Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hideomi Nakagami

Koji Sato

Yasuhiro Hatakeyama

Katsuhiko Sato

Kaori Tomura

The vibration-type-motor driving apparatus includes a vibration-type motor including a vibrator on which vibration is excited by an electro-mechanical energy conversion element, a shaft that supports the vibrator, and a rotor that contacts the vibrator to be rotated thereby. A first end portion of the shaft is moved with the vibration of the vibrator. The apparatus further includes a housing that houses therein the motor, and a first elastic member that contacts the first end portion of the shaft and is deformable in a direction in which the first end portion vibrates. The first elastic member transfers heat of the shaft to the housing or another member provided inside the housing.

Vibration-type-motor driving apparatus

An optical driving apparatus attached to an optical apparatus having a ring member that is rotatable on an outer circumference of a barrel includes a driver configured to rotate the ring member, a detector configured to detect an object that has entered a space between the optical apparatus and the optical driving apparatus, and a controller configured to control the driver in accordance with a detection of the object by the detector when the driver is rotating the ring member. The detector has a contacted portion configured to contact the object, and detects the object when the object is pressed against the contacted portion.

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Saitama, Japan

Hideomi Nakagami