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Granted Patent B2
US 10,389,220 · App. 15/720,178 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Force sense generator

Inventor: Mikio Onodera (Miyagi, JP)
Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
H02K35/02G06F3/0362H02K7/1876H02K33/00H02K35/04
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Patent No.
US 10,389,220
App. No.
15/720,178
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A force sense generator includes a rotatable circular plate having a rotation axis at a center of gravity; a motor that drives the circular plate to be rotated; a cam formed at a surface of the circular plate so as to surround the rotation axis; an anchor that is reciprocated along a linear trajectory that is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the circular plate; and a follower provided at the anchor and is moved along the cam, the cam being configured to include a first angle range and a second angle range such that the anchor is moved in opposite directions at different accelerations when the follower moves within the first angle range and when the follower moves within the second angle range, respectively, while the circular plate is rotated in one direction.

Claims (12)

1. A force sense generator comprising:

a rotatable circular plate having a rotation axis at a center of gravity;

a motor that drives the circular plate to be rotated;

a cam formed at a surface of the circular plate so as to surround the rotation axis;

an anchor that is reciprocated along a linear trajectory that is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the circular plate; and

a follower provided at the anchor and is moved along the cam,

the cam being configured to include a first angle range and a second angle range such that the anchor is moved in opposite directions at different accelerations when the follower moves within the first angle range and when the follower moves within the second angle range, respectively, while the circular plate is rotated in one direction.

2. The force sense generator according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the cam is configured such that an angle necessary to move the follower for a predetermined distance in a radial direction of the circular plate is smaller for the first angle range than for the second angle range.

3. The force sense generator according to claim 1 ,

wherein the follower is provided at one end portion of the anchor in a moving direction, and

wherein the follower is configured to move only at one side of the rotation axis, and another end portion of the anchor is moved only at another side of the rotation axis.

4. The force sense generator according to claim 1 , wherein the cam includes a plurality of combinations, each including the first angle range and the second angle range in this order.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 11, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048300/0865 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2017
From: ONODERA, MIKIO
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043740/0318 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-086719 · Apr 21, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016059418 · Mar 24, 2016
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