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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Kataoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vibration actuator is capable of reducing differences in vibration phase and vibration amplitude without raising a voltage of a drive circuit when driving a contact member using a plurality of vibrators connected in series. The vibration actuator includes a vibrator device and a contact member that moves relative to the vibrator device. The vibrator device includes transformers of which primary coils are connected in series, and vibrators that are respectively connected in parallel to secondary coils of the transformers.
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