A vibration generating device includes a housing; a vibration body in the housing; an elastic support member fixed to the housing and supporting the vibration body; and a driver that applies a vibration force to the vibration body. The elastic support member includes a vibration plate configured to support the vibration body; a front fixed plate disposed in front of the vibration plate and fixed to the housing; a rear fixed plate disposed behind the vibration plate and fixed to the housing; a first elastic plate connecting one of a left or right end of the vibration plate to the front fixed plate; and a second elastic plate connecting the other one of the left or right end to the rear fixed plate. The first elastic plate is isolated from the rear fixed plate, and the second elastic plate is isolated from the front fixed plate.

A sound vibration actuator includes: a casing having an internal space formed by an underside casing part, a side periphery casing part, and a top casing part; a first vibration assembly disposed in the internal space of the casing; a second vibration assembly disposed between the first vibration assembly and the top casing part in such a manner as to be coupled to the top casing part; an elastic member whose one surface coupled to the first vibration assembly; and a third vibration assembly disposed between the first vibration assembly and the underside casing part in such a manner as to be coupled to the underside casing part. The sound vibration actuator includes at least three or more vibration assemblies disposed therein, thereby obtaining at least three or more resonance frequencies.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure a haptic actuator is disclosed. The haptic actuator includes a housing, a movable mass, and a pivot assembly attaching the movable mass to the housing. The pivot assembly defines a pivot axis, and the movable mass has a mass center offset from the pivot axis along a lever arm extending perpendicular to the pivot axis. The haptic actuator includes a spring extending between the movable mass and the housing. The spring stores and releases energy received from movement of the movable mass. The spring prevents full rotation of the movable mass about the pivot axis. The haptic actuator includes an electric coil attached to the movable mass. The electric coil intersects the lever arm. The haptic actuator includes at least one magnet attached to the housing. The magnet is at least partially aligned with the electric coil. The movable mass moves with respect to the at least one magnet when a signal is applied to the coil.

A system and method may dynamically control and/or dynamically adjust haptic output based on a particular application or context within which the output is to be generated. This may allow for output of an appropriate level of vibratory, or haptic output, that is dynamically tailored, or dynamically adjusted, for the particular situation, or application, or context for which the output is generated. This may include a mode in which an output having a relatively high peak amplitude is desired or most effective for the particular situation, or application, or context, a mode in which a relatively large bandwidth is desired or most effective for the particular situation, or application, or context, and the like.

A system may include an array of sensor elements, the array of sensor elements each comprising a first type of passive reactive element, a second type of passive reactive element electrically coupled to the array of sensor elements, a driver configured to drive the array of sensor elements and the second type of passive reactive element, and control circuitry configured to control enabling and disabling of individual sensor elements of the array of sensor elements to ensure no more than one of the array of sensor elements is enabled at a time such that when one of the array of sensor elements is enabled, the one of the array of sensor elements and the second type of passive reactive element together operate as a resonant sensor.

A haptic device includes: a housing; a magnetic field generation unit disposed in the housing; an elastic support unit connected to the housing; a vibration unit which is connected to the elastic support unit, and which includes an elastic material in which magnetic particles are dispersed in a matrix; and a control unit for transmitting a signal to the magnetic field generation unit.

A vibration generating device includes a first piezoelectric device including at least one slit, a first electrode on a first surface of the first piezoelectric device, and a second electrode on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the first piezoelectric device.

This specification describes a transducer configured to convert electrical signals into vibrational movement. The transducer comprises an axially-magnetised reciprocating magnet magnetically suspended between first and second axially-magnetised stationary magnets located on opposing sides of the axially-magnetised reciprocating magnet, wherein the axially-magnetised reciprocating magnet comprises an aperture such that the reciprocating magnet has an inner boundary and an outer boundary. The transducer further comprises at least two pairs of concentrically positioned electromagnetic solenoids, the at least two pairs of concentrically positioned electromagnetic solenoids being configured to drive the reciprocating magnet to reciprocate in a volume between the first and second axially-magnetised stationary magnets. The first solenoid of each of the pairs of concentrically positioned electromagnetic solenoids is positioned to influence the reciprocating magnet at the inner boundary more than at the outer boundary, and a second solenoid of each of the pairs of concentrically positioned electromagnetic solenoids is positioned to influence the reciprocating magnet at the outer boundary more than at the inner boundary

Provided is a vibration actuator that includes: a coil; a core around which the coil is wound, the core including both ends projecting from the coil; a yoke formed of a magnetic material and disposed opposite to the both ends of the core at a position adjacent to the both ends of the core with a gap provided between the yoke and the both ends of the core in a direction orthogonal to a winding axis of the coil; and an elastic part fixed between the core and the yoke and configured for elastic support to enable a movement between the core and the yoke in a direction opposite to at least one of the both ends of the core.

An actuator includes a connection body which is connected with a support body and a movable body and is provided with elasticity and/or viscoelasticity, and a magnetic drive mechanism structured to move the movable body with respect to the support body. The movable body may include a support shaft, a tube-shaped part surrounding a magnet, a first inner frame part on one side of the tube-shaped part, and a second inner frame part on the other side of the tube-shaped part. The support body may include a first outer frame part, a second outer frame part, and a case surrounding the first and the second outer frame parts and the tube-shaped part. The connection body includes first and second connection bodies between the first and second inner frame parts and the first and second outer frame parts, and a third connection body between the tube-shaped part and the case.