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Two-dimensionally driving ultrasonic motor

US5345137A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 8, 1992
Grant dateSep 6, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10N30/503
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This two-dimensional driving ultrasonic motor comprises a first electro-mechanical energy converting device consisting of an ultrasonic vibrator having a unidirectional polarizing process applied to the entire surface; a second electro-mechanical energy converting device consisting of an ultrasonic vibrator laminated on this first electro-mechanical energy converting device and having a reversely directed polarizing process applied with a central line segment serving as a boundary between the oppositely polarized areas; a third electro-mechanical energy converting device consisting of an ultrasonic vibrator laminated on the first and second electro-mechanical energy converting devices and having a reversely directed polarizing process applied with a line segment serving as a boundary between the oppositely polarized areas, the second and third devices being aligned so that the line segments intersect at right angles; a friction member fixed to the lamination end of the laminated electro-mechanical energy converting devices; and a driven member pressed against this friction member under a predetermined pressure.

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