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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183740 | Piezoelectric motor with high torque A piezoelectric motor (100) includes a stator (2) having a stator shaft (9). The motor also includes an annular piezoelement (4) having upper and lower surfaces and inner and outer rims retained on the stator. The motor further includes a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183741 | Valves based on reversible piezoelectric rotary motor A piezoelectric valve is provided that includes a valve body includes a plug and a drive body coupled to the valve body and operable to cause the rotatable plug to rotate about a rotational axis. The drive body includes a shaft disposed along the axis, the shaft sta... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183742 | Piezoelectric rotary motor with high rotation speed and bi-directional operation Piezoelectric motor that provides high speed and bi-directional operation. A first rotor is disposed about a first shaft, and a second rotor separate from the first rotor is disposed about the first shaft and a second shaft. Each of the rotors and shafts are centere... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8159113 | Ultrasonic actuator with power supply electrode arrangement An ultrasonic actuator may be provided in which generation of a stress is prevented in the connection face of the piezoelectric element between the electrodes and the conductive members. The ultrasonic actuator includes a piezoelectric element (P1) and flexib... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8097998 | Linear drive having shock compensation A directly coupled linear drive having a drive unit and a sliding element that are disposed in a frame, the sliding element, actuated by the drive unit, being capable of effecting a movement in a direction of translation with respect to the frame and having a blocki... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8084920 | Drive apparatus and image pickup apparatus An anti-vibration unit has: an X-axis transducer generating elliptical vibration in drivers; a frame which is a fixing member having a holding portion for holding the X-axis transducer; an X frame having fixed thereto a slide element to which the drivers of the X-ax... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8063537 | Linear drive ultrasonic motor There is provided a linear drive ultrasonic motor of which, a size can be made small, and in which, it is possible to guide assuredly while reducing a transfer resistance and a frictional resistance of a driven member. A linear drive ultrasonic motor includes... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8058772 | Method and device for moving an element to be driven using an actuating element formed by etching in a semiconductor material The invention concerns an element to be driven, a driving element designed to be urged into engagement with the element to be driven and an actuating element adapted to move the driving element so that it drives the element to be driven in step-by-step displacement,... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8044554 | Ultrasonic motor and manufacturing method of the same An ultrasonic motor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The ultrasonic motor includes an active layered section including a piezoelectric material; an inactive section disposed below the active layered section, which has a contact portion profile as a l... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8022596 | Guided electromechanical motor An electromechanical actuator arrangement (50) comprises an electromechanical motor (10) and a rail arrangement (35). The rail arrangement (35) has a rail (30) relative which the electromechanical motor drives in a main displacemen... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8004149 | Electromechanical motor, especially a piezoelectric microstepper drive A motor which includes two drive elements, especially piezoelectric bending actuators, having effective directions that are perpendicular to each other. These actuators act upon a drive ring to thereby rotate a shaft. Two tension-compression bars, which are parallel... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004151 | Drive unit A drive unit includes an ultrasonic actuator having an actuator body generating vibration, and diver elements attached to the actuator body to output drive force by generating orbit motion in response to the vibration of the actuator body; and a movable body contact... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004150 | Ultrasonic actuator with flexible cable connection member An ultrasonic actuator may be provided in which generation of a stress is prevented in the connection face of the piezoelectric element between the electrodes and the conductive members. The ultrasonic actuator includes a piezoelectric element (P1) and flexib... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7973451 | Ultrasonic linear motor The invention relates to an ultrasonic linear motor (1) comprising a plate-type ultrasonic oscillator (2) with two planar parallel main faces, two end faces and two lateral faces and a displaceable element (9) that engages with at least one guid... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969065 | Vibration wave driving device A vibration wave driving device comprises a vibrator having an electromechanical conversion device, a supporting member for supporting the vibrator, and a driven member brought into contact with a part of the vibrator driven frictionally by vibration excited in the ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7956515 | Method of driving a driving apparatus capable of smoothly moving a moving member A driving method is for a driving apparatus including an electro-mechanical transducer having first and second end surfaces opposite to each other in an expansion/contraction direction, a vibration friction portion mounted to the second end surface of the electro-me... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7944119 | Vibratory actuator and drive unit including the same Damage of a piezoelectric element due to deformation of a piezoelectric element beyond an elastic limit is prevented. An ultrasonic actuator (2) includes an actuator body (4), a case (5), and a support unit (6). The support unit ( | 05/17/2011 |
