Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Actuator
- Patent Title (中): 执行器
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Application No.: US12169575Application Date: 2008-07-08
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Publication No.: US07915787B2Publication Date: 2011-03-29
- Inventor: Mahito Negishi , Takao Yokomatsu , Ken Meisho , Seiichi Hata , Akira Shimokohbe , Dongming Sun , Sheng Wang
- Applicant: Mahito Negishi , Takao Yokomatsu , Ken Meisho , Seiichi Hata , Akira Shimokohbe , Dongming Sun , Sheng Wang
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2007-189001 20070720; JP2008-155357 20080613
- Main IPC: H01L41/08
- IPC: H01L41/08

Abstract:
A cylindrical piezoelectric element is arranged to share an axis with a cylindrical vibrator having different diameters at central and end portions to fix the vibrator forming a gap at the central portion. Vibration voltages are applied across first electrodes on the piezoelectric element and the vibrator, namely, a second electrode, to vibrate the vibrator and bring a wave front of a traveling wave into contact with a tubular member, i.e., a supporting member fitted to the vibrator. Friction at a contact portion of the vibrator moves a mover including the vibrator and the piezoelectric element in an axial direction of the tubular member. By amplifying the vibration amplitude using the vibrator provided separately from the piezoelectric element, a small actuator capable of performing high-speed driving is realized.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090021113A1 ACTUATOR Public/Granted day:2009-01-22
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