Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd.

Katsunori Yokoyama

Chiaki Tanuma

Shunzo Shimai

Yoshiyuki Suda

Yukio Sato

Nozomu Harada

Masaki Katsura

Tadashi Ido

Osamu Takikawa

Youhachi Yamashita

Yoshiaki Hayashimoto

Seiichi Yoshida

A piezo-electric device such as a piezo bimorph device includes an intermediate plate, a plate-shaped first piezo ceramic element fixed on one surfaces of the intermediate plate, a plate-shaped second piezo ceramic element fixed on the other surface of the intermediate plate, and a lead wire for connecting the first piezo ceramic element with the second piezo ceramic element. The intermediate plate is made of a hardened tool steel containing carbon from 0.6 to 1.5%, or a fine ceramic material.

Piezo-electric device

A position adjustment device employs a holder on which a semiconductor wafer is attached. When placed on a surface plate, the wafer holder is turned upside-down, so that unlocked leg rods and the pattern transfer surface of the wafer are in direct contact with a reference surface of the plate. Piezoelectric elements are embedded in the holder as locking mechanism for the movable leg rods. In response to a variable DC voltage supplied by a voltage generating circuit, the piezoelectric elements deform to lock the rods with high accuracy.

Position adjustment device with a piezoelectric element as a lock

According to an image pickup device, a swing-driver unit is provided for vibrating an image sensor unit, thereby causing the image sensor unit to perform an image pickup operation in such a manner as to periodically shift to different sampling positions at different time points in one frame period. The swing-driver comprises a pair of plate-like bimorph piezoelectric elements for stably supporting the image sensor unit. The image sensor unit and the piezoelectric elements are sealed in a ceramic frame body in a compact manner. The electrical connection between the image sensor unit and lead wires formed on the frame is performed by a flexible film connector. The electrical connection between the piezoelectric elements and the lead wires is performed by wiring patterns preformed on the frame.

Swing-driven solid-state image sensor

A solid state image-sensing device is disclosed which includes a base board fitted with a plurality of connection pins, an interline transfer charge coupled device (IT-CCD) serving as an area sensor, and a pair of bimorph piezoelectric vibrating elements which jointly vibrate to periodically vibrate the IT-CCD relative to an incoming image light in a plane substantially parallel with the surface of the base board, and wherein the piezoelectric vibrating elements are elastically held above the base board by support plates having a spring action, thereby efficiently vibrating the IT-CCD.

Solid state image sensing device

A piezoelectric displacing device includes a plurality of longitudinal effect-type piezoelectric displacing members arranged juxtaposed to each other such that displacement axes thereof are substantially parallel to each other, each of said piezoelectric displacing member converting a voltage applied thereto to a mechanical displacement. Connectors are provided which mechanically connect the piezoelectric displacing members in series with each other and derive a sum of amounts of displacement of the piezoelectric displacing members along the displacement axes thereof to give an amount of displacement of the device.

Piezoelectric displacing device

A gas combustion apparatus is disclosed wherein an oxygen sensor having electrodes on both surfaces of a base body is fixed in advance at a position such that the oxygen sensor is within the exhaust gas a combustion flame under normal conditions and a combustion flame under oxygen deficiency conditions is brought into contact with only the measuring side electrode. The oxygen sensor is preferably mounted to a heat-resistance holder having an opening such that the measuring side electrode corresponds with the opening.

Gas combustion apparatus capable of detecting environmental oxygen

A piezoelectric oxide material suitable for an ultrasonic probe is provided. The piezoelectric material has the general formula ##EQU1## wherein 0.01.ltoreq.X.ltoreq.0.10 and 0.20.gtoreq.a.ltoreq.0.35, to which is added, as an additive, 0.05 to 2.0% by weight of at least one of MnO, NiO and Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 based on the total content of the basic composition; the thickness coupling factor (Kt) is 50% or more; the ratio (Kt/Kp) of the thickness coupling factor (Kt) to the planar coupling factor (Kp) is 10 or more.

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Katsunori Yokoyama