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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Yukihisa Takeuchi, Nishikamo-Gun, JP;
Kazuyoshi Shibata, Mizunami, JP;
Koji Ikeda, Kounan, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a piezoelectric/electrostrictive device including a pair of thin plate sections in an opposed relation to each other, a fixing section for supporting the thin plate sections, and at least one pair of piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements are provided to the pair of thin plate sections. The thin plate sections include movable sections having end surfaces in an opposed relation. Recesses are formed between the thin plate sections and the fixing section and/or the movable sections.