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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tadao Takagi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310317 ; 310321 ; 310323 ; 310328 ;
Abstract
A vibration driven motor constituted by an elastic member and an electro-mechanical converting element connected to the elastic member is characterized in that the driving direction is changed by changing the frequency of a vibration produced by the electro-mechanical converting element. In this case, the driving direction preferably includes two orthogonal directions.