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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Applicant:
Mitsuya Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuya Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 41/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A planar motor includes a movable body and a stator configured to drive the movable body in a plane. The stator includes a first stator unit and a second stator unit. The movable body is moved in a first direction by a force acting between the movable body and the first stator unit, and is moved in a second direction by a force acting between the movable body and the second stator unit. The first stator unit and the second stator unit are arranged to face each other in such a manner that the movable body is provided therebetween.