Patent Application
20190068039
The present application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2017-0107773 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Aug. 25, 2017, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a linear vibration generator having a structure for preventing the disconnection of a coil included in the linear vibration generator and, more particularly, to a technology for improving a device structure so that an external impact does not occur in a coil in order to solve a problem in that several attachments (particularly, coil) included in the linear vibration generator are separated or broken due to a small impact test or drop test on the linear vibration generator.
The use of a device including a vibration generator (hereinafter referred to as a “vibration device”), such as a mobile phone or a vibration bell, is recently generalized. The development and supply of the vibration device is activated.
Accordingly, in a mobile phone including such a vibration device, there is a need for a technology for preventing a part from breaking down during a durability test on an internal device of a linear vibration generator.
In order to prevent a part from breaking down during a durability test on an internal device of a linear vibration generator as described above, the design in which the internal diameter of a spring and yoke disposed to face a coil is changed is required.
In a conventional technology, in general, the internal diameter of the spring and the yoke disposed to face the coil is designed to have the same size as that of the coil for convenience of assembly.
Accordingly, there is a need for a technology for preventing an impact from being applied to a coil by changing the internal diameter of a spring and a yoke disposed to face the coil while maintaining a gap between internal parts so that the vibration characteristic of a linear vibration generator is not deteriorated.
(Patent Document 0001) Korean Patent Application Publication No. 2010-0064162
The present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to prevent several attachments (particular, coil) included in a linear vibration generator from being separated or broken due to a durability test on a device including the linear vibration generator by improving a device structure so that an external impact does not occur in a coil.
An embodiment of the present invention may provide a linear vibration generator having a structure for preventing the disconnection of a coil, including a casing configured to cover the top and side of the linear vibration generator, a bracket configured to form the bottom of the linear vibration generator, a coil fixed to one side of the top of the bracket and applied with external power from a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), a spring fixed to the bracket and configured to have an internal diameter greater than the external diameter of the coil and to surround the coil, a magnet fixed to the other end of the spring to form a vibrator, a mass fixed to the magnet to surround the magnet, and a yoke coupled to the bottom of the magnet and the mass to fix one end of the spring and the magnet and the mass. The internal diameter of a portion belonging to the spring and coming into contact with the magnet and the internal diameter of the yoke are greater than the internal diameter of the magnet.
In this case, the outside of a cross section of the mass has a doughnut structure having a circle. The height of a processing surface tapered at the upper part of the outside of the mass may be ⅓ or more of a total height of the mass.
Alternatively, the outside of a cross section of the mass may have a doughnut structure having a circle, protruded parts of a stripe form having a specific width may be formed on the outside of the mass, and the protruded parts may be formed to surround an entire outside of the mass. Alternatively, the outside of a cross section of the mass may have a doughnut structure having a circle, two or more protruded parts having a specific width may be formed on the outside of the mass, and the protruded parts may be arranged on the outside of the mass in a circumferential direction. Alternatively, the outside of a cross section of the mass may have a doughnut structure having a circle, an upper processing surface and lower processing surface tapered at the upper part and lower part of the outside of the mass, respectively, may be disposed, and the upper processing surface and the lower processing surface may come into contact with each other to form a processed protruded part.
Furthermore, the outside of a cross section of the mass may have a doughnut structure having a square shape, and the height of a processing surface tapered at the upper part of the outside of the mass may be ⅓ or more of a total height of the mass.
Alternatively, the outside of a cross section of the mass may have a doughnut structure having a square shape, a protruded part of a stripe form having a specific width may be formed on the outside of the mass, and the protruded part may be formed to surround the entire outside of the mass. Alternatively, the outside of a cross section of the mass may have a doughnut structure having a square shape, two or more protruded parts having a specific width may be formed on the outside of the mass, and the protruded parts may be arranged on the outside of the mass in a circumferential direction. Alternatively, the outside of a cross section of the mass may have a doughnut structure having a circle, an upper processing surface and lower processing surface tapered at the upper part and lower part of the outside of the mass, respectively, may be disposed, and the upper processing surface and the lower processing surface may come into contact with each other to form a processed protruded part.
Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention are described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. It is to be noted that in assigning reference numerals to elements in the drawings, the same reference numerals denote the same elements throughout the drawings even in cases where the elements are shown in different drawings. Furthermore, in describing the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of the known functions and constitutions will be omitted if it is deemed to make the gist of the present invention unnecessarily vague.
Furthermore, in describing the elements of the embodiments of the present invention, terms, such as the first, the second, A, B, (a), and (b), may be used. However, although the terms are used only to distinguish one element from the other element, the essence, order, or sequence of the elements is not limited by the terms. When it is said that one element is “connected”, “combined”, or “coupled” to the other element, the one element may be directly connected or coupled” to the other element, but it should also be understood that a third element may be “connected”, “combined”, or “coupled” between the two elements.
The present invention relates to a linear vibration generator having a structure for preventing the disconnection of a coil included in the linear vibration generator. More specifically, the present invention relates to a technology for improving a device structure so that an external impact does not occur in a coil in order to solve a problem in that several attachments (particularly, coil) included in a linear vibration generator are separated or broken due to a small impact test or drop test on the linear vibration generator for the reliability review of the several attachments.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, several attachments (particularly, coil) included in a linear vibration generator can be prevented from being disconnected, separated or broken due to the execution of a small impact test or drop test on the linear vibration generator.
