摘要:
A vibration actuator that is easy to manufacture and has good driving performance, and a lens-barrel and a camera provided with the same. The vibration actuator is provided with an oscillator that generates oscillations; and a relative movement member that is pressure contacts the oscillator, and moves relative to the oscillator due to the oscillation. Either a contact face of the oscillator with respect to the relative movement member or a contact face of the relative movement member with respect to the oscillator is a thermosetting resin film that is formed of polyamide-imide resin and fluororesin, and the other contact face is an anodic oxide film.
摘要:
An ultrasonic actuator includes at least one primary waveguide resonator, with each primary generator being in flat, at least one auxiliary waveguide resonator, with each auxiliary generator being in contact in order to form an acoustic standing wave, at least one crosspiece that connects one of the at least one primary waveguide resonators and one of the at least one auxiliary waveguide resonators to each other at least in sections, and wherein at least one friction track or friction rail is arranged on the crosspiece wherein the at least one primary waveguide resonator and the at least one auxiliary waveguide resonator is an open linear waveguide, and the at least one crosspiece functions as a totalizing device of the acoustic standing waves propagated in the primary and auxiliary waveguide resonators, so that the at least one crosspiece functions as the generator of a simulated travelling wave.
摘要:
A linear vibration-wave motor being configured to apply a driving force to a lens barrel of an optical device includes a vibrator being operable to excite a vibration, a member to be contacted contacting the vibrator, the vibrator being arranged to move in a direction of the driving force with respect to the member to be contacted upon exciting the vibration, a vibrator support being fixed to the lens barrel and configured to support the vibrator, a pressurization member being operable to press the vibrator against the member to be contacted, a unit cover member including an opening extending in the direction of the driving force, and a unit base member having fixed thereto the member to be contacted and the unit cover member. The pressurization member is detachable from the vibrator support via the opening.
摘要:
Ultrasonic actuator (1) for a linear ultrasonic motor for driving a positioning element (7), which is pressed along at least one friction track (8) with a predefined force (F) in the ultrasonic motor to effect a linear movement thereof, wherein the ultrasonic actuator (1) comprises: at least one primary waveguide resonator (2), with each of which one primary generator (3) is in flat contact in order to form an acoustic standing wave, at least one auxiliary waveguide resonator (4), with each of which one auxiliary generator is in contact in order to form an acoustic standing wave at least one crosspiece (6), wherein each of the at least one crosspieces (6) connects one of the at least one primary waveguide resonators (2) and one of the at least one auxiliary waveguide resonators (4) to each other at least in sections, and wherein at least one friction track (8) or friction rail (41) is arranged on the crosspiece (6) wherein the at least one primary waveguide resonator (2) and the at least one auxiliary waveguide resonator (4) is/are designed as an open linear waveguide, and the at least one crosspiece (6) functions as a totalising device of the acoustic standing waves propagated in the primary and auxiliary waveguide resonators (2, 4), so that the at least one crosspiece (6) functions as the generator of a simulated travelling wave, which is usable for driving the positioning element (7).
摘要:
An ultrasonic motor produces elliptical vibration by inducing longitudinal vibration and flexural vibration at the same time and drives a driven body by obtaining a drive power from the elliptical vibration. The ultrasonic motor includes a piezoelectric device, reinforcing members which are provided at the antinodes of the flexural vibration on the top side of the piezoelectric device, friction contact members which are provided at the antinodes of the flexural vibration on the bottom side of the piezoelectric device so as to transmit the driving force to the driven body, a holding member which is provided on the piezoelectric device and positioned and held by a case, and a pressure member which presses the holding member so that the friction contact members are brought into a pressure contact with the driven body such that the driven body can be driven by friction.
摘要:
An ultrasonic actuator includes: a piezoelectric element 10 producing stretching and bending vibrations; driver elements 2, 2 placed on the piezoelectric element 10 so as to be actuated in accordance with the vibrations of the piezoelectric element 10, thereby outputting a driving force; a case 12 for supporting the piezoelectric element 10; and wall-surface supporters 6A and 6B, top-surface supporters 7A and 7B and a bottom-surface supporting part 8 all placed between the case 12 and the piezoelectric element 10 to previously apply compressive forces to non-node parts of the vibrations of the piezoelectric element 10 along the directions of the vibrations.
摘要:
An ultrasonic actuator (2) includes an actuator body (3) generating a driving force, a case (4) containing the actuator body (3), and support rubbers (51) placed between the actuator body (3) and the case (4) to elastically support the actuator body (3) at both sides of the actuator body in a supporting direction. The case (4) includes a first case (8) having an opening at a position where one of the support members (51) is placed and a second case (9) coupled to the first case (8) to cover the opening in the first case (8). The support rubbers (51) are compressed as the second case (9) is coupled to the first case (8) and elastically support the actuator body (3) in the compressed state.
摘要:
An ultrasonic motor produces elliptical vibration by inducing longitudinal vibration and flexural vibration at the same time and drives a driven body by obtaining a drive power from the elliptical vibration. The ultrasonic motor includes a piezoelectric device, reinforcing members which are provided at the antinodes of the flexural vibration on the top side of the piezoelectric device, friction contact members which are provided at the antinodes of the flexural vibration on the bottom side of the piezoelectric device so as to transmit the driving force to the driven body, a holding member which is provided on the piezoelectric device and positioned and held by a case, and a pressure member which presses the holding member so that the friction contact members are brought into a pressure contact with the driven body such that the driven body can be driven by friction.
摘要:
A piezoelectric motor (PEM) is driven with loosely coupled inductors 24 and switching amplifier having a pulse width modulator 18, gate driver circuit 21 and two pairs of power mosfets 210, 212 and 220, 222. Energy stored in the PEM at the end of one cycle is transferred to a capacitor 202 for use in a subsequent cycle.
摘要:
An ultrasonic actuator includes: a piezoelectric element 10 for generating various kinds of vibrations having different vibration directions; a driver element provided on the piezoelectric element 10 and actuated in accordance with the vibration of the piezoelectric element 10 to output driving force toward a certain driving direction; feeding electrodes 8 provided on the piezoelectric element 10 and electrically connected to the piezoelectric element 10; and feeding-supporting parts 6A, 6B, 7A, 7B and 9A abutting the feeding electrodes to elastically support the actuator body and serving as feeding terminals for supplying a voltage to the feeding electrodes 8.