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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasufumi Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiyuki Uehara, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A motor capable of holding a vibrator without increasing a dimension thereof in a traveling direction (driving direction) and without having looseness. The motor includes a vibrator and a holding unit that holds the vibrator, and moves the vibrator and a sliding member in frictional contact with the vibrator relative to each other by vibrating the vibrator. A pressurizing unit pressurizes the vibrator against the friction member, and holding springs generate a holding force for causing the holding unit to hold the vibrator. The holding unit is not disposed between the pressurizing unit and the vibrator. A holding direction of the holding force generated by the holding springs and a pressurizing direction of a pressurizing force generated by the pressurizing unit are substantially parallel to each other.