IP Library Granted Patent US 12701919
Granted Patent B2
US 12701919 · App. 18/032,454 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Piezoelectric actuator

Inventor: Tetsuya Shimoda (Kirishima, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
H10N30/2046H10N30/50H10N30/871H10N30/872
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12701919
App. No.
18/032,454
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piezoelectric actuator includes a body portion including a layered piezoelectric element layered in a Y-axis direction of an orthogonal coordinate system XYZ, the body portion extending along a Z-axis direction. The body portion includes a first piezoelectric element that displaces a tip portion in an X-axis direction, a second piezoelectric element that displaces the tip portion in the Y-axis direction, and a third piezoelectric element that displaces the tip portion in the Z-axis direction.

Claims (14)

1 . A piezoelectric actuator comprising:

a body portion comprising a layered piezoelectric element layered in a Y-axis direction of an orthogonal coordinate system XYZ, the body portion extending along a Z-axis direction, wherein

the body portion comprises:

a first piezoelectric element configured to displace a tip portion in an X-axis direction;

a second piezoelectric element configured to displace the tip portion in the Y-axis direction; and

a third piezoelectric element configured to displace the tip portion in the Z-axis direction.

2 . The piezoelectric actuator according to claim 1 , wherein

an internal electrode layer belonging to the third piezoelectric element is located in a layer identical to an internal electrode layer belonging to the first piezoelectric element or an internal electrode layer belonging to the second piezoelectric element.

3 . The piezoelectric actuator according to claim 1 , further comprising:

five terminals configured to apply a voltage to at least one selected from the group consisting of the first piezoelectric element, the second piezoelectric element, and the third piezoelectric element, wherein

the tip portion is independently displaced in the X-axis direction, the Y-axis direction, and the Z-axis direction by selectively applying a voltage to the five terminals.

4 . The piezoelectric actuator according to claim 1 , wherein

the third piezoelectric element is located closer to a base end portion side of the body portion than the first piezoelectric element and the second piezoelectric element, and

the base end portion side of the body portion is held by a holding member.