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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2021
Tomohiko Osaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Enta, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiko Osaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Enta, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical actuator that comprises an inside holder that can hold an optical path bending member, an outside holder supporting the inside holder such that the inside holder can pivot around a first axis, and a drive unit making the inside holder pivot. Either end part of the inside holder is rotatably supported on the outside holder. The drive unit has: an ultrasonic motor supported on the outside holder, and an intermediate part supported on the inside holder. The ultrasonic motor has an oscillator that resonates, and the intermediate part has a fan-shaped contact part that contacts the oscillator.