IP Library Granted Patent US 11,081,978
Granted Patent B2
US 11,081,978 · App. 16/198,023 · Granted Aug 3, 2021

Vibration type motor, lens apparatus, and electronic device

Inventor: Kazuharu Osawa (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H02N2/065G02B7/04H02N2/006H02N2/0015H02N2/026H02N2/103
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Patent No.
US 11,081,978
App. No.
16/198,023
Granted
Aug 3, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vibration type motor includes a vibrator that includes a piezo element, a contacting portion, and a holding portion, and generates a first vibration and a second vibration, a friction member that makes frictional contact with the contacting portion of the vibrator, a holding member that holds the holding portion of the vibrator, and a biasing member that biases the holding portion of the vibrator to the holding member, and a condition of A 3 /A 1 <A 4 /A 2 is satisfied where A 1 and A 2 are respectively amplitudes of the contacting portion in the first vibration and the second vibration, and A 3 and A 4 are respectively amplitudes of the holding portion in the first vibration and the second vibration in a state where the vibrator is not held by the holding member.

Claims (57)

1. A vibration type motor comprising:

a vibrator including a piezo element, a contacting portion, and a holding portion, the vibrator being configured to generate a first vibration and a second vibration;

a friction member configured to make frictional contact with the contacting portion of the vibrator;

a holding member configured to hold the holding portion of the vibrator; and

a biasing member configured to bias the holding portion of the vibrator to the holding member,

wherein a condition below is satisfied:

A 3/ A 1< A 4/ A 2,

where A 1 and A 2 are respectively amplitudes of the contacting portion in the first vibration and the second vibration, and A 3 and A 4 are respectively amplitudes of the holding portion in the first vibration and the second vibration in a state where the vibrator is not held by the holding member.

2. The vibration type motor according to claim 1 , wherein the holding portion is provided at a position that is a node of the first vibration and that is not a node of the second vibration.

3. The vibration type motor according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first vibration is a vibration in which the contacting portion is displaced in a driving direction of the vibration type motor, and

the second vibration is a vibration in which the contacting portion is displaced in a direction orthogonal to the driving direction.

4. The vibration type motor according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second vibration is a vibration in which the contacting portion is displaced in a driving direction of the vibration type motor, and

the first vibration is a vibration in which the contacting portion is displaced in a direction orthogonal to the driving direction.

5. The vibration type motor according to claim 1 , wherein the biasing member biases the holding portion to the holding member with a predetermined biasing force so that the vibrator is held by the holding member.

6. The vibration type motor according to claim 1 , wherein when the state in which the vibrator is not held by the holding member is a first state, a state in which the vibrator is held by the holding member is a second state, a change amount of a resonance frequency between the first state and the second state in the second vibration is at least twice a change amount of a resonance frequency between the first state and the second state in the first vibration.

7. The vibration type motor according to claim 1 , wherein when viewed in a direction orthogonal to a contacting surface of the friction member contacting with the contacting portion, the biasing member overlaps with at least a part of each of the vibrator and the holding member.

8. The vibration type motor according to claim 1 , further comprising an adjusting member configured to adjust a biasing force of the biasing member.

9. The vibration type motor according to claim 8 , wherein when the state in which the vibrator is not held by the holding member is a first state, a state in which the vibrator is held by the holding member is a second state, the adjusting member adjusts the biasing force so as to adjust a change amount of a resonance frequency between the first state and the second state in the second vibration.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a vibration type motor; and

an object configured to be driven by the vibration type motor,

wherein the vibration type motor comprising:

a vibrator including a piezo element, a contacting portion, and a holding portion, the vibrator being configured to generate a first vibration and a second vibration;

a friction member configured to make frictional contact with the contacting portion of the vibrator;

a holding member configured to hold the holding portion of the vibrator; and

a biasing member configured to bias the holding portion of the vibrator to the holding member,

wherein a condition below is satisfied:

A 3/ A 1< A 4/ A 2,

where A 1 and A 2 are respectively amplitudes of the contacting portion in the first vibration and the second vibration, and A 3 and A 4 are respectively amplitudes of the holding portion in the first vibration and the second vibration in a state where the vibrator is not held by the holding member.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the electronic device is a lens apparatus and the object is an optical system.

12. A vibration type motor comprising:

a vibrator including a piezo element, a contacting portion, and a holding portion, the vibrator being configured to generate a first vibration and a second vibration;

a friction member configured to make frictional contact with the contacting portion of the vibrator;

a holding member configured to hold the holding portion of the vibrator; and

a biasing member configured to bias the holding portion of the vibrator to the holding member,

wherein the holding portion is provided at a position that is a node of the first vibration and that is not a node of the second vibration.

13. The vibration type motor according to claim 12 , wherein:

the first vibration is a vibration in which the contacting portion is displaced in a driving direction of the vibration type motor, and

the second vibration is a vibration in which the contacting portion is displaced in a direction orthogonal to the driving direction.

14. The vibration type motor according to claim 12 , wherein:

the second vibration is a vibration in which the contacting portion is displaced in a driving direction of the vibration type motor, and

the first vibration is a vibration in which the contacting portion is displaced in a direction orthogonal to the driving direction.

15. The vibration type motor according to claim 12 , wherein the biasing member biases the holding portion to the holding member with a predetermined biasing force so that the vibrator is held by the holding member.

16. The vibration type motor according to claim 12 , wherein when viewed in a direction orthogonal to a contacting surface of the friction member contacting with the contacting portion, the biasing member overlaps with at least a part of each of the vibrator and the holding member.

17. The vibration type motor according to claim 12 , further comprising an adjusting member configured to adjust a biasing force of the biasing member.

18. An electronic device comprising:

a vibration type motor; and

an object configured to be driven by the vibration type motor,

wherein the vibration type motor comprising:

a vibrator including a piezo element, a contacting portion, and a holding portion, the vibrator being configured to generate a first vibration and a second vibration;

a friction member configured to make frictional contact with the contacting portion of the vibrator;

a holding member configured to hold the holding portion of the vibrator; and

a biasing member configured to bias the holding portion of the vibrator to the holding member,

wherein the holding portion is provided at a position that is a node of the first vibration and that is not a node of the second vibration.

19. The electronic device according to claim 18 , wherein the electronic device is a lens apparatus and the object is an optical system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2019
From: OSAWA, KAZUHARU
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-226419 · Nov 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190165698A1 · May 30, 2019