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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mei Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Shimada, Saitama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vibration type actuator comprises a vibrator including an electro-mechanical energy conversion element and an elastic member; a holding member holding the vibrator; a guide member guiding the vibrator and the holding member in a first direction; a contact member in contact with the vibrator; and a pressure member pressurizing the vibrator and the contact member in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The vibrator and the contact member generate power activating in the first direction by a vibration of the vibrator, the holding member engages with the guide member to be rotatable around, as an axis, a third direction intersecting the first and the second directions, the holding member has a recess where the vibrator is held, and an output portion transmitting the power is formed on a part of a wall surface on which the recess is formed.