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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2017
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto-fu, JP;
Katsumi Fujimoto, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Shinsuke Ikeuchi, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Kenji Nishiyama, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Masanobu Nomura, Nagaokakyo, JP;
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A vibration device that is used in a camera body including a lens includes a cylindrical vibrating body including a piezoelectric vibrator, a cylindrical mode converting connected member connected to one end of the cylindrical vibrating body, and a light transmitting body attached to the mode converting connected member. The light transmitting body includes a light transmitting portion disposed on a front side of the lens. The mode converting connected member includes a thin portion having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the cylindrical vibrating body.