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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8035276 | Vibration actuator, lens barrel and camera A vibration actuator with good driving performance, and a lens barrel and camera equipped therewith, is provided. There is provided a vibration actuator comprising: an electromechanical conversion element that is excited by a driving signal; a vibrating body includi... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7990020 | Ultrasonic motor and electronic device using the same The present invention provides an ultrasonic motor including a wire having a coiled stator at one end thereof, a vibration generating device disposed at another end of the wire, a moving member that is in contact with the stator, a guide member that guides the rotat... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7902723 | Screw thread driving polyhedral ultrasonic motor A screw thread driving polyhedral ultrasonic motor includes a stator, a rotor and multiple piezoelectric plates being bonded to the stator or the rotor. The stator and the rotor have screw threads matched with each other. The stator and the rotor are connected via t... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7851972 | Vibration actuator It is an subject of the present invention to provide a vibration actuator in which a plurality of rotors can be driven by a single vibration unit. When a composite vibrator (2) is driven to generate a composite vibration combining a plurality of vibrat... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7723900 | Electro-mechanical wave device An electro-mechanical wave device which may be used for movement of a mechanical member, e.g. by friction, a motor comprising one or more wave devices, and a method of providing the electro-mechanical wave device. The electro-mechanical wave device comprises a subst... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7602103 | Ultrasonic motor The present invention relates to an ultrasonic motor comprising a stator formed by using an acoustic waveguide of helical coil shape or an acoustic waveguide of in-plane spiral coil shape, so that a rotor placed in close proximity to, or in close contact with the co... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7456547 | Ultrasonic motor An ultrasonic motor is provided with a circular stator including a piezoelectric element and a comb teeth body with a multitude of comb teeth circumferentially aligned thereon, and a circular rotor supported by a rotating shaft and pressed against the comb teeth bod... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7402935 | Ultrasonic motor An ultrasonic motor is provided with a circular stator including a piezoelectric element and a comb teeth body and a circular rotor supported by a rotating shaft and disposed in close contact with the comb teeth body. The stator and the rotor are magnetized in oppos... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7355306 | Motor driven blower support system A drive motor is supported and fixed onto a motor support plate composing a support member through vibration proof rubber which damps vibration, the frequency of which is not less than 1 kHz. Due to the foregoing, it becomes difficult for the vibration generated fro... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355325 | Wide frequency range electromechanical actuator An electromechanical motor (1), using at least two bimorph, monomorph or multimorph electromechanical actuating elements (6) interconnected by a common actuator backbone (5) is disclosed. The actuating elements (6) are controllable in bot... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349169 | Method and apparatus for improved starting and/or stopping in a contact start-stop (CSS) hard disk drive. CSS hard disk drive providing improved take-off and/or touchdown by asserting pitch actuation control signal stimulating a pitch actuator to flex a flexure finger, altering the pitch angle of slider coupling through flexure finger to pitch actuator. Method implement... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342348 | Micro displacement mechanism and magnetic disk apparatus A micro displacement mechanism minutely displaces an object to be driven. The micro displacement mechanism includes a stationary part and an actuator fixed to the stationary part so as to rotatably support the object to be driven. The actuator includes a pair of pie... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7312559 | Stator and ceramic tube type ultrasonic motor using the same The present invention relates to a ceramic tube type ultrasonic motor having a stator including a tube-type elastic body that is formed of a ceramic material; and a plurality of piezoelectric diaphragms that are attached on the outer peripheral surface of the elasti... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307372 | Piezoelectric motor and method of exciting an ultrasonic traveling wave to drive the motor A rotary ultrasonic piezoelectric motor is provided and a method of exciting a flexure traveling wave to drive the motor. The motor includes a stator having a piezoelectric ceramic disc polarized in the radial direction and bounded by a top electrode and a segmented... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305685 | Inserting and extracting device for rotatable data carrier plates The invention relates to an inserting and extracting device for rotatable data carrier plates which mechanically moves the data carrier plate (1) from an inserting position into a playing position before playing and back into the inserting position again afte... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7245058 | Vibration wave driving apparatus, and method of setting shape of support member supporting elastic member forming vibration member of vibration wave driving apparatus A vibration wave driving apparatus includes a vibration member in which an electro-mechanical energy conversion element is fixed to an elastic member, and a contact member pressed against a sliding part provided in the vibration member, so as to be kept in contact t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245061 | Micro-beam friction liner and method of transferring energy A micro-beam friction liner adapted to increase performance and efficiency and reduce wear in a piezoelectric motor or actuator or other device using a traveling or standing wave to transfer energy in the form of torque and momentum. The micro-beam friction liner co... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7215063 | Vibration element and vibration wave driving apparatus A vibration element for a vibration wave driving apparatus includes a first elastic member, a second elastic member, and an electro-mechanical energy conversion element disposed between the first and second elastic members. The electro-mechanical energy conversion e... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7187104 | Vibration-type driving device, control apparatus for controlling the driving of the vibration-type driving device, and electronic equipment having the vibration-type driving device and the control apparatus A vibration-type driving device comprises a vibration element including a driving member and an electro-mechanical energy conversion element having an electrode and arranged to displace the driving member with a driving signal supplied to the electrode, and a driven... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7129621 | Vibration wave linear motor and lens implement using vibration wave linear motor The vibration wave linear motor of the present invention is structured comprising a driven component, a first vibrator having two or more driving contacting parts for driving the driven component in a certain predetermined direction, a second vibrator having one or ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129620 | Vibration wave linear motor and lens implement using vibration wave linear motor The present invention comprises a first vibrator comprising a piezoelectric unit and at least one driving contacting part which vibrates by applying a predetermined voltage thereto, a second vibrator which comprises a piezoelectric unit and a plurality of driving co... