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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
May. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Maeno, Yokohama, JP;
Ichiro Okumura, Matsudo, JP;
Nobuyuki Kojima, Yokohama, JP;
Kenjiro Takemura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a vibration type actuator or a vibration type driving apparatus that includes a vibration member that generates therein respective vibration displacements in at least three different directions, and a plurality of contact members contacting the vibration member, wherein the respective vibration displacements in the three different directions generate a composite vibration that simultaneously moves selected contact members of the plurality of contact members relative to the vibration member.