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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo-Shi, Kyoto-fu, JP;
Jiro Inoue, Nagaokakyo, JP;
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Nagaokakyo-Shi, Kyoto-Fu, JP;
Abstract
A displacement member with a driving element that includes first and second side surfaces that extend in a first direction and top and bottom surfaces that extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The driving element is a piezoelectric element that expands and contracts in the second direction when a pulsed voltage is applied. Further, an elastic conversion element is provided that contains the driving element and includes a first portion that is disposed adjacent the top surface of the driving element and that includes a displacement portion that is displaced downwardly and upwardly in the first direction when the driving element expands and contracts in the second direction, respectively.