IP Library Granted Patent US 11,904,359
Granted Patent B2
US 11,904,359 · App. 18/185,619 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Vibration generator moving vibrator by magnetic field generated by coil and vibrator-mounted holder used in vibration-generator

Inventor: Mikio Umehara (Yonago, JP)
Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
B06B1/045G01M7/027H02K1/34H02K33/16
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,904,359
App. No.
18/185,619
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vibrator-mounted holder is attached to a casing of a vibration generator which moves a vibrator to generate a vibration when used. The vibrator-mounted holder includes a vibrator, a vibrator retention unit retaining the vibrator, a fixing unit fixed to a casing, and an arm. The vibrator includes a magnet having a plate shape parallel to a horizontal surface and a yoke arranged on the magnet. The arm connects the fixing unit to the vibrator retention unit, and supports the vibrator retention unit in a manner that the vibrator retention unit is displaceable with respect to the fixing unit. The yoke has a projecting portion which is projected downward and fixed to the vibrator retention unit. The arm is connected to a portion, at which the projecting portion is arranged, within the vibrator retention units.

Claims (20)

1. The vibrator generator comprising:

a frame,

a vibrator,

the vibrator including a member formed with metal,

a retention unit, and

an elastic body connecting the vibrator via the retention unit,

wherein the vibrator is displaceably supported by the elastic body with respect to the frame, and

the retention unit includes a bulging-out portion, the bulging-out portion bulging from a part of the retention unit toward the vibrator,

the part of the retention unit surrounds a part of a side portion of the member formed with metal,

the elastic body and the retention unit are formed by a resin, and

an other part of the side portion of the member formed with metal is retained by the bulging-out portion.

2. The vibrator generator according to claim 1 , wherein

an outer circumferential surface of the side portion of the member formed with metal contacts with an inner surface of the bulging-out portion.

3. The vibrator generator according to claim 1 , comprising

a holder,

wherein the holder includes the retention unit, the elastic body and a fixing unit, and

the fixing unit is formed with a resin.

4. The vibrator generator according to claim 1 , wherein

the elastic body is formed with the silicon resin.

5. The vibrator generator according to claim 1 , comprising a coil.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-008961 · Jan 22, 2013 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16994812 · Aug 17, 2020
Continuation 16418216 · May 21, 2019
Division 15450895 · Mar 6, 2017
Continuation 14103299 · Dec 11, 2013
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