IP Library Granted Patent US 11,050,334
Granted Patent B2
US 11,050,334 · App. 16/364,668 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Actuator

Inventors: Akira Mori (Nagano, JP); Hiroshi Kitahara (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
H02K33/16H02K33/00H02K33/02H02K33/12H02K33/18
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Patent No.
US 11,050,334
App. No.
16/364,668
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An actuator may include a movable body; a support body; a connecting body disposed in contact with both the movable body and the support body; and a magnetic driving circuit including a coil provided in a first member, and a permanent magnet provided in a second member. The magnetic driving circuit may vibrate the movable body. The first member may include a coil holder and a power supply board. Both end portions of the power supply board may fit, from a second side in the first direction, inside of a pair of slits extending to a first side in the first direction. The power supply board may fit in the pair of slits to a depth in which the power supply board is in contact with a contact portion of the coil holder. The coil wire may be slackened in a section between the coil and a connecting position.

Claims (48)

1. An actuator comprising:

a movable body;

a support body;

a connecting body having at least one of elasticity and viscoelasticity, and disposed in contact with both the movable body and the support body in a position in which the movable body and the support body face each other; and

a magnetic driving circuit comprising a coil provided in a first member that is one of the movable body and the support body, and a permanent magnet provided in a second member that is one of the movable body and the support body so as to face the coil in a first direction, the magnetic driving circuit causing the movable body to vibrate with respect to the support body in a second direction which intersects with the first direction, wherein

the first member comprises a coil holder that holds the coil, a power supply board to which a coil wire forming the coil extending from a first side to a second side in the first direction is connected, and both end portions of the power supply board being fit, from a second side in the first direction, inside of a pair of slits extending to a first side in the first direction in positions in which the slits face each other of the coil holder,

the power supply board is fit in the pair of slits to a depth in which the power supply board is in contact with a contact portion provided in the coil holder from the second side in the first direction, and

the coil wire is slackened in a section between the coil and a connecting position with the power supply board.

2. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the coil wire is made to tense in a depth position in which the power supply board is separated from the contact portion to the second side in the first direction while being fit in the pair of slits.

3. The actuator according to claim 2 , wherein the power supply board is a rigid board.

4. The actuator according to claim 3 , wherein the width of the pair of slits is narrower from the middle in the depth direction.

5. The actuator according to claim 4 , wherein:

the first member is the support body; and

the second member is the movable body.

6. The actuator according to claim 3 , wherein:

the first member is the support body; and

the second member is the movable body.

7. The actuator according to claim 2 , wherein the width of the pair of slits is narrower from the middle in the depth direction.

8. The actuator according to claim 7 , wherein:

the first member is the support body; and

the second member is the movable body.

9. The actuator according to claim 2 , wherein:

the first member is the support body; and

the second member is the movable body.

10. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the power supply board is a rigid board.

11. The actuator according to claim 10 , wherein the width of the pair of slits is narrower from the middle in the depth direction.

12. The actuator according to claim 11 , wherein:

the first member is the support body; and

the second member is the movable body.

13. The actuator according to claim 10 , wherein:

the first member is the support body; and

the second member is the movable body.

14. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the pair of slits is narrower from the middle in the depth direction.

15. The actuator according to claim 14 , wherein:

the first member is the support body; and

the second member is the movable body.

16. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first member is the support body; and

the second member is the movable body.

17. A method for manufacturing an actuator, which comprises:

a movable body,

a support body,

a connecting body disposed so as to be in contact with both the movable body and the support body in a position in which the movable body and the support body face each other, and

a magnetic driving circuit comprising a coil provided in a first member that is one of the movable body and the support body, and a permanent magnet provided in a second member that is one of the movable body and the support body so as to face the coil in a first direction, the magnetic driving circuit causing the movable body to vibrate with respect to the support body in a second direction which intersects with the first direction,

the method comprising:

providing a pair of slits extending to a first side in the first direction in positions in which the slits face each other of the coil holder that holds the coil in the first member;

when both the end portions of the power supply board are fit inside the pair of slits from a second side in the first direction, in a middle position until the power supply board comes into contact with a contact portion provided in the coil holder from the second side in the first direction, drawing the coil wire forming the coil from the first side to the second side in the first direction and connecting the coil wire to the power supply board; and

then, pushing the power supply board into the pair of slits to a depth in which the power supply board comes into contact with the contact portion from the second side in the first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2019
From: MORI, AKIRA; KITAHARA, HIROSHI
To: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048700/0969 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-068099 · Mar 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190305658A1 · Oct 3, 2019
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