Actuator
AssigneeNidec Sankyo Corporation
InventorsAkira Mori, Hiroshi Kitahara
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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 in a position in which the movable body and the support body face each other; and a magnetic driving circuit including a coil in the support body and a permanent magnet in the movable body. The magnetic driving circuit may cause the movable body to vibrate. The support body may include a coil holder that holds the coil, a case that covers a circumference of the movable body and the coil holder, and a power supply board held by the coil holder in a position exposed from the case and to which a coil wire forming the coil is connected.
Claims15
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;
- a magnetic driving circuit comprising a coil provided in the support body and a permanent magnet provided in the movable 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 support body comprises a coil holder that holds the coil, a case that covers a circumference of the movable body and the coil holder, and a power supply board held by the coil holder in a position exposed from the case and to which a coil wire forming the coil is connected, and
- the coil holder comprises an abutting portion that defines a movable range of the movable body when the movable body is moved in the second direction and a third direction which intersects with the first direction and the second direction due to an impact from an outside.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.