KR20150053032A - Spring and linear vibration motor therewith - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is an elastic member using a linear vibration motor. The linear vibration motor using a linear vibration motor includes a vibrator; a stator including a coil; and an elastic member which is arranged between the stator and the vibrator and supports the vibrator. The elastic member includes an upper part having an internal diameter part; and a lower part which is connected by elastic legs of which internal diameter gradually increases with a spiral shape from the upper part. The upper part is extended along the internal diameter of the internal diameter part at the vibration of the vibrator, protrudes in the drawing direction of a coil drawing line, and includes at least two avoidance openings which prevent contact with the coil drawing line.

Description

[0001] SPRING AND LINEAR VIBRATION MOTOR THEREWITH [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a linear vibration motor which is employed in a portable terminal and provides vibration to an incoming call signal, input operation or game function, and more particularly to an elastic member for supporting a vibrator.

Generally, a linear vibration motor used as a silent receiving apparatus of a portable terminal has a short stroke distance of a moving part and has a quick vibration characteristic at the start and stop time as compared with a conventional eccentric rotation type vibration generating device due to the elastic force of the elastic member .

Generally, such a linear vibration motor is composed of a vibrator including a magnet and a stator for supporting the vibrator. The electromagnetic force generated by applying a current to the coil and the magnetism generated by the magnet interact with each other, So that vibration is generated.

A conventional linear vibration motor is disclosed in detail in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2005-0122101. Further, a conventional linear vibration motor is disclosed in the publication '2008-107506'.

In a conventional linear vibration motor, a flexible circuit is used to electrically connect a coil disposed inside the linear vibration motor to an external power source.

A conventional technique for preventing coil disconnection in a conventional vibration motor is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2011-28960. However, in a conventional vibration motor, a coil disconnection phenomenon still occurs in a structure in which a coil is mounted on a flexible circuit.

Generally, a coil used in a linear vibration motor is a coreless coil manufactured by winding a plurality of coil wires. The coil has a start lead line and an end lead line. The start lead line and the end lead line are connected to a soldering area Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > radial < / RTI > In addition, the coreless coil production has a structure in which the winding is started from the inner diameter portion to the outer diameter portion with the shape of the core jig, and the winding is finished at the outer diameter portion. Therefore, in the coreless coil, the starting lead wire is located at the inner diameter of the coil and the end lead wire is located at the outer diameter of the coil. In particular, the starting lead wire and the end lead wire are located at the bottom of the coil, Is drawn out in the radial direction, and is in contact with the soldering region.

However, when the linear vibration motor operates, the upper end of the elastic member vibrates up and down. The upper end of the elastic member frequently collides with the coil lead line at the bottom of the base, so that coil breakage often occurs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an elastic member and a linear vibration motor having the same, which prevents coil disconnection due to collision between the coil and the elastic member during operation of the linear vibration motor.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an elastic member that minimizes a coil disconnection phenomenon, particularly, a disconnection phenomenon at the start and end of a coil while reinforcing a coupling structure between the coil and the elastic member, and a linear vibration motor having the elastic member.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an elastic member provided in a linear vibration motor, the elastic member comprising: a closed curve-shaped upper end portion having an inner diameter portion; And a closed curve-shaped lower end connected by a plurality of resilient legs, the inner diameter of which gradually increases in size from the upper end, the upper end extending along the inner diameter of the inner diameter, And includes two or more avoiding openings.

In addition, various embodiments of the present invention include a vibrator comprising a magnet; A stator including a coil; And an elastic member disposed between the stator and the vibrator to support the vibrator, wherein the elastic member comprises: an upper end portion having an inner diameter portion; And a lower end connected by a plurality of resilient legs, the inner diameter gradually increasing in size from the upper end, the upper end extending along the inner diameter of the inner diameter during vibration of the vibrator, And at least two avoiding openings formed to protrude in the lead-out direction of the wire to prevent contact with the coil lead-out wire.

Also, various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a linear vibration motor comprising: a coil; And an elastic member disposed coaxially with the coil to receive the coil, wherein the elastic member has at least two or more avoiding openings in the inner diameter portion of the upper end portion in the operation of the linear vibration motor, Thereby preventing collision with the coil lead line.

As described above, according to the present invention, in the elastic member employed in the linear vibration motor, by forming the avoidance opening at a predetermined position of the inner diameter portion colliding with the coil, the collision between the coil lead wire and the upper end portion of the elastic member is minimized, Leading to prevention of disconnection of lead wires.

1 is a sectional view showing the configuration of a linear vibration motor employing an elastic member according to an embodiment of the present invention;
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a coil and an elastic member,
3 is a plan view showing a state in which an elastic member according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals refer to like elements.

