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Granted Patent B2
US 12,243,684 · App. 18/037,771 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Actuator

Inventor: Akira Mori (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
H01F7/1607H01F7/081H01F7/126
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Patent No.
US 12,243,684
App. No.
18/037,771
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An actuator causes vibration of a movable body by a magnetic drive mechanism. The movable body includes: a support shaft having an outer circumferential surface fixed with a magnet; a cup-shaped first magnetic member fixed to an end surface of the magnet in an axial direction; and a second magnetic member fixed to an opposite side of an end plate of the first magnetic member from the side of the magnet. A weight adjustment section in the second magnetic member is a through hole. An outer shape of the second magnetic member is not reduced in size. A bent section of the first magnetic member overlaps an outer circumferential end of the second magnetic member. The weight adjustment section is provided on an inner circumferential side of an outer circumferential surface of the magnet. A magnetic member deficient portion is provided to avoid a portion with high magnetic flux density.

Claims (18)

1. An actuator comprising:

a support body and a movable body;

a connection body connected to the support body and the movable body; and

a magnetic drive mechanism that includes a magnet and a coil and causes the movable body to move relative to the support body, wherein

the movable body includes: a support shaft having an outer circumferential surface, to which the magnet is fixed; and a yoke that is fixed to an end surface of the magnet in an axial direction,

the yoke includes:

a first magnetic member that includes an end plate fixed to the end surface, a bent section provided at an outer edge of the end plate, and a cylindrical section extending from the bent section to the magnet side; and

a second magnetic member that is fixed to an opposite side of the end plate from the side of the magnet,

the second magnetic member includes a weight adjustment section, which is deficient either partially or entirely in a thickness direction, and

when seen in the axial direction, the weight adjustment section is provided on an inner circumferential side of an outer circumferential surface of the magnet.

2. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein

the weight adjustment section is a through hole or a half-punched section.

3. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein

the weight adjustment section includes a plurality of weight adjustment sections arranged evenly in a circumferential direction with a center of gravity of the movable body being a center.

4. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein

when seen in the axial direction, an outer circumferential end of the second magnetic member extends to a position at which the outer circumferential end overlaps the bent section.

5. The actuator according to claim 4 , wherein

when seen in the axial direction, an outer circumferential end surface of the second magnetic member is located at the same position as an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical section or on a more outer circumferential side than the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical section.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: MORI, AKIRA
To: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063693/0650 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-194855 · Nov 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240006108A1 · Jan 4, 2024
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