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Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2010
Applicants:

Hiroki Takahashi, Ome, JP;

Takahiro Mizushina, Kawagoe, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroki Takahashi, Ome, JP;

Takahiro Mizushina, Kawagoe, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A drive device includes a stator; a rotatably provided drive member; a piezoelectric element, which is nipped between the stator and the drive member in a tangential line direction of a rotation locus circle of the drive member, and expands and contracts in the tangential line direction at an expansion speed at the time of the expansion and a contraction speed at the time of the contraction, respectively, the expansion speed and the contraction speed different from each other; and a rotor provided concentrically with the drive member to touch the drive member with a pressure.


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