Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Motor using vibrator, and electronic apparatus
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Application No.: US15725587Application Date: 2017-10-05
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Publication No.: US10581346B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Yasufumi Yamamoto , Toshiyuki Uehara
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP
- Priority: JP2016-200722 20161012
- Main IPC: H02N2/02
- IPC: H02N2/02 ; H02N2/00 ; H02N2/04 ; G02B7/10

Abstract:
A motor capable of holding a vibrator without increasing a dimension thereof in a traveling direction (driving direction) and without having looseness. The motor includes a vibrator and a holding unit that holds the vibrator, and moves the vibrator and a sliding member in frictional contact with the vibrator relative to each other by vibrating the vibrator. A pressurizing unit pressurizes the vibrator against the friction member, and holding springs generate a holding force for causing the holding unit to hold the vibrator. The holding unit is not disposed between the pressurizing unit and the vibrator. A holding direction of the holding force generated by the holding springs and a pressurizing direction of a pressurizing force generated by the pressurizing unit are substantially parallel to each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180102716A1 MOTOR USING VIBRATOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-04-12
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