Reciprocating Apparatus
20200195114 ยท 2020-06-18
Inventors
Cpc classification
H02K33/18
ELECTRICITY
H02K33/14
ELECTRICITY
H02K33/16
ELECTRICITY
International classification
Abstract
A reciprocating apparatus includes a permanent magnet and an electromagnetic yoke part. The magnetic pole surfaces of both ends of the electromagnetic yoke part are disposed opposite to and without being in contact with one of magnetic pole surfaces of the permanent magnet to form a magnetic circuit with an electromagnetic yoke and as least one coil having a magnetic body core, where one of the permanent magnet and the electromagnetic yoke part is a mover while the other is a stator. The size Tm of one magnetic pole surface of the permanent magnet, as the mover in a moving direction, is equal to or larger than the size Ty, in the moving direction, of two magnetic pole surfaces.
Claims
1. A reciprocating apparatus comprising: a permanent magnet; and an electromagnetic yoke part including two magnetic pole surfaces, wherein the two magnetic pole surfaces of the electromagnetic yoke part are disposed facing each other without being in contact with at least one magnetic pole surface of the permanent magnet, wherein an electromagnetic yoke together with one or more coils having a magnetic core form a magnetic circuit, wherein the permanent magnet is a mover and the electromagnetic yoke part is a stator, or vice versa, wherein a dimension Tm of one of the magnetic pole surface of the permanent magnet, in a moving direction of the mover, is equal to or greater than a dimension Ty of the two magnetic pole surfaces of the electromagnetic yoke part, in the moving direction, and wherein the dimension Ty includes a gap sandwiched between the two magnetic pole surfaces of the electromagnetic yoke part.
2. The reciprocating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a pair of magnetic bodies sandwiching the permanent magnet in a direction Y, wherein the direction Y which is perpendicular to a magnetic pole direction of the permanent magnet in a thickness direction, and wherein the electromagnetic yoke part is disposed between the pair of magnetic bodies.
3. A reciprocating apparatus comprising: a permanent magnet part including a yoke to form a magnetic circuit; and a pair of magnetic bodies that sandwich the permanent magnet part in a direction Y, wherein the direction Y is perpendicular to a magnetic pole direction of the permanent magnet part in a thickness direction, wherein two magnetic pole surfaces of an electromagnetic yoke part are disposed facing each other without being in contact with at least one of the magnetic pole surfaces of the permanent magnet part, wherein the electromagnetic yoke part forms a magnetic circuit via an electromagnetic yoke together with one or more coils having a magnetic core, wherein the permanent magnet part is a mover and the electromagnetic yoke part is a stator, or vice versa, wherein a dimension Tmy of one of the magnetic pole surfaces of the permanent magnet part, in a moving direction, is equal to or greater than a dimension Ty of two magnetic pole surfaces of the electromagnetic yoke part, in the moving direction, wherein the dimension Ty includes a gap sandwiched between two magnetic pole surfaces of the electromagnetic yoke part, and wherein the electromagnetic yoke part is disposed between the pair of magnetic bodies.
4. The reciprocating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the mover undergoes rotational reciprocal movement around a rotation axis extending in a direction perpendicular to the magnetic pole direction produced by the permanent magnet and the direction Y.
5. The reciprocating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the mover undergoes reciprocal movement in the direction Y.
6. A reciprocating apparatus comprising: a permanent magnet part including a yoke to form a magnetic circuit together, and an electromagnetic yoke part disposed on a side opposite to the permanent magnet such that the permanent magnet and the electromagnetic yoke part sandwiches the yoke, wherein the electromagnetic yoke part includes two magnetic pole surfaces disposed such that two magnetic pole surfaces face each other without contacting a magnetic pole surface of the yoke, wherein the permanent magnet part is a mover and the electromagnetic yoke part is a stator, or vice versa, wherein the electromagnetic yoke part forms a magnetic circuit via an electromagnetic yoke together with one or more coils having a magnetic core, wherein the dimension Tmy of one magnetic pole surface of the permanent magnet part, in the moving direction, is equal to or greater than the dimension Ty of two magnetic pole surfaces of the electromagnetic yoke part, in the moving direction, and wherein the dimension Ty includes a gap sandwiched between two magnetic pole surfaces of the electromagnetic yoke part.
