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US 7,076,079 · App. 10/078,074 · Granted Jul 11, 2006

Multi-functional actuator

Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,076,079
App. No.
10/078,074
Granted
Jul 11, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a multi-functional actuator comprising: a housing having an internal space and a groove in the inner side; a sound-generating diaphragm with an outer end fixed to the upper end of said housing; a voice coil fixed to the bottom of said diaphragm; a vertically magnetized magnet; an upper plate attached to said magnet for forming a magnet circuit; a yoke for forming the magnetic circuit together with said magnet; a weight for defining a vibration body together with said yoke; a leaf spring fixed into said grooves of the housing and having a portion of curvature; and a vibrating coil installed in said housing for generating vibration using a magnetic flux formed in a magnetic system. A structure that can prevent deformation of the leaf spring before/after dropping to a mobile communication terminal such as mobile telephone and pager is provided thereby to prevent reliability degradation of the actuator in use for the mobile communication terminal and enhance vibration features thereof.

Claims (42)

1. A multi-functional actuator comprising:

a housing having an internal space and a groove in the inner side;

a sound-generating diaphragm with an outer end fixed to the upper end of said housing;

a voice coil fixed to the bottom of said diaphragm;

a vertically magnetized magnet;

an upper plate attached to said magnet for forming a magnet circuit;

a yoke for forming the magnetic circuit together with said magnet;

a weight for defining a vibration body together with said yoke;

a leaf spring fixed into said grooves of the housing and having a portion of curvature which is a bending portion radially bent in an outer circumferential portion of said leaf spring; and

a vibrating coil installed in said housing for generating vibration using a magnetic flux formed in a magnetic system.

2. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 1 , wherein said leaf spring is provided in a pair, and at least one of said springs has the portion of curvature.

3. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 1 , wherein said leaf spring is provided as one.

4. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 1 , wherein said portion of curvature of the leaf spring is in elastic portions.

5. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 1 , wherein said portion of curvature of the leaf spring is in the circumferential direction.

6. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 1 , wherein said portion of curvature of the leaf spring is provided in plural number.

7. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 1 , wherein said portion of curvature of the leaf spring is a twisting portion.

8. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 1 , wherein said leaf spring is smoothly shaped at the bending portion and the adjacent right and left ends.

9. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 1 , wherein said leaf spring is linearly shaped at the bending portion and the adjacent right and left ends.

10. A multi-functional actuator comprising:

a housing having an internal space in the inner side;

a coil installed in said housing;

a magnet;

a yoke for forming the magnetic circuit together with said magnet; and

at least one leaf spring fixed in the housing and having a portion of curvature;

said portion of curvature of the leaf spring being a bending portion radially bent in an outer circumferential portion of said leaf spring.

11. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 10 , wherein said portion of curvature of the leaf spring is in elastic portions.

12. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 10 , wherein said portion of curvature of the leaf spring is in the circumferential direction.

13. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 10 , wherein said portion of curvature of the leaf spring is a twisting portion.

14. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 10 , wherein said leaf spring is smoothly shaped at the bending portion and the adjacent right and left ends.

15. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 10 , wherein said leaf spring is linearly shaped at the bending portion and the adjacent right and left ends.

16. A multi-functional actuator comprising:

a housing having an internal space in the inner side;

a sound-generating diaphragm with an outer end fixed to the upper end of said housing;

a coil fixed to the bottom of said diaphragm;

a magnet;

a yoke for forming the magnetic circuit together with said magnet; and

at least one leaf spring fixed in the housing and having a portion of curvature being a bending portion which is radially bent in an outer circumferential portion of said leaf spring.

17. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 16 , wherein said portion of curvature of the leaf spring is in elastic portions.

18. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 16 , wherein said portion of curvature of the leaf spring is in the circumferential direction.

19. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 16 , wherein said portion of curvature of the leaf spring is a twisting portion.

20. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 16 , wherein said leaf spring is smoothly shaped at the bending portion and the adjacent right and left ends.

21. The multi-functional actuator according to claim 16 , wherein said leaf spring is linearly shaped at the bending portion and the adjacent right and left ends.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2004
From: CHUNG, SEUK HWAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016058/0714 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2004
From: CHUNG, SEUK HWAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015459/0141 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 2001-49519 · Aug 17, 2001 · national
KR 2001-71334 · Nov 16, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030036364A1 · Feb 20, 2003