STORED ENERGY RELEASE TRIGGERED BY PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230387829A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18229951

    申请日:2023-08-03

    IPC分类号: H02N2/02 B64D17/30 B64D17/38

    摘要: A stored energy release comprises an actuatable member slidably received within a housing. The actuatable member has an extended orientation wherein a portion of the actuatable member extends outwardly from the housing and a retracted orientation wherein the actuatable member resides within the housing. A biasing member is located between the actuatable member and the housing biases the actuatable member to the retracted orientation. A shaft is within the housing with the actuatable member configured for sliding movement along the shaft. A retaining member is located between the actuatable member and the shaft. The retaining member maintains the actuatable member in the extended orientation whereby potential energy is stored within the biasing member. A piezoelectric element selectively engages the retaining member to disable the retaining member and release the stored potential energy within the biasing member to place the actuatable member in the retracted orientation.

    PIEZOELECTRIC MOTORS WITH NANOMETER-LEVEL RESOLUTION

    公开(公告)号:US20230387828A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18245931

    申请日:2021-06-11

    申请人: MOEEMOTION INC

    IPC分类号: H02N2/02

    CPC分类号: H02N2/025

    摘要: The present invention relates to a piezoelectric motor that can be moved with very fine resolution at the nanometer level by means of a piezoelectric element (piezo actuator) that increases in length when a voltage is applied. The piezoelectric motor according to the invention is characterized by comprising a body having an upper surface and a lower surface, and a side connecting the upper surface and the lower surface, a piezoelectric material disposed on the upper surface of the body and extending longitudinally therefrom, and a rod having an upper surface and a lower surface, and extending longitudinally, and having one end connected to one end of the piezoelectric body and disposed on the upper surface of the body, and a support member disposed to span the rod and providing a predetermined frictional force on the rod, wherein the support member is driven by the rod to interlock with a contraction or an expansion of the piezoelectric material, wherein a lower surface of the support member and the upper surface of the body are at least partially in butted, and wherein the support member is driven by sliding on the upper surface of the body.

    Programmable Soft Actuators
    115.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230378891A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-23

    申请号:US18320327

    申请日:2023-05-19

    IPC分类号: H02N13/00 B25J15/00

    CPC分类号: H02N13/00 B25J15/0085

    摘要: A soft actuator, comprising: a deformable member having a base stiffness; one or more electroadhesive (EA) clutches, the one or more EA clutches being in mechanical communication with the deformable member, and the one or more EA clutches being configured to, when actuated, give rise to a region of relative stiffness within the actuator that is greater than the base stiffness. A method, comprising: in a soft actuator, actuating one or more EA clutches in mechanical communication with a deformable member having a base stiffness, the actuating being performed so as to give rise to one or more regions of relative stiffness within the soft actuator that is greater than the base stiffness; and effecting a bending force within the deformable member such that the deformable member attains a shape, the shape at least partially defined by the actuated one or more EA clutches.

    VIBRATION-TYPE ACTUATOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230378890A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-23

    申请号:US18320058

    申请日:2023-05-18

    IPC分类号: H02N2/10 G02B7/08

    摘要: A vibration-type actuator includes a vibration body including an electric-mechanical energy conversion element with a lead content of 1000 ppm or less, and an elastic body having a plate portion and protrusions protruding in a direction intersecting with a main surface of the plate portion, and a contact body in contact with the protrusions. The vibration body and the contact body are relatively moved by vibration of the vibration body. The vibration-type actuator further comprises a pressure member pressing the vibration body against the contact body and a foamed member arranged between the pressure member and the vibration body. The foamed member contains, as a main skeleton, a siloxane bond including silicon and oxygen, and an average equivalent circle diameter of bubbles contained in the foamed member is greater than 120 μm.

    LENS DRIVER
    118.
    发明公开
    LENS DRIVER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230367178A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18125356

    申请日:2023-03-23

    摘要: An apparatus including a camera module actuator that includes a first coil disposed on a first substrate in a first direction, a first sensor, a first magnet facing the first coil in a second direction, and a second magnet facing the first substrate and the first sensor in the second direction, where the first sensor is disposed without overlapping the first coil in the second direction, the first magnet and the second magnet are separated from each other, and a second gap between the first substrate and the second magnet is greater in the second direction than a first gap between the first substrate and the first magnet in the second direction.

    VIBRATION POWER GENERATION DEVICE AND SENSOR MODULE

    公开(公告)号:US20230361695A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18042773

    申请日:2021-08-24

    IPC分类号: H02N2/18

    CPC分类号: H02N2/188

    摘要: A vibration power generation device includes a beam including a flat surface, a piezoelectric member disposed on the flat surface of the beam, and a fixation member. The fixation member sandwiches the beam at two or more end portions of the beam from a side of a first surface of the beam and from a side of a second surface of the beam, the second surface being opposite to the first surface. At at least one of the end portions of the beam, a position of a boundary on the first surface between a contact region of the first surface in contact with the fixation member and a non-contact region of the first surface is different from a position of a boundary on the second surface between a contact region of the second surface in contact with the fixation member and a non-contact region of the second surface.

    VIBRATION POWER GENERATION DEVICE, SENSOR MODULE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230361694A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18042774

    申请日:2021-08-24

    IPC分类号: H02N2/18 H02N2/00

    CPC分类号: H02N2/186 H02N2/22

    摘要: A vibration power generation device includes a weight, multiple beams, and a fixation member. The beams extend from the weight in multiple directions parallel to a single virtual plane. The beams are provided with piezoelectric members. The fixation member fixes in place, in multiple fixing regions FR, the multiple beams while maintaining tension on the multiple beams. The multiple fixing regions FR extend along a peripheral direction around an axis in a direction perpendicular to the virtual plane. The weight and the piezoelectric members are surrounded by the multiple fixing regions FR.