Piezoelectric actuator

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE: To obtain a piezoelectric actuator which can be manufactured easily and assembled simply and in which the accurate center pitches of its operation segments can be realized and the accuracy of attaching the operation segments can be improved when a plurality of the operation segments are provided in parallel on a same plane by a method therein thin segments and piezoelectric layers are formed to have comb-shapes and thin layers of conductive material are laminated on the piezoelectric layer surfaces of the respective comb teeth independently and the tips of the respective conductive thin film layers are short- circuited. CONSTITUTION: In a piezoelectric actuator utilizing the warpage displacements of piezoelectric layers are utilized as operation sources, a piezoelectric element segment 1 used for a Braille point cell displaying Braille type and Braille diagram is composed of a thin segment 2 made of elastic material such as phosphorus bronze or niblloy and the piezoelectric layers 3 and 4 made of piezoelectric material such as PZT and laminated on both the surfaces of the thin segment 2. A plurality of cuts are formed in the piezoelectric element segment 1 with a predetermined center pitch and a plurality, of operation segments 1b are formed at a common base end 1a so as to form a comb shape. Further, thin layers 5 and 6 of conductive material such as silver are laminated on the surfaces of the piezoelectric layers 5 and 6 for the respective comb teeth and the tips of the respective thin layers are short-circuited with thin segments 7 of silver or the like. As a plurality of the operation segments are solidly formed in one piezoelectric element segment 1 in this piezoelectric actuator, when a plurality of the operation segments are densely attached to a same plane, damages caused by the adjacent piezoelectric element segments touching each other can be avoided and an assembly work can be simplified. COPYRIGHT: (C)1989,JPO&Japio

Inventors

• 👤 Koichi Akatsuka
• 👤 Akiyoshi Morita
• 👤 Shuzo Osumi

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