Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vibration actuator
- Patent Title (中): 振动执行器
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Application No.: US12083124Application Date: 2007-02-21
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Publication No.: US07851972B2Publication Date: 2010-12-14
- Inventor: Masaki Takasan , Hirohiko Ishikawa , Kazuo Seiki , Kentaro Nakamura , Sadayuki Ueha
- Applicant: Masaki Takasan , Hirohiko Ishikawa , Kazuo Seiki , Kentaro Nakamura , Sadayuki Ueha
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-ken JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki,Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki,Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-ken JP Tokyo
- Agency: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
- Priority: JP2006-107670 20060410
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/053175 WO 20070221
- International Announcement: WO2007/129497 WO 20071115
- Main IPC: H02N2/00
- IPC: H02N2/00

Abstract:
It is an subject of the present invention to provide a vibration actuator in which a plurality of rotors can be driven by a single vibration unit.When a composite vibrator (2) is driven to generate a composite vibration combining a plurality of vibrations, a first stator (3) and a second stator (4) vibrate, thereby causing elliptical movements in corner portions (8) and (9) of the first stator (3) and the second stator (4), respectively. As a result, a first rotor (A) abutting onto and pressurized against the corner portion (8) of the first stator (3) and a second rotor (B) abutting onto and pressurized against the corner portion (9) of the second stator (4) are rotated at the same time. Further, in this case, by selecting vibration modes of the plurality of vibrations constituting the composite vibration, the two rotors (A) and (B) can be rotated in the same direction or in opposite directions with respect to each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090267450A1 Vibration Actuator Public/Granted day:2009-10-29
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