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Vibration device and imaging unit including vibration device

US11383274B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 2020
Grant dateJul 12, 2022
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10N30/8542
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vibration device includes a protective cover that transmits light with a predetermined wavelength, a first cylindrical body that holds the protective cover at one end, a plate-shaped plate spring that supports the other end of the first cylindrical body, a second cylindrical body that supports, at one end, a portion of the plate spring in an outer side portion of a portion that supports the first cylindrical body, and a plurality of piezoelectric elements on side surfaces of the second cylindrical body and that vibrates in a direction perpendicular to a penetrating direction of the second cylindrical body.

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