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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Tsuchiya, Inagi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
For example, the present invention relates to a vibration type driving apparatus which includes: a vibrating body that includes an elastic body provided with a vibrating portion, and an electrical-mechanical energy converting element fixed to the elastic body; and a driven body in pressure contact with a frictional portion of the vibrating portion, wherein the vibrating body and the driven body are relatively moved by driving vibration generated when an alternating voltage is applied to the electrical-mechanical energy converting element; the elastic body includes a fixing portion for fixing the vibrating body to another member, and a connecting portion for connecting the vibrating portion and the fixing portion; and the connecting portion includes plural uneven rigidity components in a circumferential direction.