Vibration wave motor having piezoelectric pressure member

Details Vibration wave motor having piezoelectric pressure member Vibration wave motor having piezoelectric pressure member

1997-06-10

1998-10-13

Dougherty, Thomas M.

Electrical generator or motor structure

Non-dynamoelectric

Piezoelectric elements and devices

310316, 310317, H02N 200, H01L 4108

Patent

active

058216693

ABSTRACT:
A vibration wave motor obtains a desired pressure using a piezoelectric device. The vibration wave motor includes a vibrator which is supported by a shaft and has electro-mechanical conversion elements for generating a travelling vibration wave progressing along the circumferential direction around the shaft when a first electrical signal is applied to the vibrator. A rotating unit which has a portion which is in press-contact with a surface of the vibrator, perpendicular to the shaft, rotates around the shaft by the travelling vibration wave generated in the vibrator. A piezoelectric pressure member maintains a desired press-contact between the vibrator and the actuator by a piezoelectric effect generated when a second electrical signal is applied to the piezoelectric pressure member. Thus, a constant pressure can be maintained by detecting the pressure via the piezoelectric pressure member during operation or stop of the vibration motor.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4692651 (1987-09-01), Hiramatsu et al.
patent: 5589723 (1996-12-01), Yoshida et al.

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