Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Positioning motor and apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 定位电机和设备
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Application No.: US12302409Application Date: 2007-05-25
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Publication No.: US07728488B2Publication Date: 2010-06-01
- Inventor: Dominiek Reynaerts , Hendrik Van Brussel , Wim Van De Vijver
- Applicant: Dominiek Reynaerts , Hendrik Van Brussel , Wim Van De Vijver
- Applicant Address: BE Leuven
- Assignee: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Current Assignee: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Current Assignee Address: BE Leuven
- Agency: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: GB0610332.9 20060525; EP06447073 20060529; GB0610566.2 20060530
- International Application: PCT/BE2007/000052 WO 20070525
- International Announcement: WO2007/137372 WO 20071206
- Main IPC: H02N2/00
- IPC: H02N2/00

Abstract:
A piezoelectric motor has a stator module (1), comprising two pairs of piezoelectric actuators (1a, 1b) and (2a, 2b) inside this stator module. The stator module is fixed by a central fixing point (A). The piezoelectric actuators (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b) are connected to the stator module via flexible or biasing elements (3), such as for instance hinges, for instance elastic hinges. The stator module (1) comprises a tuning mechanism (4), comprising at least one mass (4a, 4b) and at least one flexible or biasing element (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d), for instance leaf springs. The stator module (1) is contacted to a driven part (6), for instance a slider, at the contact point (A). The piezoelectric motor is designed such that contact point (B) is able to produce a closed trajectory, thereby inducing a relative motion of the driven part (6). The contact point (B) is moved by applying an electric field to actuators (1a and 1b) and/or by applying an electric field to actuators (2a and 2b).
Public/Granted literature
- US20090267451A1 Positioning Motor and Apparatus Public/Granted day:2009-10-29
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