Specifically, the linear vibration generator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a casing 100 configured to cover the top and side of the linear vibration generator, a bracket 200 configured to form the bottom of the linear vibration generator, a coil 400 fixed to one side of the top of the bracket 200 and applied with external power from a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) 300, a spring 500 configured to have an internal diameter greater than the external diameter of the coil 400 and to surround the coil 400 and fixed to the bracket 200, a magnet 600 fixed to the other end of the spring 500 to form a vibrator, a mass 700 fixed to the magnet 600 to surround the magnet 600, and a yoke 800 coupled to the bottom of the magnet 600 and the mass 700 to fix one end of the spring 500 and the magnet 600 and the mass 700. The linear vibration generator may include a structure for preventing the disconnection of the coil, in which the internal diameter of a portion belonging to the spring 500 and coming into contact with the magnet 600 and the internal diameter of the yoke 800 are greater than the internal diameter of the magnet 600.
In order to firmly support and fix the magnet 600 and the mass 700, the internal diameter of a portion belonging to the spring 500 and coming into contact with the magnet 600 and the internal diameter of the yoke 800 are greater than the internal diameter of the magnet 600 of a doughnut form, but are half or less of the width of the magnet 600.
In this case, several attachments (particularly, coil) included in the linear vibration generator can be prevented from being separated or broken due to the execution of a small impact test and drop test on the linear vibration generator by preventing an impact between the coil and the yoke and between the coil and the spring and to induce a preemptive impact with the magnet.
Detailed embodiments for additionally achieving a reduction of an impact and noise according to the wobble phenomenon of a vibrator included in the linear vibration generator in addition to the object and effects of the invention are described below.
The mass 700 having different diameters or circumferences may have a part protruded to the outside of the mass or a protruded shape of a stepwise structure, but may have a configuration having a cutting shape of a specific depth by processing the outside of the upper part of the mass.
The mass having three or more different diameters or circumferences may have three or more different diameters or circumferences, and specifically may have a shape, such as that of
The mass 700 having such a multi-stage structure may have diameters or circumferences greater from top to bottom in order to prevent interference between the top corner of the mass and the inside of the casing 100.
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When the mass 700 is driven up and down and vibrated left and right according to the wobble phenomenon, the top corner part of the mass 700 has the greatest displacement. If taper processing having a given angle is performed on the corner part, the same effect as that of the mass having the multi-stage structure of different diameters or circumferences can be obtained.
Specifically, the mass 700 has a doughnut structure in which the outside of a cross section has a circular shape. The height of a processing surface 710 tapered at the upper part of the outside of the mass 700 may be ⅓ or more of a total height of the mass 700. If the processing surface tapered at the upper part of the outside is ⅓ or more of the total height of the mass as described above, the occurrence of an impact and noise can be reduced because a contact with the inside of the casing is significantly reduced.
As described above, in the mass 700 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the outside of the cross section is formed to have a doughnut structure having a circle, and the protruded part 720 of a stripe form having a specific width may be formed on the outside of the mass 700. The mass configuration in which the protruded part 720 is formed to surround the entire outside of the mass 700 has further materialized the shape of the mass including the shape having two or more different diameters or circumferences. In this case, an effect that contact frequency and contact intensity between the inside of the casing 100 and the top corner part of the mass 700 are reduced can be maximized.
As described above, the mass 700 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a doughnut structure in which the outside of a cross section has a circle. Two or more protruded parts 720 having a specific width may be formed on the outside of the mass 700. Likewise, the mass configuration in which the protruded parts 720 are disposed on the outside of the mass 700 in a circumferential direction has further materialized the shape of the mass having the two or more different diameters or circumferences. An effect that contact frequency and contact intensity between the inside of the casing 100 and the top corner part of the mass 700 are reduced can be maximized.
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A vibrator including the mass having the above configuration can maximize an effect that contact frequency and contact intensity between the inside of the casing 100 and the top corner part of the mass 700 are reduced through given angle taper processing for the upper and lower parts without performing processing for forming a separate protruded part.
The square mass 700 having different diameters or circumferences may have a protruded part or a protruded shape of a stepwise structure on the outside of the mass. The square mass may have a configuration having a cutting shape of a specific depth by processing the outside of the upper part of the square mass.
Specifically, the mass 700 has a doughnut structure in which the outside of a cross section has a square shape. The height of a processing surface 710 tapered at the upper part of the outside of the mass 700 may be ⅓ or more of a total height of the mass 700. If the processing surface 710 tapered at the upper part of the outside of the mass 700 is ⅓ or more of a total height of the mass 700 as described above, the occurrence of an impact and noise can be reduced because a contact with the inside of the casing is significantly reduced.
As described above, the mass 700 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a doughnut structure in which the outside of a cross section has a square shape. A protruded part 720 of a stripe form having a specific width may be formed on the outside of the mass 700. The mass configuration in which the protruded part 720 is formed to surround the entire outside of the mass 700 has further materialized the shape of the mass having the two or more different diameters or circumferences. An effect that contact frequency and contact intensity between the inside of the casing 100 and the top corner part of the mass 700 are reduced can be maximized.
Referring to
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A vibrator including the square mass having the above configuration can maximize an effect that contact frequency and contact intensity between the inside of the casing 100 and the top corner part of the mass 700 are reduced through given angle taper processing for the upper and lower parts without performing processing for forming a separate protruded part.
Several attachments (particularly, coil) included in the linear vibration generator can be prevented from being disconnected, separated or broken due to the execution of a small impact test and drop test on the linear vibration generator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The above description is merely a description of the technical spirit of the present invention, and those skilled in the art may change and modify the present invention in various ways without departing from the essential characteristic of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention should not be construed as limiting the technological spirit of the present invention, but should be construed as illustrating the technological spirit of the present invention. The scope of the technological spirit of the present invention is not restricted by the embodiments, and the range of protection of the present invention should be interpreted based on the following appended claims.
Accordingly, the range of protection of the present invention should be construed based on the following claims, and a full technological spirit within an equivalent range thereof should be construed as being included in the scope of right of the present invention.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2017-0107773 | Aug 2017 | KR | national |
