A linear vibrator includes a stator having a housing including a receiving space, a moveable unit received in the receiving space, a coil attached to one of the stator and the moveable unit, a magnet assembly attached to the other of the stator and the moveable unit, an elastic member having one end connecting to the moveable unit and another end connecting to the stator for suspending the moveable unit in the receiving space, and a damping block located between the moveable unit and the elastic member, and deformable by the elastic member during the vibration of the moveable unit within a predetermined vibration amplitude. A boost force is produced by the damping block for accelerating the moveable unit to return to balanced position.

A linear vibrator includes a stator having a housing including a receiving space, a moveable unit received in the receiving space, a coil attached to one of the stator and the moveable unit, a magnet assembly attached to the other of the stator and the moveable unit, an elastic member having one end connecting to the moveable unit and another end connecting to the stator for suspending the moveable unit in the receiving space, and a damping block located between the moveable unit and the elastic member, and deformable by the elastic member during the vibration of the moveable unit within a predetermined vibration amplitude. A boost force is produced by the damping block for accelerating the moveable unit to return to balanced position.

An object of the present invention is to provide a linear motor and a compressor which are effective against a non-fixed structure in which end portions of a resonant spring are not fixed and are capable of restraining loads in an up-down direction and a left-right direction which act on a slider. A linear motor includes a slider (2) which is driven in a first direction, a resonance spring (400) which is capable of vibrating in the first direction, and a permanent magnet (210) which is provided at the slider (2) and is magnetized in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The linear motor includes a bearing (480) that is movable against both forces of a force in the second direction and a force in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and an elastic-body support member (450) which connects the resonant spring (400) and the bearing (480) to each other.

An object of the present invention is to provide a linear motor and a compressor which are effective against a non-fixed structure in which end portions of a resonant spring are not fixed and are capable of restraining loads in an up-down direction and a left-right direction which act on a slider. A linear motor includes a slider (2) which is driven in a first direction, a resonance spring (400) which is capable of vibrating in the first direction, and a permanent magnet (210) which is provided at the slider (2) and is magnetized in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The linear motor includes a bearing (480) that is movable against both forces of a force in the second direction and a force in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and an elastic-body support member (450) which connects the resonant spring (400) and the bearing (480) to each other.

Disclosed herein are permanent magnetic AC machine direct-drive resonant flapper system for flapping wing micro air vehicles and flapping fin autonomous underwater vehicles.

Disclosed herein are permanent magnetic AC machine direct-drive resonant flapper system for flapping wing micro air vehicles and flapping fin autonomous underwater vehicles.

A vibrator includes a frame, a swing unit, and an elastic member. The swing unit is disposed within the frame and holds a magnet. The elastic member connects the swing unit and the frame. The swing unit is movable with respect to the frame while deforming the elastic member. The frame, the swing unit, and the elastic member are integrally molded with each other.

An actuator may include a movable body; a support body; a connecting body arranged where the movable body and the support body face each other to contact both of the movable body and the support body; and a magnetic drive circuit. The magnetic drive circuit may include an air-core coil provided on a first-side member among the movable body and the support body; and a permanent magnet provided on a second-side member among the movable body and the support body to face the coil in a first direction, the magnetic drive circuit being configured to vibrate the movable body with respect to the support body in a second direction crossing the first direction. In the first-side member, the coil may be fixed by an adhesive to a surface of a plate-shaped coil holder on a first side in the first direction while an air-cores is directed in the first direction.

An actuator may include a movable body; a support body; a connecting body arranged where the movable body and the support body face each other to contact both of the movable body and the support body; and a magnetic drive circuit. The magnetic drive circuit may include an air-core coil provided on a first-side member among the movable body and the support body; and a permanent magnet provided on a second-side member among the movable body and the support body to face the coil in a first direction, the magnetic drive circuit being configured to vibrate the movable body with respect to the support body in a second direction crossing the first direction. In the first-side member, the coil may be fixed by an adhesive to a surface of a plate-shaped coil holder on a first side in the first direction while an air-cores is directed in the first direction.

An actuator is provided. In order to reduce the planar area of an actuator, a first magnetic drive circuit and a third magnetic drive circuit that vibrate a movable body in an X direction with respect to a support are provided respectively on both sides, in a Z direction, of a second magnetic drive circuit that vibrates the movable body in a Y direction with respect to the support. The movable ranges, in the X direction and the Y direction, of the movable body with respect to the support are regulated by a stopper mechanism constituted between a first magnet and a first coil holder holding a first coil, a stopper mechanism constituted between a second magnet and a second coil holder holding a second coil, and a stopper mechanism constituted between a third magnet and a third coil holder holding a third coil.