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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kaishi Ohashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/00 (2013.01); H02N 2/04 (2006.01); G03B 5/00 (2006.01); H02N 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/04 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); H02N 2/0015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vibration-wave driving device includes a vibrator having an electromechanical-energy converting element, and a moving mechanism configured to allow the vibrator to move relative to a movable body, in a plane parallel to a plane where the vibrator and the movable body are in contact, in a second direction intersecting with a first direction being a direction of a driving force produced by the vibrator. The moving mechanism includes a guide member that regulates a moving direction of the vibrator, and the guide member includes a member having a rollable curved portion.