IP Library Granted Patent US 11,673,794
Granted Patent B2
US 11,673,794 · App. 17/950,323 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Actuator device

Inventors: Daiki Suzuki (Hamamatsu, JP); Takuma Osaki (Hamamatsu, JP); Naoto Sakurai (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
B81B3/0021H02K33/02B06B1/04B81B2201/045
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Patent No.
US 11,673,794
App. No.
17/950,323
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An actuator device includes a support part, a first movable part, and a second movable part. The second movable part includes a pair of first connection portions positioned on both sides of the first movable part on a first axis and connected to a pair of first connecting parts, and a pair of second connection portions positioned on both sides of the first movable part on a second axis and connected to a pair of second connecting parts. An outer edge of each of the pair of the first connection portions includes a first linear portion that extends along a second axis direction. An outer edge of each of the pair of the second connection portions includes a second linear portion that extends along a first axis direction.

Claims (48)

1. An actuator device comprising:

a support part;

a first movable part;

a second movable part formed in a frame shape and arranged so as to surround the first movable part, wherein a coil is provided to the second movable part;

a pair of first connecting parts arranged on both sides of the first movable part in a first axis direction parallel to a first axis and connecting the first movable part to the second movable part so that the first movable part can swing around the first axis; and

a pair of second connecting parts arranged on both sides of the second movable part in a second axis direction parallel to a second axis orthogonal to the first axis and connecting the second movable part to the support part so that the second movable part can swing around the second axis,

wherein the second movable part includes a pair of first connection portions positioned on both sides of the first movable part on the first axis and connected to the pair of first connecting parts, and a pair of second connection portions positioned on both sides of the first movable part on the second axis and connected to the pair of second connecting parts,

an outer edge of each of the pair of the first connection portions includes a first linear portion that extends along the second axis direction,

an outer edge of each of the pair of the second connection portions includes a second linear portion that extends along the first axis direction, and

a width of each of the pair of the second connection portions is larger than a width of each of the pair of the first connection portions when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the first and second axes.

2. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second movable part further includes a fifth linear portion connected to one of the pair of first connection portions and one of the pair of second connection portions, a sixth linear portion connected to the one of the pair of first connection portions and the other of the pair of second connection portions, a seventh linear portion connected to the other of the pair of first connection portions and the one of the pair of second connection portions, and an eighth linear portion connected to the other of the pair of first connection portions and the other of the pair of second connection portions, and

when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the first and second axes, the fifth linear portion extends in a direction inclined with respect to the first and second axes, the sixth linear portion extends symmetrically to the fifth linear portion with respect to the first axis, the seventh linear portion extends symmetrically to the fifth linear portion with respect to the second axis, and the eighth linear portion extends symmetrically to the sixth linear portion with respect to the second axis.

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

a magnetic field generator that generates a magnetic field to act on the coil,

wherein the coil has a spiral shape and surrounds the first movable part when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the first and second axes.

4. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the coil is arranged at a position closer to the outer edge than the inner edge of each of the pair of second connection portions on the second axis when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the first and second axes.

5. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the coil includes a portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the magnetic field.

6. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the coil is made of a metal material of which the density is higher than the density of a material of the second movable part, and is embedded in the second movable part.

7. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the pair of second connecting parts extends meanderingly when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the first and second axes.

8. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the width of each of the pair of the second connection portions is larger than a width of each of the pair of the third connection portions.

9. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second movable part has a shape elongated in the first axis direction when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the first and second axes.

10. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a width of an end portion of each of the pair of first connecting parts on a side of one of the pair of first connection portions increases as approaching the one of the pair of first connection portions when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the first and second axes.

11. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a width of an end portion of each of the pair of first connecting parts on a side of the first movable part increases as approaching the first movable part when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the first and second axes.

12. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second movable part further includes a pair of first linear portions positioned on both sides of one of the pair of second connection portions in the first axis direction and connected to the one of the pair of second connection portions, and a pair of second linear portions positioned on both sides of the other of the pair of second connection portions in the first axis direction and connected to the other of the pair of second connection portions, and

each of the pair of first linear portions and each of the pair of second linear portions extend in the first axis direction.

13. The actuator device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the second movable part further includes a pair of third linear portions positioned on sides opposite to the one of the pair of second connection portions with respect to the pair of first linear portions and connected to the pair of first linear portions, and a pair of fourth linear portions positioned on sides opposite to the other of the pair of second connection portions with respect to the pair of second linear portions and connected to the pair of second linear portions, and

when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the first and second axes, one of the pair of third linear portions extends in a direction inclined with respect to the first and second axes, the other of the pair of third linear portions extends symmetrically to the one of the pair of third linear portions with respect to the second axis, one of the pair of fourth linear portions extends symmetrically to the one of the pair of third linear portions with respect to the first axis, and the other of the pair of fourth linear portions extends symmetrically to the one of the pair of fourth linear portions with respect to the second axis.

14. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second movable part further includes a pair of third connection portions, and

one of the pair of third connection portions is connected to one of the pair of the first connection portions and one of the pair of the second connection portions and the other of the pair of third connection portions is connected to the other of the pair of the first connection portions and the other of the pair of the second connection portions.

15. The actuator device according to claim 14 ,

wherein when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the first and second axes, each of the pair of the third connection portions extends in a direction inclined with respect to the first and second axes.

16. The actuator device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first movable part includes a body portion, a ring shape portion, and a pair of connecting portions, and

when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the first and second axes, the ring shape portion is formed to surround the body portion with a gap therebetween and the body portion and the ring shape portion is connected to each other by the pair of connecting portions.

17. The actuator device according to claim 16 ,

wherein the pair of connecting portions are connected to the body portion on both sides in the second axis direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2022
From: SUZUKI, DAIKI; OSAKI, TAKUMA; SAKURAI, NAOTO
To: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
Reel/Frame 061181/0632 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-232060 · Dec 1, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16766996
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