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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2010
Vibration wave driven apparatus and image pickup apparatus including vibration wave driven apparatus
Applicants:
Takao Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Oya, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Wada, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Takeshita, Yokohama, JP;
Shuichi Terada, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Takao Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Oya, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Wada, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Takeshita, Yokohama, JP;
Shuichi Terada, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vibration wave driven apparatus includes a vibrator configured to generate vibration, a rotor configured to be in frictional contact with the vibrator and to rotate about an axis of rotation, and a transmitting member configured to rotate about the axis and to transmit rotation of the rotor to an external component. A part of the transmitting member forms a worm portion of a worm gear.