US4609844A
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Piezoelectric vibrator
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd
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Filing: 1985-08-01
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Granted: 1986-09-02
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Expires: 2005-08-01
Abstract
Abstract In a piezoelectric vibrator capable of vibrating under an expansion mode of vibration, which has a piezoelectric vibrating element including a generally rectangular vibrateable substrate, made of a metallic material having a constant modulus of elasticity. The substrate is supported by a retaining member through a pair of connecting elements which extend outwardly from an arbitrarily chosen pair of side edges, respectively, so as to terminate in rigid connection with the retaining member. The width of each of the connecting elements as measured in a direction lengthwise of each of said edges is selected to be within the range of 1/7 to 1/3 of the length of said each side edge.
Inventors
- 👤 Takeshi Nakamura
- 👤 Ikuo Matsumoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 11:49
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03H; H03H9/00; H03H9/15; H03H9/17; H03H9/171; H03H9/172
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
In a piezoelectric vibrator capable of vibrating under an expansion mode of vibration, which includes a piezoelectric vibrating element having a generally right angled parallelogram-shaped vibrateable substrate, made of a metallic material having a constant modulus of elasticity, said substrate being supported by a retaining means through a pair of connecting elements which extend outwardly from an arbitrarily chosen pair of side edges, respectively, so as to terminate in rigid connection with the retaining means, the improvement comprising: the width of each of the connecting elements as measured in a direction lengthwise of each of said side edges being selected to be within the range of 1/7 to 1/3 of the length of said each side edge.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
In a piezoelectric vibrator capable of vibrating under an expansion mode of vibration, which includes a piezoelectric vibrating element having a generally right angled parallelogram-shaped vibrateable substrate, made of a metallic material having a constant modulus of elasticity, said substrate being supported by a retaining means through a pair of connecting elements which extend outwardly from an arbitrarily chosen pair of side edges, respectively, so as to terminate in rigid connection with the retaining means, the improvement comprising: the width of each of the connecting elements as measured in a direction lengthwise of each of said side edges being selected to be within the range of 1/7 to 1/3 of the length of said each side edge.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A piezoelectric vibrator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the piezoelectric vibrating element is square in shape.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A piezoelectric vibrator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the piezoelectric vibrating element is rectangular in shape and said pair of the side edges are the opposite ends of the piezoelectric vibrating element.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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