US Patent Issued to FOSTER ELECTRIC on June 9 for "Vibration actuator with frame having fixing and damping portions holding leaf spring" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,950, issued on June 9, was assigned to FOSTER ELECTRIC COMPANY Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vibration actuator with frame having fixing and damping portions holding leaf spring" was invented by Yusuke Chiba (Tokyo) and Takafumi Asukagawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assembling of the leaf spring and the damping member is facilitated and a vibration actuator with excellent vibration characteristic is provided. The vibration actuator mainly includes a cylindrical casing, a coil provided inside the casing, a mover vibrating along the vibration axis of the casing, a leaf spring in which an inner circumferential portion thereof is fixed to the ...