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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo, JP;
Katsumi Fujimoto, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Chikahiro Horiguchi, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Kenji Nishiyama, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Kuratani, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Shinichiro Ichiguchi, Nagaokakyo, JP;
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A vibration device includes a light-transmitting body that is located on a subject side of an imaging element, a cylindrical body that includes a first end portion, a second end portion on the opposite side from the first end portion, and an outer surface and an inner surface that connect the first end portion and the second end portion to each other, the cylindrical body being connected to the light-transmitting body and holding the light-transmitting body on the first end portion side thereof, and a piezoelectric element provided along a circumferential direction of the cylindrical body and that torsionally vibrates the cylindrical body.