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US 12,224,640 · App. 18/525,955 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Vibration generating device and electronic device

Inventors: Mikio Umehara (Yonago, JP); Yutaka Kamogi (Yonago, JP)
Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
H02K33/02H01F7/20
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Patent No.
US 12,224,640
App. No.
18/525,955
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a vibration generating device includes a protruding part; a base provided with the protruding part and formed of a magnetic body; an annular coil surrounding the protruding part; a plate facing the base and formed of a magnetic body; and an elastic member supporting the plate with respect to the base. The plate and the base constitute magnetic circuit.

Claims (14)

1. A vibration generating device comprising:

a base;

a coil attached to the base;

a plate formed with a magnetic body, the plate opposing the base;

a plurality of elastic members fixed to a part of the plate outside the coil and a part of the base outside the coil,

a gap between the plate and the base corresponds to a thickness of the elastic member,

a space between the plurality of elastic members in a circumferential direction, wherein

the plurality of elastic members includes a first elastic member,

the space can accommodate a part of the deformed first elastic member.

2. The vibration generating device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first elastic member is deformable in the circumferential direction.

3. An electronic device comprising:

a housing; and

the vibration generating device according to claim 1 .

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-230688 · Nov 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17931163 · Sep 12, 2022
Continuation 17315761 · May 10, 2021
Continuation 16898749 · Jun 11, 2020
Continuation 15822359 · Nov 27, 2017
Related Publication 20240106311A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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