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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Yukihisa Takeuchi, Nagoya, JP;
Koji Ikeda, Tsu, JP;
Kazuyoshi Shibata, Mizunami, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A piezoelectric/electrostrictive device is provided, including a rotor substantially in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped. The rotor has a pair of opposed surfaces, a first movable section fixed to a first end of one of the surfaces, a first piezoelectric/electrostrictive element for actuating the first movable section, and a second movable section fixed to a second end of the other one of the surfaces. The second end is diametrically opposed to the first end. A second piezoelectric/electrostrictive element for actuating the second movable section is also included.