnet;

a bridge part movably supporting the movable part; and

a power supply unit for inputting at the time of startup an alternating current applied to the coil at a starting frequency which differs from a resonance frequency of the movable part, and changing the frequency of the applied alternating current to the resonance frequency of the movable part when the amount of vibration at the starting frequency reaches a predetermined ratio with respect to a saturation vibration amount of the resonance frequency.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 051803/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2015
From: UMEHARA, MIKIO; KAMOGI, YUTAKA
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035787/0374 →