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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1997
Kei Takaya, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyuki Motohashi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is provided with a motor having a rotary shaft. A weight is fixed to a motor through guide pins formed to the rotary shaft. Each of springs has one end connected to the rotary shaft and the other end connected to the weight. The guide pins guide the vertical movement of the weight with respect to the rotary shaft. Holes are formed in the weight and the guide pins are pierced therethrough. A hook is formed to a tip of each guide pin to prevent the weight from coming off the guide pins when the weight is rotated. With the above-described arrangement, in the vibration motor according to the present invention, the eccentric quantity of the weight with respect to the rotary shaft becomes small by the springs when the rotation of the weight is started. The starting torque of the motor can be, therefore, small. With the start of the rotation of the weight, the eccentric quantity of the weight with respect to the rotary shaft becomes large against the tension of the springs by the centrifugal force of the rotation, and the vibration motor can obtain a sufficient quantity of vibration.
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