7. The reciprocating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the mover undergoes rotational reciprocal movement around a rotation axis extending in the direction perpendicular to the magnetic pole direction produced by the permanent magnet and the direction Y.
8. The reciprocating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the mover undergoes reciprocal movement in the direction Y.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0036] To provide better understanding of the present invention, concrete embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Parts not referred to in the description may not be depicted in the drawings.
First Embodiment
[0037] As shown in
[0038] In
[0039] The permanent magnet 20 has magnetic poles with the X-axial direction as the magnetic pole direction, and as shown in
[0040] The reciprocating apparatus 10 may also be a reciprocating apparatus 10y comprising, instead of the permanent magnet 20, a permanent magnet 22 and yokes 24a, 24b provided on both magnetic pole surfaces of the permanent magnet 22 and forming a magnetic circuit, as shown in
[0041] As shown in
[0042] The neutral position Pc is a position where one pole surface 202 of the permanent magnet and two magnetic pole surfaces 343a, 343b of the electromagnetic yoke part 30a are facing across a gap G (see
[0043] As shown in
[0044] The electromagnetic yoke 34 forms a magnetic circuit together with the coil 32. In the neutral position Pc, the electromagnetic yoke 34 has its end face opposing one magnetic pole surface 202 of the permanent magnet 20 (see
[0045] More specifically, the electromagnetic yoke 34 has a first electromagnetic yoke 342a, and a second electromagnetic yoke 342b disposed across an interval from the first electromagnetic yoke 342a in the Y-axial direction (direction Y) that is perpendicular to the X-axial direction. The first electromagnetic yoke 342a and the second electromagnetic yoke 342b may each be 1.6 mm-thick SS400 steel, for example.
[0046] The first electromagnetic yoke 342a is in the form of a plate, contacting the coil 32 so as to cover part of one side of the coil 32.
[0047] The second electromagnetic yoke 342b is also in the form of a plate, and is disposed on the opposite side from the first electromagnetic yoke 342a, sandwiching the coil 32. The second electromagnetic yoke 342b is symmetrical with the first electromagnetic yoke 342a sandwiching the coil 32, and it contacts the coil 32 in a manner covering part of the other side of the coil 32.
[0048] As shown in
[0049] As shown in
[0050] The reciprocating apparatus does not necessarily need to comprise the electromagnetic yoke part 30b. In other words, it is sufficient if the reciprocating apparatus comprises at least one of the electromagnetic yoke parts 30a, 30b.
[0051] The electromagnetic yoke part 30b will therefore not be described in detail, and the following description will regard only the electromagnetic yoke part 30a.
[0052] When the coil 32 is in a state without conduction of electricity, the electromagnetic yoke part 30a is positioned against the center section of one magnetic pole surface 202 in the thickness direction, or in other words, it is stably stationary at the neutral position Pc. When the electromagnetic yoke part 30a is at this neutral position Pc, and the driving controller (not shown) applies current to the coil 32, the first electromagnetic yoke 342a and second electromagnetic yoke 342b act as the N-pole and S-pole, respectively, and the stable stationary state of the electromagnetic yoke part 30a is disrupted. As a result, when attraction force is produced in the first electromagnetic yoke 342a acting toward the magnetic pole surface 202, repulsive force is produced in the second electromagnetic yoke 342b and large nodal force is produced in the electromagnetic yoke part 30a as a whole, causing movement of the electromagnetic yoke part 30a.
[0053] Incidentally, when the first electromagnetic yoke 342a and second electromagnetic yoke 342b have the same polarity and a current is applied to the coil 32, causing movement of the electromagnetic yoke part 30a, nodal force is immediately produced in the opposite direction, and force acting to pull back the electromagnetic yoke part 30a in the direction of the neutral position Pc is produced, such that the width of movement is minimal. No further nodal force (electromagnetic force) is produced, therefore, even with a constant level of current, and power is wastefully consumed. Such wasteful power consumption can be minimized if the driving controller applies a pulse or impulse current.
