VIBRATING ACTUATOR, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

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VIBRATING ACTUATOR, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18896634 titled 'VIBRATING ACTUATOR, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

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A vibrating actuator includes a vibrator including an electromechanical energy conversion element and an elastic body, and a contact body in contact with the vibrator, the vibrator and the contact body moving relatively in a first direction. The vibrating actuator includes a pedestal, a holding member configured to hold the vibrator, held on the pedestal, having a slope intersecting with the first direction, and moving in the first direction along with relative movement of the vibrator, and an output unit held on the pedestal so as to be movable in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, being in contact with the slope, and moving along with the movement of the holding member.