Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Piezoelectric actuator
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Application No.: US14184238Application Date: 2014-02-19
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Publication No.: US09644624B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Nobuhira Tanaka
- Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Nagaokakyo-Shi, Kyoto-Fu
- Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagaokakyo-Shi, Kyoto-Fu
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: JP2011-194431 20110906
- Main IPC: F04B43/04
- IPC: F04B43/04 ; F04D33/00 ; H01L41/09

Abstract:
A piezoelectric fan includes a vibration sheet, piezoelectric elements, a reinforcing sheet having one principal surface bonded to the vibration sheet and the other principal surface bonded to the piezoelectric element, and a fixing sheet. The vibration sheet is fixed to the inside of an electronic device by the fixing sheet which is disposed at one end of the vibration sheet. The total thickness of the reinforcing sheet and a region of the vibration sheet in which the piezoelectric elements are disposed is greater than the average thickness of a region of the vibration sheet in which the piezoelectric elements are not disposed. The coefficient of linear expansion of the vibration sheet is higher than that of the first and second piezoelectric elements. The reinforcing sheet is formed of a material having a coefficient of linear expansion and a modulus of elasticity identical to the vibration sheet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140169996A1 PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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