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Granted Patent B2
US 10,727,726 · App. 15/822,465 · Granted Jul 28, 2020

Electronic device

Inventors: Mikio Umehara (Yonago, JP); Yutaka Kamogi (Yonago, JP)
Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
H02K33/02H02K5/225G06F3/016
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Patent No.
US 10,727,726
App. No.
15/822,465
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a housing, a contact member attached to the housing, and a vibration generating device. The vibration generating device is fixed to the contact member or the housing. A gap is formed between a surface of the vibration generating device facing the housing and a surface of the housing facing the vibration generating device.

Claims (11)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a contact member attached to the housing; and

a vibration generating device, wherein

the vibration generating device is fixed to the contact member, and the vibration generating device includes:

a base; and

a plate displaceable in a direction away from or closer to the base; and

a first elastic member supporting the plate with respect to the base, wherein a second elastic member is fixed to each of the plate and the contact member, and the plate is urged with respect to the contact member.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first elastic member supporting the plate in contact with the contact member is deformed.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact member is coupled to the housing through a third elastic member.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a weight is provided at the plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: UMEHARA, MIKIO; KAMOGI, YUTAKA
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 044244/0070 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-230689 · Nov 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180152090A1 · May 31, 2018
Cited By (2)
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