IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,268,039
Granted Patent B2
US 10,268,039 · App. 15/933,501 · Granted Apr 23, 2019

Vibration device and camera

Inventors: Kenji Nishiyama (Nagaokakyo, JP); Katsumi Fujimoto (Nagaokakyo, JP); Masanobu Nomura (Nagaokakyo, JP); Shinsuke Ikeuchi (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
G02B27/0006B06B1/06B06B3/00G03B17/08G03B17/56H04N5/2254H04N5/22521G03B2205/0061
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Patent No.
US 10,268,039
App. No.
15/933,501
Granted
Apr 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vibration device includes a support body that includes first and second principal surfaces and a through hole penetrating through the support body to open at the first and second principal surfaces, a first vibration element on the side of the first principal surface of the support body, and a second vibration element on the side of the second principal surface of the support body. The first vibration element includes a first vibration body that is translucent. The second vibration element includes a second vibration body and a second piezoelectric vibrator provided on the second vibration body.

Claims (33)

1. A vibration device comprising:

a support body that includes one principal surface and another principal surface, a through hole penetrating through the support body to open at the one principal surface and the another principal surface;

a first vibration element located on a side of the one principal surface of the support body; and

a second vibration element located on a side of the another principal surface of the support body; wherein

the first vibration element includes a first vibration body that is translucent;

the second vibration element including a second vibration body and a piezoelectric vibrator provided on the second vibration body;

the first vibration element includes a first piezoelectric vibrator provided on the first vibration body and the piezoelectric vibrator of the second vibration element is a second piezoelectric vibrator; and

the first piezoelectric vibrator and the second piezoelectric vibrator vibrate with mutually opposite phases.

2. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the support body supports the first vibration element and the second vibration element at a node of vibration of the first vibration element and the second vibration element.

3. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the support body supports the first vibration element and the second vibration element at outside edges of the first vibration element and the second vibration element.

4. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the support body has a tubular shape.

5. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the first vibration element includes a plurality of vibration regions, and adjacent vibration regions in the plurality of vibration regions vibrate with opposite phases.

6. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the first vibration body has a plate shape.

7. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the first vibration body has a dome shape.

8. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the second vibration body is translucent and has a plate shape.

9. The vibration device according to claim 1 , wherein the second vibration body includes a cavity and an extension portion that extends from the cavity to a side opposite a side on which the first vibration element is provided.

10. The vibration device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a casing member connected to the support body; wherein

the first vibration element, the support body, and the casing member define an accommodation space.

11. A camera comprising:

the vibration device according to claim 10 ;

a lens module accommodated in the accommodation space; and

an imaging element accommodated in the accommodation space.

12. A camera comprising:

a lens module including the vibration device according to claim 1 and a lens; and

an imaging element; wherein

at least one of the first vibration element and the second vibration element of the vibration device including the lens.

13. The camera according to claim 12 , wherein the support body supports the first vibration element and the second vibration element in a node of vibration of the first vibration element and the second vibration element.

14. The camera according to claim 12 , wherein the support body supports the first vibration element and the second vibration element on outside edges of the first vibration element and the second vibration element.

15. The camera according to claim 12 , wherein the support body has a tubular shape.

16. The camera according to claim 12 , wherein the first vibration element includes a plurality of vibration regions, and adjacent vibration regions in the plurality of vibration regions vibrate with opposite phases.

17. The camera according to claim 12 , wherein the first vibration body has a plate shape.

18. The camera according to claim 12 , wherein the first vibration body has a dome shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2018
From: NISHIYAMA, KENJI; FUJIMOTO, KATSUMI; NOMURA, MASANOBU; IKEUCHI, SHINSUKE
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-252851 · Dec 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016086934 · Dec 12, 2016
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