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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yuichiro Tsuyuki, Matsumoto, JP;
Yutaka Arakawa, Suwa-Gun Hara-Mura, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/10 (2006.01); H02N 2/02 (2006.01); H02N 2/00 (2006.01); H02N 2/04 (2006.01); H02N 2/12 (2006.01); B25J 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/103 (2013.01); H02N 2/004 (2013.01); H02N 2/006 (2013.01); H02N 2/0015 (2013.01); H02N 2/026 (2013.01); H02N 2/028 (2013.01); H02N 2/04 (2013.01); H02N 2/12 (2013.01); B25J 9/12 (2013.01); B25J 9/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A piezoelectric drive device includes two vibrators having vibrating portions with piezoelectric elements and transmitting portions placed in the vibrating portions and transmitting drive forces to a driven member (e.g. a slider), and a fixing portion having through holes (first through hole, second through hole) into which pins or screws are inserted. The two vibrators are placed adjoiningly along a drive direction of the slider, and the fixing portion is placed between the two vibrators and fixing the two vibrators.