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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2020
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Atsushi Kimura, Funabashi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/00 (2006.01); H02N 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/008 (2013.01); H02N 2/001 (2013.01); H02N 2/026 (2013.01); H02N 2/028 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vibration type actuator including vibrating elements and a contact element that is brought into contact with each other in a first direction. The vibration of the vibrating elements includes vibration in a first vibration mode in the first direction and vibration in a second vibration mode in a second direction intersecting the first direction. In the vibrating elements, a minimum value of a resonance frequency in the second vibration mode is greater than or equal to a maximum value of a resonance frequency in the first vibration mode, and a ratio of a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the resonance frequency in the second vibration mode to the minimum value of the resonance frequency in the second mode is less than or equal to a predetermined value.


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