1 to 3, an elastic member provided in the linear vibration motor according to the embodiment of the present invention and a configuration of the linear vibration motor 30 having the elastic member will be described. The present invention will be described by way of example with reference to a linear vibration motor employed in portable user equipment.

In the description of the present invention, the term " substantially " does not necessarily mean that the recited characteristic, parameter or value need not be precisely attained, but rather includes variations such as tolerances, measurement errors, measurement accuracy limits and other factors known to those skilled in the art Or a change, may not occur to the extent that the property does not exclude the effect it is intended to provide.

These embodiments are described as being applied to " portable user equipment ". The portable terminal refers to a portable user device. However, this is merely a general term, and the present embodiments are applicable to mobile telephones, palm sized personal computers (PCs), personal communication systems (PCS), personal digital assistants (PDAs) The same applies to any of a hand-held PC (HPC), a smart phone, a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) terminal, a laptop computer, a netbook, or a tablet personal computer . Accordingly, the use of the term " portable user equipment " should not be used to limit the application of this embodiment to a particular type of device.

1, the linear vibration motor 30 according to the embodiment of the present invention is used in a predetermined position of a portable terminal including a cellular phone, a smart phone, and the like, As the vibration generating motor, it is formed as a slim coin type. The configuration of the vibration motor 30 employing the elastic member 37 according to the present invention will be described with reference to Fig.

As shown in FIG. 1, the linear vibration motor 30 is a part used as a silent receiving device in a predetermined position of a commonly used information communication device such as a cellular phone or a smart phone. The linear vibration motor 30 includes a stator, An elastic member 37 and a flexible circuit 20. [

The stator includes an outer case 33, a base 31, and a coil 32 provided on the base 31. The vibrator includes a yoke 34, a magnet 35, and a weight 36. The stator and the vibrator are relative to each other, the stator means a portion fixed to the vibrator, and the vibrator means a portion vibrating with respect to the stator.

The outer case 33 is a member that forms a coin shape of the linear vibration motor 30 together with the base 31 and is formed in a simple cover shape and can be formed of a magnetic material or a nonmagnetic material. The base (31) is a member coupled to the bottom of the outer case (33). The coil 32 is a coreless coil disposed on the base 31 together with the magnet 35 to provide a driving force. In particular, the yoke 34 and the magnet 35 are disposed coaxially with the coil 32 to form a vibration force.

The oscillator includes a yoke 34 and a magnet 35 providing a magnetic circuit together with the yoke 34 and providing a vibration force together with the coil 32, (36). The yoke 34 is a place where the magnet 35 is mounted and is a metal, that is, a member made of a magnetic material, which forms a magnetic circuit together with the magnet 35.

The magnet 35 is formed in a ring shape, and its bottom surface is configured in surface contact with a plate 38 described later. The outer surface of the magnet (35) is made of a non-magnetic material so that the magnetic circuit of the vibration motor concentrates toward the center.

A plate 38 may further be provided between the magnet 35 and the base 31 and an elastic member 37 is further provided between the plate 38 and the base 31. The plate (38) is mounted on the bottom surface of the magnet (35) and maintains a state of being in tight contact with the elastic member (37). The plate 38 is made of a magnetic material so as to prevent external magnetic field leakage and constitute a magnetic closed circuit. That is, since the plate 38 is made of a magnetic material, the magnetic circuit generated by the yoke 31 and the magnet 35 is concentrated toward the center of the coil 32. The inner diameter of the plate 38 may be circular or polygonal, and the outer diameter of the plate 38 may be equal to or smaller than the outer diameter of the magnet 35. If the plate 38 is not provided, the elastic member 37 may be in close contact with the bottom surface of the magnet 35.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the elastic member 37 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 2 and 3, the elastic member 37 is formed in a semi-conical shape and the lower end 372 has a larger diameter than the upper end 370. The base 31 (see FIG. 1) ). In addition, the elastic member 37 generates an elastic force in a direction in which the upper end portion 370 and the lower end portion 372 are separated from each other.

In addition, the top portion 370 and the bottom portion 372 are each in the form of a closed curve, and are substantially ring-shaped. The lower end portion 372 is connected to the upper end portion 370 by a plurality of spring bridges 370 which are gradually increased in spiral from the upper end portion 370 to the inner diameter portion. The upper portion 370 includes at least two avoiding openings 370a, 370b, and 370c extending along the inner diameter of the inner diameter portion and protruding in the outer circumferential direction (radial direction) opening. Three elastic legs 371 and three avoiding openings 370a, 370b and 370c are shown in Fig.

