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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image stabilizing apparatus includes an optical element, a first fixing member, a movable member that holds the optical element, and is movably supported in a flat surface perpendicular to an optical axis, a ball sandwiched between the movable member and the first fixing member, a vibration wave actuator that includes a piezoelectric element and a vibrating plate, and moves the movable member, a slider that contacts the vibrating plate, and is provided in the movable member, a spring that pressurizes the vibrating plate against the slider, and a second fixing member fixed to the first fixing member so as to make the vibrating plate and the slider contact each other with a predetermined pressure.