US Patent Application 18223102. PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVE ELEMENT simplified abstract
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PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVE ELEMENT
Organization Name
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
Inventor(s)
Ryouichi Takayama of Osaka (JP)
PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVE ELEMENT - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18223102 titled 'PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVE ELEMENT
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a piezoelectric drive element that can rotate a movable part.
- The drive element consists of a movable part, two piezoelectric drive parts, and a fixing part.
- The piezoelectric drive parts are connected to the movable part and can rotate it around a rotation axis.
- The movable part is narrower than the piezoelectric drive parts in a plan view.
- The fixing part is placed in a gap region outside the movable part and between the piezoelectric drive parts.
Original Abstract Submitted
A piezoelectric drive element includes: a movable part; a pair of piezoelectric drive parts each connected at one end portion thereof to the movable part and configured to rotate the movable part about at least a rotation axis; and a fixing part to which end portions of the piezoelectric drive parts are connected. The pair of piezoelectric drive parts are aligned in a direction along the rotation axis with the movable part located therebetween, a width of the movable part is narrower than a width of each of the pair of piezoelectric drive parts in a plan view, and the fixing part is placed in a gap region that is outside the movable part and that is located between the pair of piezoelectric drive parts in a plan view.
