Abstract:
A vibration structure that includes: a housing; a panel having a main surface; an inner frame physically connected to the panel and the housing, the inner frame including a first portion overlapping the housing as viewed in a normal direction of the main surface; an outer frame physically connected to the panel and the housing, the outer frame surrounding the inner frame as viewed in the normal direction, and the outer frame including a second portion overlapping the panel as viewed in the normal direction; and a vibration body that vibrates the panel, wherein (A) or (B): (A) the vibration body is attached to the panel or the inner frame; or (B) the vibration body is attached across the panel or the inner frame, and the housing or the outer frame.
Abstract:
A laminate-type actuator including a laminate wherein an electrostrictive material layer is wound and laminated in a form of a tube together with first and second electrodes sandwiching the electrostrictive material layer therebetween is provided with high volume efficiency and high reliability. The tubular laminate includes a pair of flat portions facing each other and a pair of curved portions interconnecting the pair of flat portions circumferentially and specifying spaces inside the curved portions. In a cross-section perpendicular to an axis of the laminate, an outer width formed by the pair of flat portions is smaller than an outer width of each of the curved portions, and a distance between the pair of flat portions is smaller than an inner width of each of the curved portions.
Abstract:
An actuator unit includes an actuator configured to cause a vibration by a vibrated member when a force is applied to the vibrated member and a first sensor configured to generate a first detection signal indicating a first relationship of a first physical quantity varying with time. The first physical quantity is related to the vibration of the vibrated member, a variation cycle of the first physical quantity changes based on a magnitude of the force applied to the vibrated member. The actuator unit also includes a processing circuit configured to process the first detection signal, extract a parameter indicative of the variation cycle of the first physical quantity, and estimate the magnitude of the force applied to the vibrated member based on the parameter.
Abstract:
An in-plane vibration structure that includes a frame-shaped member defining an opening; a vibration portion in the opening; a beam portion connecting the frame-shaped member and the vibration portion; a piezoelectric film having a first main surface with a first electrode and a second main surface with a second electrode; a first support portion connecting the frame-shaped member and the first main surface; a second support portion connecting the vibration portion and the first main surface; a wiring member that has wiring for applying a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode and is in contact with the first main surface at a predetermined contact portion; a first conductive member disposed between the first support portion and the contact portion in a plan view, and connecting the first electrode and the wiring; and a second conductive member connecting the second electrode and the wiring.
Abstract:
A vibration device including: a support member that includes a fixed portion, a movable portion having an upper main surface and a lower main surface arranged in an up-down direction, the movable portion constructed to support a vibrated member; an actuator attached to the fixed portion and the movable portion or the vibrated member, and constructed to vibrate the vibrated member in a left-right direction; an elastic coupling portion that elastically couples the fixed portion and the movable portion in a left-right direction, the elastic coupling portion having a first elastic coefficient in the left-right direction and a second elastic coefficient in the up-down direction, and the second elastic coefficient is smaller than the first elastic coefficient.
Abstract:
A vibration device that includes: a fixing part having a flat plate shape; a vibration part having a flat plate shape, the vibration part being disposed around the fixing part as viewed in a normal direction of the fixing part; a coupling part that couples the vibration part and the fixing part and is constructed to elastically deform, the vibration part constructed to be displaced in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the normal direction of the fixing part with respect to the fixing part; and a vibration film fixed to the vibration part and the fixing part, the vibration film constructed to vibrate the vibration part in the orthogonal direction with respect to the fixing part when an electric signal is applied to the vibration film.
Abstract:
An insulating base material including conductive patterns includes an insulating base material layer, metal layers provided on the insulating base material layer, and conductive patterns of a conductive material, provided on the metal layers, and an in-plane resistance value of the metal layers is about 0.1 MΩ or more larger than an in-plane resistance value of the conductive patterns.
Abstract:
A vibration device that includes: a vibration part having a flat plate shape and connected to an operation target on which a user performs a pushing operation; a fixing member; a support part connecting the vibration part and the fixing member; and a vibration film connected to the vibration part and the fixing member, extending across the vibration part and the fixing member in a tensioned state, and constructed to vibrate in a planar direction.
Abstract:
An antibacterial fiber that includes a charge generation member shaped in a fibrous form and that generates charges sufficient to suppress the proliferation of a bacillus by input of external energy, and a water-resistant member that covers the charge generation member.
Abstract:
An actuator device and a method for manufacturing the actuator device, which is formed by stacking and rolling films of electrostrictive material into a cylindrical body and can ensure electrical connection with inner electrodes at both end portions of the cylindrical body. The actuator device is formed by stacking and rolling two films of electrostrictive material into a cylindrical body, the two films each having an inner electrode on one or both surfaces thereof. The cylindrical body has at least one cut portion at each end portion thereof, the cut portion being configured to reach the inner electrode (electrode pattern). By applying conductive ink to each of the cut portions, the conductive ink flows through the cut portions and reaches the inner electrodes on the films. By heat-hardening the conductive ink, it is possible to ensure electrical connection between outer and inner electrodes.