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Granted Patent B2
US 10,763,762 · App. 15/782,541 · Granted Sep 1, 2020

Vibrator, ultrasonic motor, and optical device

Inventor: Yasuhiro Tanaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H02N2/001G02B7/08G02B7/10H01L41/0815H01L41/313H02N2/0025H02N2/026
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Patent No.
US 10,763,762
App. No.
15/782,541
Granted
Sep 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vibrator includes a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric ceramic having an electrode, a vibration plate, and an adhesive layer between the piezoelectric element and the vibration plate, wherein the adhesive layer is obtained by a resin containing 50 parts by mass or more and 80 parts by mass or less of organic particles having a number average particle size of 5 μm or more and 15 μm or less, relative to 100 parts by mass of the resin.

Claims (21)

1. A vibrator comprising:

a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric ceramic having an electrode;

a vibration plate; and

an adhesive layer between the piezoelectric element and the vibration plate,

wherein the adhesive layer is obtained by a resin containing 50 parts by mass or more and 80 parts by mass or less of organic particles having a number average particle size of 5 μm or more and 15 μm or less, relative to 100 parts by mass of the resin.

2. The vibrator according to claim 1 , wherein an elastic modulus of the organic particles is 0.48 GPa or more and 10.0 GPa or less.

3. The vibrator according to claim 1 , wherein the piezoelectric ceramic is lead zirconate titanate (PZT).

4. The vibrator according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode is a silver electrode.

5. The vibrator according to claim 1 , wherein the resin is a thermosetting resin.

6. The vibrator according to claim 5 , wherein the thermosetting resin is an epoxy resin or an acrylic resin.

7. The vibrator according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the adhesive layer is 4.1 μm or more and 14.9 μm or less.

8. An ultrasonic motor comprising:

the vibrator according to claim 1 ; and

a moving member in contact with the vibrator.

9. An optical device comprising:

the ultrasonic motor according to claim 8 ; and

optical members dynamically connected to the ultrasonic motor.

10. A method for manufacturing a vibrator including a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric ceramic having an electrode, a vibration plate, and an adhesive layer between the piezoelectric element and the vibration plate, the method comprising:

applying an adhesive to the vibration plate; and

providing an adhesive layer by curing the adhesive while pressurizing the piezoelectric element against a surface of the vibration plate to which the adhesive has been applied,

wherein the adhesive is obtained by a precursor of a resin 1 containing 50 parts by mass or more and 80 parts by mass or less of organic particles having a number average particle size of 5 μm or more and 15 μm or less, relative to 100 parts by mass of the precursor of the resin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2018
From: TANAKA, YASUHIRO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 045008/0917 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-203344 · Oct 17, 2016 · national
JP 2017-180857 · Sep 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180109204A1 · Apr 19, 2018