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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Araki, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a vibration-type driving apparatus comprising a vibrating body including an electro-mechanical energy conversion element and an elastic body to which the electro-mechanical energy conversion element is joined; and a flexible printed board connected to the electro-mechanical energy conversion element, wherein the flexible printed board includes a first region bonded to at least the location of an antinode portion of vibration of the vibrating body and a second region that is adjacent to the first region and that is not bonded to the electro-mechanical energy conversion element; the boundary portion between the first region and the second region is located at a node portion of the vibration of the vibrating body; and a gap is present between the second region and the vibrating body.