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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yasumichi Arimitsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/026 (2013.01); B25J 9/104 (2013.01); H02N 2/028 (2013.01); B25J 9/065 (2013.01); B25J 9/1625 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vibrating actuator includes a vibrator and a contact body. The vibrator includes an elastic body and an electrical-mechanical energy transducer. The contact body is long in a predetermined direction and contacts the vibrator. The vibrator and the contact body are relatively moved in the predetermined direction by vibration of the vibrator. An end portion of the long contact body is covered with a viscoelastic body circumferentially with respect to the predetermined direction.