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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Yukihisa Takeuchi, Nishikamo-Gun, JP;
Tsutomu Nanataki, Toyoake, JP;
Masato Komazawa, Nagoya, JP;
Koji Kimura, Nagoya, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A piezoelectric/electrostrictive device includes a driving portion, a movable portion and a fixing portion. The driving portion includes a pair of mutually opposing thin plate portions and a piezoelectric/electrostrictive (P/E) element. A P/E operating portion of the P/E element is arranged on at least a part of an outer surface of at least one of the thin plate portions, such that one end thereof exists on the fixing portion or the movable portion and the other end thereof is arranged on the thin plate portion. At least one end of a P/E layer of the P/E element exists on the fixing portion or the movable portion, and the other end is arranged on the thin plate portion.