Electrical generator or motor structure – Non-dynamoelectric – Piezoelectric elements and devices
Patent
1993-07-06
1995-07-25
Dougherty, Thomas M.
Electrical generator or motor structure
Non-dynamoelectric
Piezoelectric elements and devices
H01L 4108
Patent
active
054365228
ABSTRACT:
A vibration driven motor comprises a bar-shaped elastic member and a piezo-electric element for causing a plurality of bending mode vibrations having a predetermined phase difference therebetween in a plurality of planes of the elastic member in order to drive a movable body by a rotary motion caused in particles of the elastic member. A support member which extends along an axial center of the bar-shaped elastic member is provided at one end or each end of the elastic member.
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Maeno Takashi
Tsukimoto Takayuki
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Dougherty Thomas M.
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