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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Yukihisa Takeuchi, Nishikamo-Gun, JP;
Kazuyoshi Shibata, Mizunami, JP;
Masahiko Namerikawa, Seto, JP;
Inventors:
Yukihisa Takeuchi, Nishikamo-Gun, JP;
Kazuyoshi Shibata, Mizunami, JP;
Masahiko Namerikawa, Seto, JP;
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A piezoelectric/electrostrictive including a pair of mutually opposing vibration plates, each having a first portion and a second portion, a fixation section joined to the first portion of each of the vibration plates, and at least one piezoelectric/electrostrictive element arranged on at least one of the vibration plates. A surface of the device between the fixation section and the second portion of at least one of the vibration plates is curved.