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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2022
Pioneer Corporation, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
Pioneer Smart Sensing Innovations Corporation, Bunkyo-ku, JP;
PIONEER CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
PIONEER SMART SENSING INNOVATIONS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An actuator includes a mirror and an electromagnet. The mirror is provided with a permanent magnet and is capable of oscillating about a first axis and a second axis as oscillation axes with respect to a reference plane. The second axis is non-parallel to the first axis. The electromagnet has a yoke and a coil and applies a magnetic flux to the permanent magnet. Both ends of the yoke face each other at least partially across a gap. When viewed from a direction perpendicular to the reference plane, a center Cg of the gap does not overlap a center Cm of the permanent magnet. A current Ifor causing the mirror to oscillate with respect to the first axis and a current Ifor causing the mirror to oscillate with respect to the second axis are superimposed and flowed through the coil.