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7109639 | Vibration-type driving device, control apparatus for controlling the driving of the vibration-type driving device, and electronic equipment having the vibration-type driving device and the control apparatus A vibration-type driving device comprises a vibration element including a driving member and an electro-mechanical energy conversion element having an electrode and arranged to displace the driving member with a driving signal supplied to the electrode, and a driven... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7095160 | Piezoelectric motor and method of exciting an ultrasonic traveling wave to drive the motor A rotary ultrasonic piezoelectric motor is provided and a method of exciting a flexure traveling wave to drive the motor. The motor includes a stator having a piezoelectric ceramic disc polarized in the radial direction and bounded by a top electrode and a segmented... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7067958 | Wide frequency range electromechanical actuator An electromechanical actuator 10 is disclosed, having drive elements (14a–d) movable in two dimensions and connected to an actuator backing (12). The actuator backing (12) is made of a material being ferromechanically inactive. F... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053528 | Torsion element and torsion actuator A torsion element includes a torsionally soft, flexurally stiff torsion rod, a plurality of piezoceramic fibers wound on the torsion rod, and a plurality of electrodes wound on the torsion rod cross-wise at an angle a with the respect to the plurality of piezocerami... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7034438 | Vibration type driving apparatus A vibration type driving apparatus, which is capable of increase of output torque and rotational speed without increasing the size of a vibration body, is described. The apparatus comprises a vibration body which generates vibration by supplying a driving signal to ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6979935 | Piezoelectric motor and electronic equipment with piezoelectric motor A piezoelectric motor has a vibrating body for undergoing vibrational movement in accordance with a vibration wave, a contact member disposed in contact with and driven by the vibrating body during vibration thereof, and a support member for supporting the vibrating... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6952073 | Vibration wave driving apparatus, vibration member and driving system for the vibration wave driving apparatus The present invention relates to a vibration wave driving apparatus including: a vibration member which has an electro-mechanical energy conversion element having a plurality of electrode regions that are fixed to an elastic member and polarized in the same directio... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6952072 | Ultrasonic motor and electronic apparatus utilizing ultrasonic motor An ultrasonic motor has a piezoelectric vibrator driven by a voltage signal to undergo expansion and compression movement. At least two elastic bodies are connected to opposite ends of the piezoelectric vibrator and are vibrationally driven by the expansion and comp... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6897598 | Ultrasonic motor and guide apparatus having the same as driving source of movable body In a guide apparatus having an ultrasonic motor as a driving source of a stage, it is intended to accurately comprehend a degree of abrasion between a friction member of a frictionally driven ultrasonic motor and a drive transmitting member of the stage. A guide app... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6744176 | Piezoelectric motor The present invention concerns a piezoelectric motor of the type including: a stator (2); a rotor (20) capable of moving in rotation in a plane (Pdm) called the mean movement plane perpendicular to a geometrical rotational axis (X1... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6737787 | Ultrasonic motor and stator for ultrasonic motor An ultrasonic motor has a stator and a rotor which is press fit to the stator and rotates in accordance with the vibration of the stator. The stator includes a pair of metal blocks, a piezoelectric element located between the metal blocks, a tightening member and a ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6724128 | Smart sonic bearings for frictional force reduction and switching An ultrastiff precision sonic bearing assembly and method thereof for controlling an effective coefficient of friction between two elements in slidable contact configured along an interface under a force sufficient to maintain contact and having static friction ther... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6720711 | Piezoelectric actuator, ultrasonic motor equipped with piezoelectric actuator, and electronic apparatus equipped with piezoelectric actuator A piezoelectric actuator comprises a plurality of piezoelectric elements stacked in a thickness direction thereof for undergoing expansion/contraction movement to vibrationally drive the piezoelectric actuator in accordance with a driving signal applied to the piezo... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6707233 | Ultrasonic motor An ultrasonic motor includes a stator having a piezoelectric element and a rotor facing the stator. The piezoelectric element is annular and is polarized into segments in the circumferential direction. A flexible plate is fixed to the piezoelectric element with an e... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6674217 | VIBRATION MEMBER USING ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERSION ELEMENT AS DRIVING SOURCE, VIBRATION WAVE DRIVING APPARATUS USING VIBRATION MEMBER AS DRIVING SOURCE AND APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH VIBRATION WAVE DRIVING APPARATUS There is disclosed a vibration member comprising: a driving portion; an elastic member including the driving portion; and an electro-mechanical energy conversion element as a driving source in contact with the elastic member. The electro-mechanical energy... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6628046 | Vibration type actuator A vibration type actuator includes a vibration element having at least a first elastic element, a second elastic element, an electro-mechanical energy conversion element, and a shaft, and a relative moving member which relatively moves upon a vibration of... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6628045 | Ring-type piezoelectric ultrasonic motor The present invention relates to a ring-type piezoelectric ultrasonic motor that is different from the electro-magnetically driven conventional motors and that has applications in robots and automation equipments. More specifically, the present invention ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6628044 | Vibration motors A vibration motor comprising at least one stationary part and one part driven to move relative to the fixed part, together with excitation that is suitable for exerting forces that tend to move rigid contact sectors presented by the fixed part and/or the ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6570296 | Drive mechanism with ultrasonic motor and electronic device with ultrasonic motor A drive mechanism has an ultrasonic motor having a rotor which is rotationally driven by vibration of a vibrating member having a piezoelectric element. The rotor has a projecting portion for rotation therewith. A driven member is connected to the rotor f... | 05/27/2003 |
