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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1989
Ryoso Masaki, Hitachi, JP;
Masahiro Kayama, Hitachi, JP;
Hiroshi Hayashida, Kure, JP;
Hideki Nihei, Hitachi, JP;
Yasunori Katayama, Mito, JP;
Hiroshi Nagase, Hitachi, JP;
Toshihiko Matsuda, Hitachi, JP;
Kenzo Kamiyama, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An actuator suitable for use in a joint device for driving a robot arm or in a subject follow-up device in a video camera, etc., is designed to have a mobility of a freedom of two degrees or more and is adapted to drive a movable part directly using first piezoelectric motor elements each of which consists of piezoelectric elements having a non-ring-like configuration and an elastic body and second piezoelectric motor elements each of which consists of at most one ring-like piezoelectric element and an elastic member. The actuator exhibits a simplified structure, is small and lightweight, provides a powerful driving power and has a wide range of mobility.