US 11,876,425 B2
Vibrator support structure, vibration motor, and electronic device
Kazuhide Takata, Nagaokakyo (JP)
Assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Nagaokakyo (JP)
Filed by Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/389,888.
Application 17/389,888 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/002522, filed on Jan. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-019209 (JP), filed on Feb. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0359582 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H02K 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 33/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vibrator support structure, comprising:
a housing;
a vibrator configured to vibrate in a first direction and a second direction that crosses the first direction; and
at least one first support member that supports the vibrator within the housing and includes:
a first deformation portion configured to undergo an elastic deformation in response to vibrations of the vibrator in the first direction, and
a first engagement portion that is engaged with the vibrator in such a manner that the vibrator is configured to produce a sliding motion associated with the vibrations of the vibrator in the second direction.