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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Daisuke Yokoyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/02 (2006.01); H02N 2/00 (2006.01); H02N 2/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/001 (2013.01); H02N 2/0015 (2013.01); H02N 2/0065 (2013.01); H02N 2/026 (2013.01); H02N 2/103 (2013.01); H02N 2/22 (2013.01); Y10T 29/42 (2015.01);
Abstract
A vibrator includes an elastic body bonded to an electrical-mechanical energy converting element and including at least two contact parts, in which the at least two contact parts have convex shapes, shapes of surfaces of the at least two contact parts are part of spherical shapes, and rising directions of the at least two contact parts toward a member to be driven when the member is driven are different.