The present invention relates to a stick-type vibrating driver and, more specifically, to a stick-type vibrating driver implemented so as to enable vibration to be transmitted, by using a planar movable coil plate and a stick-shaped magnet, to an object to be vibrated. The stick-type vibrating driver according to the present invention can comprise: an outer body formed in a stick shape; a magnetic circuit part formed inside the outer body, and having a pair of magnetic bodies spaced apart with the movable coil plate therebetween; a vibrating part formed inside the outer body, and vertically vibrating according to the driving of the magnetic circuit part in a state in which the upper and lower ends of the movable coil plate are fixed; and upper and lower metal suspensions respectively connected between the outer body and the vibrating part.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a linear vibration motor which improves damping performance and reduces assembly costs. Accordingly, the present invention provides a linear vibration motor having a box body with an inner cavity; a weight accommodated in the box body; a stator in the box body; an elastic member suspending the weight in the box body, including a first elastic member and a second elastic member fixedly connected to opposite sides of the weight; and a first damping glue locating between and abutting against the first elastic member and the weight. The first elastic member includes a first fixed part fixedly connected to the weight and a first elastic bracket extending from the first fixed part; the first damping glue locates at one end of the first elastic bracket close to the first fixed part.

For efficient presentation of pseudo force sense, a pseudo force sense generation apparatus includes: a base mechanism; and a contact mechanism that performs periodical asymmetric motion relative to the base mechanism and gives force based on the asymmetric motion to skin or mucous membrane with which the contact mechanism is in direct or indirect contact. A mass of the contact mechanism is smaller than a mass of the base mechanism, or the mass of the contact mechanism is smaller than a sum of the mass of the base mechanism and a mass of a mechanism that is attached to the base mechanism.

A method of providing a haptic signal is described therein, the method comprising the steps of providing a first source signal, filtering a mid-range band of the first source signal for restricting a bandwidth of the first source signal to the mid-range band, integrating the filtered mid-range band of the first source signal to identify an amplitude of the filtered first source signal, providing a voltage control amplifier with a proportional calibrated voltage on a basis of the integration of the filtered first source signal for adjusting an amplitude of the filtered source signal, isolating a trans-conductance voltage control amplifier high impedance output from a second source signal with a buffer, filtering the filtered source signal with a low pass filter to identify original sub-frequencies of an audio program and combining the identified original sub frequencies of the audio program with transposed midrange frequencies in a haptic signal.

A damper member may include a gel-like member and a first film joined to a first surface of the gel-like member in a thickness direction, in which a side surface of the gel-like member located between a second surface opposite to the first surface of the gel-like member in the thickness direction and the first surface is opened.

A haptic engine includes a linear resonant actuator having a double-wound driving coil which is used for sensing a back electromotive force (EMF) voltage independently of the coil resistance, thus minimizing the back EMF voltage's sensitivity to temperature.

The disclosure provides an oscillatory actuator which includes a case in a cylindrical shape; an electromagnetic driver provided inside the case; a mover oscillated by the electromagnetic driver along an oscillation axis of the case; and a first leaf spring and a second leaf spring arranged on one side and the other side with the mover interposed therebetween, each of the first leaf spring and the second leaf spring including a support to which the mover is attached, an annular frame attached to an inner surface of the case, and a plurality of arms each having a spiral shape and connecting the support and the annular frame, wherein at least one of the first leaf spring and the second leaf spring is provided with an elastic member which is made of an elastic material that bridges the arm and a portion adjacent to the arm with a gap.

This vibration actuator comprises a fixed body including a coil, a movable body including a magnet, and an elastic support part that supports the movable body so as to be freely moveable with respect to the fixed body, wherein the coil to which power is supplied and the magnet cooperate to cause the movable body to vibrate with respect to the fixed body. The elastic support part has an outer circumferential part bonded to the fixed body, an annular inner circumferential part disposed inside in the radial direction of the outer circumferential part and bonded to the movable body, and a deforming arm part that couples the outer circumferential part and the inner circumferential part and is elastically deformable. The elastic support part has a sealing part provided in a bonding part between the inner circumferential part and the movable body to seal the bonding part.

A vibration actuator that cooperates with a coil and a magnet to vibrate a movable body with respect to a stationary body, including: the stationary body including the coil and a core around which the coil is wound; a shaft part; and the movable body including the magnet, the movable body being movably supported by the stationary body via the shaft part, wherein the core is disposed along an axial direction of the shaft part, and includes a core-side magnetic pole to be excited by energization to the coil, the magnet includes a magnet-side magnetic pole disposed so as to face the core-side magnetic pole with a gap therebetween, and the vibration actuator further includes a spring part elastically supporting the movable body with respect to the stationary body, linearly movably in the axial direction in a reciprocating manner, and rotationally movably about an axis in a reciprocating manner.

The invention provides a multifunctional sounding device having a housing body with a containment cavity and a sounding unit. The sounding unit includes a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system that drives the vibration system along a first direction. The magnetic circuit system includes a main magnet and a secondary magnet to form a magnetic gap. The multifunctional sounding device further includes an elastic assembly fixedly connected to the housing body, a weight connected to the elastic assembly, and a driving coil fixed to the weight and vibrating together with the weight along a second direction. The driving coil includes a first side edge and a second side edge disposed opposite to the first side edge. The device has both a vibration feedback function and a voice feedback function, which is beneficial to reduce the volume of the electronic device.