Vibration driven actuator
CA 2048399 C · Owner: Tsukimoto, Takayuki · Inventors: Maeno, Takashi; Tsukimoto, Takayuki
Overview
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A vibration driven motor comprises a bar-shaped elastic member and a piezo-electric element for causing a plurality of bending mode vibrations having a predetermined phase difference therebetween in a plurality of planes of the elastic member in order to drive a movable body by a rotary motion caused in particles of the elastic member. A support member which extends along an axial center of the bar-shaped elastic member is provided at one end or each end of the elastic member.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed August 2, 1991 and granted September 16, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 2, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 2, 2013.
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