Electrical generator or motor structure – Non-dynamoelectric – Piezoelectric elements and devices
Patent
1998-05-29
1999-11-30
Dougherty, Thomas M.
Electrical generator or motor structure
Non-dynamoelectric
Piezoelectric elements and devices
31032311, 31032317, H02N 200
Patent
active
059948191
ABSTRACT:
A driving apparatus having an electromechanical transducer which extends and contracts; a first member connected to one end of the electromechanical transducer; a driving frictional member which is formed of a ceramic material and is connected to the other end of the electromechanical transducer; and a second member frictionally coupled with the driving frictional member, whereby either one of the first or second object is fixed and the electromechanical transducer is made to extend and contract, thereby driving in a specified direction the member which is either the first or second member and is not fixed.
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Okamoto Yasuhiro
Sugimoto Yoshitaka
Yoshida Ryuichi
Dougherty Thomas M.
Minolta Co. , Ltd.
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