IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,341,395
Granted Patent B2
US 12,341,395 · App. 18/268,600 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Actuator

Inventor: Masao Tsuchihashi (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
H02K33/00H02K5/04
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Patent No.
US 12,341,395
App. No.
18/268,600
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A case of an actuator includes a cylinder member and a first lid member closing one opening of the cylinder member. A fixing part fixing the first lid member and the cylinder member includes a first protrusion protruding from the first lid member, a second protrusion protruding from the first lid member on a second direction X 2 side of the first protrusion, a first recessed part into which the first protrusion is inserted, and a second recessed part into which the second protrusion is inserted. Before the first protrusion is inserted into the first recessed part, a first protrusion width dimension of the first protrusion is larger than a first recessed part width dimension of the first recessed part, and a second protrusion width dimension of the second protrusion is larger than a second recessed part width dimension of the second recessed part.

Claims (60)

1. An actuator comprising:

a case provided with a cylinder member and a lid member that is inserted into the cylinder member and closes one opening in a shaft line direction of the cylinder member;

a movable body housed in the case;

a connecting member connecting the movable body and the case such that the movable body and the case are allowed to relatively move in the shaft line direction; and

a magnetic drive mechanism vibrating the movable body in the shaft line direction relative to the case, wherein

the case includes a plurality of fixing parts fixing the lid member to the cylinder member;

when one side of the shaft line direction is taken as a first direction, and the other side of the shaft line direction is taken as a second direction, the lid member includes an abutting part abutting on the connecting member from the first direction side;

each fixing part includes a first protrusion protruding toward an outer circumferential side from a portion of the lid member in a circumferential direction, a second protrusion which is on the second direction side of the first protrusion and protrudes toward the outer circumferential side from a portion of the lid member in the circumferential direction, a first recessed part which is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder member and into which the first protrusion is inserted, and a second recessed part which is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder member and into which the second protrusion is inserted;

a pair of first end faces located on respective sides in the circumferential direction of the first protrusion are in contact with a pair of first side walls of the first recessed part facing in the circumferential direction, respectively;

a pair of second end faces located on respective sides in the circumferential direction of the second protrusion are in contact with a pair of second side walls of the second recessed part facing in the circumferential direction, respectively;

a first contact area in which the first end faces are respectively in contact with the first side walls is larger than a second contact area in which the second end faces are respectively in contact with the second side walls; and

before the first protrusion is inserted into the first recessed part, a first protrusion width dimension between the pair of first end faces in the circumferential direction is larger than a first recessed part width dimension between the pair of side walls in the circumferential direction, and a second protrusion width dimension between the pair of second end faces in the circumferential direction is larger than a second recessed part width dimension between the pair of second side walls in the circumferential direction.

2. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein

the first end faces and the second end faces are located in positions different from each other in the circumferential direction, and

the first side walls and the second side walls are located in positions different from each other in the circumferential direction.

3. The actuator according to claim 2 , wherein

the first protrusion width dimension is longer than the second protrusion width dimension,

the first recessed part width dimension is longer than the second recessed part width dimension,

when viewed from the shaft line direction, the second protrusion is located on an inner side of the first protrusion in the circumferential direction, and

the second recessed part is located in the second direction of the first recessed part and communicates with the first recessed part in the shaft line direction.

4. The actuator according to claim 3 , wherein a first press-fit margin obtaining by subtracting the first recessed part width dimension from the first protrusion width dimension is equal to or less than a second press-fit margin obtaining by subtracting the second recessed part width dimension from the second protrusion width dimension.

5. The actuator according to claim 3 , wherein

the first protrusion protrudes on an outer circumferential side than the second protrusion, and

the first recessed part is more deeply recessed toward an outer circumferential side than the second recessed part.

6. The actuator according to claim 3 , wherein

each first end face is a curved surface when viewed from the shaft line direction, and

each first side wall is a transferred surface having a shape of the curved surface transferred.

7. The actuator according to claim 3 , wherein three or more fixing parts are provided at equal angular intervals.

8. The actuator according to claim 2 , wherein a first press-fit margin obtaining by subtracting the first recessed part width dimension from the first protrusion width dimension is equal to or less than a second press-fit margin obtaining by subtracting the second recessed part width dimension from the second protrusion width dimension.

9. The actuator according to claim 2 , wherein

the first protrusion protrudes on an outer circumferential side than the second protrusion, and

the first recessed part is more deeply recessed toward an outer circumferential side than the second recessed part.

10. The actuator according to claim 2 , wherein

each first end face is a curved surface when viewed from the shaft line direction, and

each first side wall is a transferred surface having a shape of the curved surface transferred.

11. The actuator according to claim 2 , wherein three or more fixing parts are provided at equal angular intervals.

12. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein a first press-fit margin obtaining by subtracting the first recessed part width dimension from the first protrusion width dimension is equal to or less than a second press-fit margin obtaining by subtracting the second recessed part width dimension from the second protrusion width dimension.

13. The actuator according to claim 12 , wherein

the first protrusion protrudes on an outer circumferential side than the second protrusion, and

the first recessed part is more deeply recessed toward an outer circumferential side than the second recessed part.

14. The actuator according to claim 12 , wherein

each first end face is a curved surface when viewed from the shaft line direction, and

each first side wall is a transferred surface having a shape of the curved surface transferred.

15. The actuator according to claim 12 , wherein three or more fixing parts are provided at equal angular intervals.

16. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein

the first protrusion protrudes on an outer circumferential side than the second protrusion, and

the first recessed part is more deeply recessed toward an outer circumferential side than the second recessed part.

17. The actuator according to claim 16 , wherein

each first end face is a curved surface when viewed from the shaft line direction, and

each first side wall is a transferred surface having a shape of the curved surface transferred.

18. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein

each first end face is a curved surface when viewed from the shaft line direction, and

each first side wall is a transferred surface having a shape of the curved surface transferred.

19. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein three or more fixing parts are provided at equal angular intervals.

20. The actuator according to claim 1 , wherein

a holder fixed to an inside of the case is provided,

the connecting member includes an annular viscoelastic body spreading in a radial direction, an inner frame member fixed to an end face on an inner circumferential side of the viscoelastic body, and an outer frame member fixed to an end face on an outer circumferential side of the viscoelastic body,

the holder holds the outer frame member from the outer circumferential side and from a side in the second direction,

the inner frame member is connected to the movable body, and

the abutting part abuts on the outer frame member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2023
From: TSUCHIHASHI, MASAO
To: NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-212043 · Dec 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240048035A1 · Feb 8, 2024
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