The avoidance openings 370a, 370b, and 370c are formed symmetrically with the inner diameter portion of the upper end portion 370. That is, the avoidance opening may be formed by two elastic legs 371, and four if the elastic legs 371 are four. This is for minimizing the vibration balance of the vibrator when the elastic member 37 is operated.

The elastic member 37 extends along the inner diameter of the inner diameter portion at an inner diameter portion contacting the lead wires 320 and 322 of the coil 30 when the vibrator vibrates, (A direction in which the flexible circuit is present) so as to prevent contact with the coil lead wire. The coil 32 has a start line 320 and an end line 322. The start line 320 and the end line 322 are drawn out from the bottom of the coil 32, The start line 320 and the end line 322 are drawn out in the drawing direction, that is, in the direction of the connection portion of the flexible circuit 20. [ Therefore, out of the three avoiding openings 370a, 370b, and 370c, one avoiding opening 370a protrudes in the direction of the coil lead-out line direction / flexible circuit arrangement.

Mentioned avoidance is formed in order to prevent the upper end 370 of the elastic member 37 from colliding with the coil lead wires 320 and 322 during operation of the linear vibration motor to prevent the coil 32 from breaking . According to this configuration, the coil lead-out lines 320 and 322 are respectively disposed in the avoidance openings 370a. The remaining escape openings 370b and 370c other than the escape opening 370a having the coil lead-out line are formed for balance during operation of the elastic member.

The avoidance openings 370b and 370c are preferably disposed between the elastic legs 371 and between the starting points of the elastic legs 371. In other words, the inherent function of the elastic member 37 is to transmit the vibration generated by the upper and lower strokes of the weight to the outside, taking into consideration the balanced state of the operation of the elastic member or the vibrator.

The coil start line 320 and the end line 322 are soldered to the connection portion of the flexible circuit 20 while being disposed in the avoidance opening 370a so that the coil 32 is electrically connected to the external power source Respectively.

Further, the coil 32 is not necessarily limited to a linear vibration motor of a type (coil fixed linear vibration motor) that is disposed in the stator, that is, fixed to the base, and is of the type in which the coil is disposed in the vibrator The linear vibration motor).

Claims (11)

In the elastic member provided in the linear vibration motor,
A closed curve-like upper end having an inner diameter; And
And a closed curve-like lower end connected from the upper end by a plurality of resilient legs, the inner diameter of which gradually increases in a spiral shape,
Wherein the upper end portion includes at least two or more avoiding openings extending along the inner diameter of the inner diameter portion and formed to protrude in the outer circumferential direction.
The elastic member according to claim 1, wherein the avoiding opening is formed symmetrically with the inner diameter portion of the upper end portion.
3. The elastic member according to claim 2, wherein the escape opening is formed symmetrically on the inner diameter portion.
A vibrator including a magnet; A stator including a coil; And an elastic member disposed between the stator and the vibrator for supporting the vibrator, wherein the elastic member comprises:
An upper end having an inner diameter; And
And a lower end connected from the upper end by a plurality of resilient legs, the inner diameter of which gradually increases in a spiral shape,
And the upper end portion includes at least two or more avoiding openings extending along the inner diameter of the inner diameter portion when the vibrator is vibrated and formed so as to protrude in the direction of drawing out the coil lead wires and prevent contact with the coil lead wires Linear vibration motor.
5. The linear vibration motor according to claim 4, wherein the avoidance opening is formed symmetrically with the inner diameter portion of the upper end portion.
The linear vibration motor according to claim 5, wherein the avoidance openings are formed symmetrically on the inner diameter portion.
5. The linear vibration motor according to claim 4, wherein the lead line of the coil includes a start line and an end line, wherein the start line and the end line are respectively disposed in the avoidance openings in contact with the coil lead lines among the avoidance openings.
In a linear vibration motor,
coil; And
And an elastic member disposed coaxially with the coil to receive the coil, wherein the elastic member
Wherein at least two avoiding openings are provided in an inner diameter portion of an upper end portion during operation of the linear vibration motor to prevent collision with a coil lead line at the bottom of the coil.
9. The absorbent article according to claim 8, wherein the elastic member
And a lower end connected by a plurality of resilient legs, the inner diameter of which gradually increases from the upper end to the upper end,
Wherein the upper end portion includes at least two avoiding openings extending along the inner diameter of the inner diameter portion and protruding in the drawing direction of the coil lead-out line at an inner diameter portion contacting the lead wire of the coil.
10. The linear vibration motor according to claim 9, wherein each of the avoiding openings is disposed between the respective resilient leg starting portions.
The linear vibration motor according to claim 9, wherein among the avoidance openings, the coil lead-out line is disposed in one of the avoidance openings, and the remaining avoidance openings exist for balancing vibration.

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