Piezoelectric actuator, lens-barrel, and camera

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8773785
APP PUB NO 20120087024A1
SERIAL NO

13378168

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A piezoelectric actuator includes: a first piezoelectric device between a base member and a moving member, and that is capable of being expanded and contracted in a direction in which the first piezoelectric device intersects with a first face that opposes the moving member of the base member; a second piezoelectric device between the first piezoelectric device and the moving member, and that is capable of being expanded and contracted in a direction different from the intersecting direction; a transfer member between the first piezoelectric device and the moving member that includes a through hole piercing through in the intersecting direction, receiving amounts of expansion and contraction of the first piezoelectric device and the second piezoelectric device to transfer a driving force to the moving member; and a supporting member that pierces through the through hole, and that can support the moving member.

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  • NIKON CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kuwano, Kunihiro Kawasaki, JP 18 51

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