US4453103A
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Piezoelectric motor
Assignee: National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”
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Filing: 1982-04-16
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Granted: 1984-06-05
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Expires: 2002-04-16
Abstract
Abstract The proposed motor comprises a stator and a rotor frictionally interacting with said stator, either said stator and rotor including at least one piezoelectric oscillator. Said oscillator includes a piezoelectric element and electrodes located on the opposite surfaces of the piezoelectric element and connected to a supply source for exciting in this oscillator a resonant mode of longitudinal acoustic vibrations. The motor further includes at least two pushers, each having one end secured on said oscillator and the other end urged against a surface of frictional interaction of the rotor and stator. The piezoelectirc element used in this motor is polarized in the direction perpendicular to the surfaces of the electrodes and is positioned so that the propagation direction of the resonant mode of the longitudinal vibrations is perpedicular to the surface of frictional interaction.
Inventors
- 👤 Valdimir S. Vishnevsky
- 👤 Igor A. Kartashev
- 👤 Vyacheslav V. Lavrinenko
- 👤 Oleg L. Boichenko
- 👤 Vitaly S. Koval
- 👤 Jury V. Golovyashin
- 👤 Nikolai F. Serov
- 👤 Leonid I. Shinkarenko
- 👤 Oleg G. Jurash
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 18:06
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02N; H02N2/00; H02N2/0005; H02N2/001; H02N2/002; H02N2/005; H02N2/0065; H02N2/10; H02N2/103
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 44
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
A piezoelectric motor comprising a stator and a rotor, one of said stator and rotor including at least one piezoelectric oscillator; said stator and rotor contacting each other along at least one frictional interaction surface; said piezoelectric oscillator having a piezoelectric element made from a piezoelectric material, and electrodes disposed on the opposite surfaces of said piezoelectric element; a supply source connected to said electrodes for exciting resonant mode of longitudinal vibrations in said piezoelectric oscillator; at least two pushers each having one end secured on said piezoelectric oscillator and the other end forced to said frictional interaction surface; said piezoelectric element being polarized in the direction perpendicular to the surfaces of said electrodes and being positioned so that the propagation direction of said resonant mode of longitudinal vibrations is perpendicular to said frictional interaction surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
A piezoelectric motor comprising a stator and a rotor, one of said stator and rotor including at least one piezoelectric oscillator; said stator and rotor contacting each other along at least one frictional interaction surface; said piezoelectric oscillator having a piezoelectric element made from a piezoelectric material, and electrodes disposed on the opposite surfaces of said piezoelectric element; a supply source connected to said electrodes for exciting resonant mode of longitudinal vibrations in said piezoelectric oscillator; at least two pushers each having one end secured on said piezoelectric oscillator and the other end forced to said frictional interaction surface; said piezoelectric element being polarized in the direction perpendicular to the surfaces of said electrodes and being positioned so that the propagation direction of said resonant mode of longitudinal vibrations is perpendicular to said frictional interaction surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric element is made in the form of a rectangular plate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric element is made in the form of a square bar.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 2 or 3, wherein said pushers are secured at least on one end of said piezoelectric element.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 2 or 3, wherein each said pusher is secured at least on one of parallel ribs of said piezoelectric element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric element is made substantially in the form of a cylinder.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric element is made in the form of a ring.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 6 or 7, wherein said pushers are secured at least on one end face of said piezoelectric element.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 6 or 7, wherein said pushers are secured at least on one cylindrical surface of said piezoelectric element.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric element is made in the form of a disc.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
A piezoelectic motor according to claim 10, wherein said pushers are secured on the cylindrical surface of said disc.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric element is made in the form of a portion of a ring.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric element is made substantially in the form of a portion of ring.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 12 or 13, wherein said pushers are secured at least one end face of said piezoelectric element.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 12 or 13, wherein said pushers are secured on the cylindrical surface of said piezoelectric element.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
29 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric element is made in the form of a body composed from prisms having a shape close to a cylinder.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
19 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 16, wherein said pushers are secured on parallel ribs of said piezoelectric element.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 16, wherein said pushers are secured at least on one end face of said piezoelectric element.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
26 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, which further includes at least one shell enveloping at least one of the lateral surfaces of said piezoelectric element.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
34 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 19, wherein the difference between the inner and the outer diameter of said shell is a multiple of half the length of the resonant mode wave longitudinal vibrations.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
20 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 19, wherein said shell is made in the form of a concentrator of stresses.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
15 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 19, wherein said pushers are secured on said shell.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
23 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein grooves are provided in said piezoelectric element, with said pushers being mounted within said grooves.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
22 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said pushers are secured on said piezoelectric element with the use of a compound.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
21 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said pushers are made in the form of plates of a uniform thickness.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
21 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said pushers are made in the form of plates of a variable thickness.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
15 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 25 or 26 wherein said plates are made rectangular.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
15 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 25 or 26, wherein said plates are made trapezoidal.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
14 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said pushers have a multilayer structure.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
19 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 29, wherein a sound-proofing layer is provided between said layers of said pushers.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
17 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said pushers are made in the form of rods.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
19 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein the free ends of said pushers are provided with wear-resistant layers.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
30 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein the length of said pushers is a multiple of a half the length of the resonant mode wave of longitudinal acoustic vibrations.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
39 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein the stator includes said piezoelectric oscillator and said rotor is made in the form of a cylinder against the lateral surface of which are urged the free ends of said pushers.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
40 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein the stator includes said piezoelectric oscillator, and said rotor is made in the form of a truncated cone against the lateral surface of which are urged the free ends of the pushers.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
34 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein the stator includes said piezoelectric oscillator and said rotor is made substantially in the form of a hollow cylinder inside of which is mounted said oscillator.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
28 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said rotor includes at least one disc, with said pushers being urged against one of the surfaces of said disc.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
32 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 37, wherein at least one of said discs is mounted for axial displacement and is forced to said piezoelectric oscillator with the aid of a spring.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
42 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said motor is further provided with an additional rotor including an additional surface of frictional interaction against which are urged the free ends of additional pushers having their other ends secured on said oscillator.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
28 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 39, wherein the angles at which the free ends of said pushers engage two said surfaces of frictional interaction have identical signs.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
28 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 39, wherein the angles at which the free ends of said pushers engage two said surfaces of frictional interaction have opposite signs.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
35 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said motor further includes a converter adapted to convert angular discrete positions of said rotor to electrical signals, said converter being electrically connected to said supply source.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
87 words
A piezoelectric motor according to claim 1, wherein said stator includes said piezoelectric oscillator and said motor is further provided with a reversible rotor mounted coaxially with said rotor of said motor for rotation relative said rotor, two piezoelectric oscillators made in the form of rectangular plates and each having one end secured on said stator and two pressing members movably connected to said rotor of the motor and adapted to provide and alternate frictional interaction between the other ends of said plates and said reversible rotor.
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