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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2000
Yukihisa Takeuchi, Aichi-Prefecture, JP;
Tsutomu Nanataki, Toyoake, JP;
Masato Komazawa, Nagoya, JP;
Koji Kimura, Nagoya, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A piezoelectric/electrostrictive device (P/E) includes driving, movable and fixing portions. One end of a first P/E element and P/E operating portion on the end are positioned on the fixing portion and an opposite end of the P/E operating portion of the first P/E element is positioned on a first thin plate portion. One end of a second P/E element and P/E operating portion on the end are positioned on the movable portion and an opposite end of the P/E operating portion of the second P/E element is positioned on a second thin plate portion. A hole formed by inner walls of the driving, movable and fixing portions has a central axis that extends in an axial direction substantially parallel to the thin plate portions and substantially perpendicular to the length direction, and the device is free of any other holes extending in any direction other than the axial direction.