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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2024
Yuki Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Chikara Sekiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeyuki Shimomura, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Kodama, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Yoshii, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Shigenori Inamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Chikara Sekiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeyuki Shimomura, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Kodama, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Yoshii, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Shigenori Inamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Minebea Mitsumi Inc., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A vibration actuator includes: a movable body which includes a stack formed by a magnet, a pair of magnetic cores and a pair of non-magnetic weights, is supported at both upper and lower sides of the movable body by a pair of leaf springs made of a magnetic material connected respectively to the pair of non-magnetic weights, and is operable to move vertically inside of a coil of a fixing body. The fixing body further includes a magnetic cylindrical body which is disposed outside of the coil, and has a length, the length being longer than a distance between upper and lower ends of the pair of magnetic cores and shorter than a distance between the pair of leaf springs.