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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1989
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A piezo-electric actuating device employing a piezo-electric element as an actuating member wherein a sufficient amount of movement of a driven member such as a shutter of a camera can be assured. The piezo-electric element of the device includes a first piezo-electric member which is contracted when a first voltage of a first polarity is applied thereacross and which is elongated when a second voltage of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity is applied thereacross, and a second piezo-electric member which is contracted when the second voltage is applied thereacross and which is elongated when the first voltage is applied thereacross. The piezo-electric member is deformed to move a driven member in one or the other when the first or second voltage is applied thereto, and the first and second piezo-electric members have a higher yield strength against deformation thereof by application of the first voltage than by application of the second voltage.