Linear vibration motor
A linear vibration motor comprising a housing, a stator, an vibrator, and two sets of elastic support assemblies which are located at two ends of the vibrator, respectively, and used for supporting the vibrator and providing elastic restoring forces, wherein each set of the elastic support assemblies comprises at least two elastic supports. Each elastic support comprises a first connection point coupled to the vibrator and a second connecting point coupled to the housing. both the first connection point and the second connection point which are located on the same elastic support are located on the same side of a central axis of the vibrator, and the central axis is parallel to a vibration direction of the vibrator; and the second connection point is coupled onto a side wall, perpendicular to the vibration direction of the vibrator, of the housing. The linear vibration motor of the present invention has a simple structure, is low in assembly difficulty and high in production efficiency.
1. A linear vibration motor comprising:
a housing;
a stator;
a vibrator; and
at least two sets of elastic support assemblies which are located at two ends of the vibrator, respectively, and used for supporting the vibrator and providing elastic restoring forces,
wherein:
each set of the elastic support assemblies comprises at least two elastic supports,
each of the elastic supports comprises a first connection point coupled to the vibrator and a second connection point coupled to the housing,
both the first connection point and the second connection point located on the same elastic support are located on a side of a central axis of the vibrator, and the central axis is parallel to a vibration direction of the vibrator,
the second connection point is coupled onto a side wall, perpendicular to the vibration direction of the vibrator, of the housing,
the first connection point is coupled onto a side wall of the vibrator, the side wall being perpendicular to the vibration direction of the vibrator,
each of the at least two sets of elastic support assemblies comprises the at least two elastic supports that have matching structure and are stacked vertically, such that each of the at least two elastic supports are stacked in the vibration direction and a direction perpendicular to the vibration direction,
a state of one elastic support of the at least two elastic supports of one of the at least two sets of elastic support assemblies is also one other elastic support of another of the at least two sets of elastic supports that is turned around the central axis by 180 degrees, and
a make-way space is reserved between the at least two elastic supports.
2. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein the first connection point is coupled onto a side wall, parallel to the vibration direction of the vibrator, of the vibrator.
3. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic supports are elastic sheets or springs.
4. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein:
the two elastic arms with respective one ends of the respective two ends of each of the two respective elastic arms are integrally connected and the other ends of the respective two ends of each of the two respective elastic arms are respectively coupled to the first connection point and the second connection point,
an included angle between the two elastic arms is an acute angle, and
the two elastic arms have the same structure and are symmetrically arranged.
5. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein the two elastic arms each comprise a first half arm and a second half arm which are connected together, and the first half arm and the second half arm are connected together in a vertically stacked manner at an interconnection portion of the first and second half arms.
6. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein connection ends of the two elastic arms are fixedly coupled by welding.
7. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein a height and a width of each set of the at least two sets of elastic support assemblies are identical to a height and a width of the vibrator.
8. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two elastic supports is made of a wire of a flat structure, and a longitudinal width of the wire is greater than a transverse width of the wire.
9. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein a damping element is arranged in a space defined by the at least two elastic supports of the same set of the at least two sets of elastic support assemblies.
10. The linear vibration motor according to claim 1 , wherein:
the vibrator comprises at least two adjacent permanent magnets and a magnetic conduction yoke arranged between the two adjacent permanent magnets,
adjacent ends of the two adjacent permanent magnets have matching polarity,
the stator comprises coils and magnetic conduction cores arranged in the coils, and
a magnetization direction of the permanent magnet is perpendicular to an axis of the coil.
11. The linear vibration motor according to claim 10 , wherein:
the magnetic conduction yoke and the magnetic conduction cores are staggered, and
a horizontal distance between the magnetic conduction yoke and the magnetic conduction cores corresponding to the magnetic conduction yoke is 0.1-0.3 mm.