[0054] The reciprocating apparatus 1o shown in
[0055] In the reciprocating apparatus 1o shown in
[0056] The prior art attempts to overcome this problem in the manner illustrated in
[0057] Conversely, when the gap G is widened as with the elastic support 6b shown in
[0058] This is also the case with the reciprocating apparatus 1b having a movable permanent magnet side 2 (see
[0059] when the thickness Tm of the permanent magnet 2 is less than the thickness Ty of the electromagnetic yoke part 4, the permanent magnet 2 is drawn to either the first electromagnetic yoke 4a or the second electromagnetic yoke 4b, and therefore if the permanent magnet 2 is supported in a pressed manner using elastic supports with an elastic property, such as springs, while narrowing the gap G to increase the nodal force, as shown in
[0060] Conversely, when the gap G is widened as with the elastic support 7b shown in
[0061] The present inventor has carried out repeated simulations by the finite element method, using a reciprocating apparatus model comprising only a permanent magnet 20 and an electromagnetic yoke part 30a (a reciprocating apparatus model without an electromagnetic yoke part 30b), with the goal of obtaining greater nodal force.
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[0063] Based on the simulation results, it was revealed that as long as the thickness Tm of the permanent magnet 20 is equal to or greater than the thickness Ty of the electromagnetic yoke part 30a, the electromagnetic yoke part 30a is not unevenly drawn to the magnetic pole surface 202 of the permanent magnet 20 even without rectification using a spring or the like, and therefore the gap G is maximally narrowed, with a greater amount of narrowing of the gap G clearly resulting in increased nodal force in the Y-axial direction at the start point, even with the same driving current.
[0064] With this reciprocating apparatus 10, therefore, it is possible to generate high-energy oscillation even with a small size.
[0065] The reciprocating apparatuses 400a to 400d respectively shown in
[0066] The reciprocating apparatuses 400a to 400d differ in the thicknesses of the permanent magnets or the shapes of the electromagnetic yoke parts.
[0067] The reciprocating apparatuses 500a to 500d differ in the Y-directional thicknesses of the yokes provided on both magnetic pole surfaces of the permanent magnet and forming the magnetic circuit, and in the shapes of the electromagnetic yoke parts.
[0068] Parts of the two electromagnetic yoke magnetic pole surfaces facing the dimension Tm or dimension Tmy of the magnetic pole surface of the permanent magnet may also be beveled so that the dimension Ty is smaller than dimension Tm or dimension Tmy, as shown in
Second Embodiment
[0069] A reciprocating apparatus 10a according to the second embodiment of the present invention will now be described (with reference to
[0070] The reciprocating apparatus 10a may also comprise an electromagnetic yoke part 30b disposed on the side opposite the electromagnetic yoke part 30a and sandwiching the permanent magnet 20, similar to the reciprocating apparatus 10 of the first embodiment.
[0071] The reciprocating apparatus 10a further comprises a pair of magnetic body plates (example of a magnetic body) 80a, 80b sandwiching the permanent magnet 20, unlike the reciprocating apparatus 10.
[0072] The pair of magnetic body plates 80a, 80b are each plate-like magnetic bodies made of 1.6 mm-thick SS400 steel, for example. Each of the magnetic body plates 80a, 80b has its thickness direction as the Y-axial direction (direction Y), which is perpendicular to the magnetic pole direction of the permanent magnet 20.
[0073] The electromagnetic yoke part 30a is disposed between the pair of magnetic body plates 80a, 80b.
[0074] Since the reciprocating apparatus 10a comprises the pair of magnetic body plates 80a, 80b sandwiching the permanent magnet 20, external leakage of the strong magnetic force of the permanent magnet 20 is greatly reduced compared to the reciprocating apparatus 10 of the first embodiment shown in
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[0076] In other words, the reciprocating apparatus 10a was able to yield greater oscillation than the reciprocating apparatus 10 even with the same current, while external leakage of the powerful magnetic lines of force of the permanent magnet 20 was also reduced.
