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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2009
Noriyuki Komori, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Michimori, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Yagyu, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An oscillation drive device includes an oscillating unit that includes attaching portions on either sides thereof, the attaching portions being arranged on an oscillation axis; a base that includes an oscillating fulcrum that supports the oscillating unit on the oscillation axis and supporting portions that firmly support the oscillating unit; and a pair of strip-shaped leaf springs that is arranged so as to intersect with the oscillation axis and oscillates the oscillating unit on the oscillation axis, each of the strip-shaped leaf springs includes a fixing portion attached to the attaching portions of the oscillating unit; and a flexible beam portion that both ends of which are attached to the supporting portions of the base, and causes the oscillating unit to oscillate on the base by flexure behavior thereof.