| 7915787 | Actuator 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 th... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7893598 | Driving apparatus and image pickup apparatus A driving apparatus including a transducer, a fixing member, and a mobile body is provided. The transducer generates elliptical vibration in a driving part when voltage of a predetermined frequency is applied. The fixing member includes a retaining part which retain... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7884528 | Driving apparatus A driving apparatus has a piezoelectric element as a driver. The driving apparatus includes a first vibrator which generates an elliptical vibration when a voltage of a predetermined frequency is applied; a first member which holds the first vibrator; a second membe... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7834517 | Linear drive ultrasonic motor A linear drive ultrasonic motor includes at least an ultrasonic vibrator having a piezoelectric element, a driven member which is driven by a frictional force between the ultrasonic vibrator and the driven member, a pressing member which presses the ultrasonic vibra... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7808153 | Inertial drive actuator An inertial drive actuator includes a fixed member, a vibration substrate which is disposed on the fixed member, a displacement generating unit which causes a reciprocating movement of the vibration substrate with respect to the fixed member, a moving body which is ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804224 | Piezoelectric motor and piezoelectric motor system A piezoelectric motor includes: a plurality of piezoelectric units, respectively in contact with a driven target, disposed separately from each other, and configured to drive the driven target; and a magnet configured to apply a preload force to each of the pluralit... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7772743 | Piezoelectric drive unit and piezoelectric drive element A piezoelectric drive unit and a piezoelectric drive element are provided, which are compact and lightweight, and able to be stably displaced and positioned, in addition, efficiently driven even at low voltage. One end of a rod is fixed to an approximate center of a... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7759841 | Electromechanical motor The invention relates to an electromechanical motor having a stator that has a drive unit and a frame component in which the drive unit is held, and a sliding element that is constructed such that, actuated by the drive unit, it performs a movement with respect to t... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7755252 | Driving device having suitable stationary member as material A driving device includes an electro-mechanical transducer having first and second end portions opposite to each other in an expansion/contraction direction, a stationary member coupled to the first end portion of the electro-mechanical transducer, a vibration frict... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7732979 | Linear drive ultrasonic motor A linear drive ultrasonic motor includes at least an ultrasonic vibrator having a piezoelectric element, a driven member which is driven by a frictional force between the driven member and the ultrasonic vibrator, a pressing member which presses the ultrasonic vibra... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7687973 | Friction drive actuator and hard disk device using such actuator In a friction drive actuator 1 according to the invention, a rotor 2 and a stator 4 are held in contact at a plurality of positions by a plurality of vibrators 3, and at least one of the vibrators 3 vibrates to rotate the rotor ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7679266 | Longitudinally driven slotted cylinder transducer A transducer comprises a longitudinal tubular member symmetrically disposed about a central longitudinal axis, the tubular member having a slot extending from the front end of said member to the rear end of the member, the slot extending parallel to the central long... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7679264 | Driving mechanism A driving mechanism comprises: (i) an actuator comprising: an electro-mechanical conversion element; and a driving member which moves according to elongation and contraction of the electro-mechanical conversion element; (ii) a driven member frictionally engaged with... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7679265 | Drive unit A drive unit includes a guide, a stage which is movable relative to the guide, an ultrasonic actuator for moving the movable body and a control unit for controlling the ultrasonic actuator. The ultrasonic actuator includes a driver element in contact with the stage ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7671512 | Impact drive actuator An impact drive actuator comprises a vibrating base plate configured to be slightly displaced in a reciprocating manner by a vibrator in first and second directions, a first slider disposed on the vibrating base plate, a first electrode formed on the vibrating base ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7642697 | Ultrasonic motor and electronic device using the same Disclosed is an ultrasonic motor whose output is improved by enhancing the exciting force of a vibration caused on a vibrating body having a rectangular portion. The ultrasonic motor includes the vibrating body having a piezoelectric element, and a moving body which... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7586237 | Piezoelectric vibrator, intrinsic frequency adjusting method of piezoelectric vibrator, piezoelectric actuator and electronic device A piezoelectric vibrator includes: a flat plate piezoelectric element, the piezoelectric vibrator vibrating in a mixed mode of stretching vibration that generates a displacement in a first direction within a plane of the piezoelectric element and a bending vibration... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7531941 | Piezoelectric element and driving apparatus A piezoelectric element comprises: a first non-extendible and non-contractible portion which neither extend nor contract, the first non-extendible and non-contractible portion being provided at one end of the piezoelectric element; an extendible and contractible por... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7521839 | Exciting method for elastic vibration member and vibratory driving device Disclosed herein is an exciting method for an elastic vibration member which may include arranging two support members each formed from an electro-mechanical energy transducer; supporting the elastic vibration member to the two support members at their front ends; a... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518287 | Actuator fine motion mechanism including the actuator, and camera module including the fine motion mechanism In an actuator 11, which includes a driver 10 including: a substrate 1 having a predetermined width and a predetermined length when viewed from the direction of thickness of the substrate; a reinforcing member 2 provided on one of the thi... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7474037 | Actuator and lens drive apparatus An actuator is provided and includes: an electro-mechanical conversion element; a driving frictional member attached at one end of the electromechanical conversion element with respect to a direction of expansion and contraction of the electromechanical conversion e... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7474038 | Piezoelectric actuator, and carrier and shake correction apparatus each using the actuator A piezoelectric actuator comprising an elastic plate 2 with a projection 3 provided on one of both surfaces of the plate. A first pair of strip-like piezoelectric elements 120a, 120b are fixed to the other of both the surfac... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7462975 | Actuator An actuator includes a vibrating substrate having a first electrode on a surface thereof and configured to be reciprocally moved according to a minute displacement of a vibrator, a moving body arranged on the surface of a vibrating substrate and having a second elec... | 12/09/2008 |
