Patent ID: 8222783
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vibration motor holding structure for holding a vibration motor with at least one eccentric weight at either end of a rotation shaft of the vibration motor, comprising: a flat portion configured to be in contact with a top face of a motor barrel, the motor barrel having a first lateral side and a second lateral side, a first part downward extending from the flat portion at the first lateral side of the motor barrel bottom portion of the motor barrel, a second part downward extending from the flat portion at the second lateral side of the motor barrel, wherein the vibration motor holding structure is configured to hold an outer peripheral surface of the motor barrel elastically from an outside with the flat portion contacting the top face of the motor barrel, the first part holding the outer peripheral surface on the first lateral side while supporting the bottom portion of the motor barrel, and the second part holding the outer peripheral surface on the second lateral side of the motor barrel; and wherein a distal edge of the first part of the vibration motor holding structure closely opposes a distal edge of the second part of the vibration motor holding structure.