# US 12,191,736 B2 · Electronic device

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- Number: US 12,191,736 B2
- Document ID: US12191736B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/489,238
- Filed: 2023-10-18
- Published: 2024-02-29
- Granted: 2025-01-07
- Earliest claimed: 2016-11-28
- Assignees: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
- Applicants: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.
- Inventors: Mikio Umehara; Yutaka Kamogi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12191736B2

## CPC

- H02K 33/02: with armatures moved one way by energisation of a single coil system and returned by mechanical force, e.g. by springs
- H02K 5/225: {Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132)}
- G06F 3/016: {Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user}
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a housing, a contact member attached to the housing, a plate displaceable with respect to the base, an elastic member supporting the plate with respect to the base. The base, the plate and the elastic member are arranged inside the housing. A magnetic gap is formed with the plate and the base. The plate connects with the contact member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device, comprising:
a housing;
a touch panel attached to the housing;
a base attached to the housing;
a plate displaceable with respect to the base;
a plurality of elastic members supporting the plate with respect to the base; and
a coil inside the plurality of elastic members;
wherein
the touch panel, the base, the plate, and the elastic members are arranged inside the housing,
the coil is arranged in the plate side with respect to the base,
a magnetic gap is formed with the plate and the base, and
the plate connects with the touch panel in a winding axis direction of the coil.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein
a magnetic circuit is formed with the coil, the base, and the plate.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein
the plate and the base are spaced apart from each other by an amount equal to the thickness of the elastic member.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein
the electronic device is driven by repeatedly switching a state such that a current flows through the coil and a state of no current flowing through the coil.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein
the plate is displaced in a direction away from or closer to the base.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein
the plate is displaced in a direction that the plate vibrates with respect to the base.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein
the plurality of elastic members are resin members.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, comprising:
a force sensor.

### Claim 9

An electronic device, comprising:
a housing;
a touch panel attached to the housing;
a base;
a plate;
a plurality of elastic members connecting the plate and the base; and
a coil inside the plurality of elastic members;
wherein
the touch panel, the base, the plate, and the elastic members are arranged inside the housing,
the coil is arranged in the plate side with respect to the base,
a magnetic gap is arranged between the plate and the base,
the base connects with the touch panel in a winding axis direction of the coil.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein
a magnetic circuit is formed with the coil, the base, and the plate.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein
the plate and the base are spaced apart from each other by an amount equal to the thickness of the elastic member.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein
the electronic device is driven by repeatedly switching a state such that a current flows through the coil and a state of no current flowing through the coil.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein
the plate is displaced in a direction away from or closer to the base.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein
the plate is displaced in a direction that the plate vibrates with respect to the base.

### Claim 15 (depends on 9)

The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein
the plurality of elastic members are resin members.

### Claim 16 (depends on 9)

The electronic device according to claim 9, comprising:
a force sensor.