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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Sumio Kawai, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/00 (2006.01); H02N 2/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); H02N 2/001 (2013.01); H04N 5/2171 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vibration apparatus includes a plate-shaped dust prevention member, a vibration application member, and an electrode. The vibration application member includes a flexible thin plate-shaped piezoelectric member, and vibrates the dust prevention member. The electrode formed of a conductive thin plate or film, disposed to part or entire holding the piezoelectric member, and partly extends outward relative to the dust prevention member.