[0077] Incidentally, a higher magnetic shielding effect is obtained when placing the magnetic body plates 80a, 80b across air, a vacuum or a non-magnetic body, without contacting the permanent magnet 20, as in the reciprocating apparatus 10b shown in
Third Embodiment
[0078] A reciprocating apparatus 10ya according to the third embodiment of the present invention will now be described (with reference to
[0079] The reciprocating apparatus 10b may also comprise an electromagnetic yoke part 30b disposed on the side opposite the electromagnetic yoke part 30a and sandwiching the permanent magnet 22, similar to the reciprocating apparatuses 10, 10y of the first embodiment.
[0080] The reciprocating apparatus 10ya further comprises a pair of magnetic body plates (example of a magnetic body) 80ya, 80yb sandwiching the permanent magnet 22, unlike the reciprocating apparatus 10y.
[0081] The pair of magnetic body plates 80ya, 80yb are each plate-like magnetic bodies made of 1.6 mm-thick SS400 steel, for example. Each of the magnetic body plates 80ya, 80yb has its thickness direction as the Y-axial direction (direction Y), which is perpendicular to the magnetic pole direction of the permanent magnet 22.
[0082] The electromagnetic yoke part 30a is disposed between the pair of magnetic body plates 80ya, 80yb.
[0083] Since the reciprocating apparatus 10ya thus comprises the pair of magnetic body plates 80ya, 80yb sandwiching the permanent magnet 22, external leakage of the strong magnetic force of the permanent magnet 22 is greatly reduced compared to the reciprocating apparatus 10y shown in
[0084] Incidentally, a higher magnetic shielding effect is obtained when placing the magnetic body plates 80ya, 80yb across air, a vacuum or a non-magnetic body, without contacting the permanent magnet 22, as in the reciprocating apparatus 10yb shown in
[0085] Embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications of any conditions that are not outside of the gist thereof also fall within the scope of application of the present invention.
[0086] The reciprocating apparatuses of the embodiments described above have the stator on the permanent magnet part side and the mover on the coil side, but this may be reversed, with the stator on the coil side and the mover on the permanent magnet part side. In other words, it is sufficient if the electromagnetic yoke part is capable of reciprocal movement relative to the permanent magnet part.
[0087] In addition, the electromagnetic yoke parts 30a, 30b here undergo rotational reciprocal movement with the neutral position Pc as the center, but the reciprocal movement may instead be in the Y-axial direction (translational movement).
[0088] There are no limitations on the uses of the reciprocating apparatuses described for the embodiments. The reciprocating apparatuses may be applied as drive units for driving of vibration sensors, massage devices, shakers, pumps, or tail fin members of so-called fish robots used to simulate fish, for example.
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST
[0089] 1a, 1b, 1o Reciprocating apparatus [0090] 2 Permanent magnet [0091] 4 Electromagnetic yoke part [0092] 4a First electromagnetic yoke [0093] 4b Second electromagnetic yoke [0094] 5 Coil [0095] 6a, 6b Elastic support [0096] 7a, 7b Elastic support [0097] 10, 10a, 10b, 10y, 10ya, 10yb Reciprocating apparatus [0098] 20, 22 Permanent magnet [0099] 24a, 24b Yoke [0100] 30a, 30b Electromagnetic yoke part [0101] 32, 32b Coil [0102] 34, 34b Electromagnetic yoke [0103] 35 Magnetic core [0104] 80a, 80b, 80ya, 80yb Magnetic body plate [0105] 202, 202y Magnetic pole surface [0106] 342a First electromagnetic yoke [0107] 342b Second electromagnetic yoke [0108] 343a, 343b Magnetic pole surface [0109] 400a-400d Reciprocating apparatus [0110] 500a-500d Reciprocating apparatus [0111] Axa, Axb Rotation axis [0112] Fx Elastic support anchoring point