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Vibration wave motor
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1986-10-21
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Granted: 1988-10-18
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Expires: 2006-10-21
Abstract
Abstract A vibration wave motor including a vibration member having electro-mechanico-converting elements and generating a vibration wave in response to an electric field being applied to the electro-mechanico-converting elements. Also provided is a moving member contacting the vibration member and frictionally driven by the vibration wave generated in the vibratory member. The materials of the portions of the vibratory member and the moving member that contact each other are selected from combinations of hard alumite material and super-hard material.
Inventors
- 👤 Takuo Okuno
- 👤 Susumu Itoh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 15:34
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02N; H02N2/00; H02N2/10; H02N2/16; H02N2/163; H02N2/0005; H02N2/005; H02N2/0065; H02N2/007
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
A vibration wave motor comprising a vibration member having an electro-mechanical-converting element and generating a vibration wave by an electric signal being applied to said electro-mechanical-converting element, and a moving member contacting said vibration member and frictionally driven by the vibration wave generated in said vibration member, wherein the materials of the portions of said vibration member and said moving member that contact each other are selected from combinations of hard alumite material and super-hard material and wherein said super-hard material for said vibration member consists of tungsten carbide of content 80-94% and cobalt of content 6-20%.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
97 words
A vibration wave motor comprising a vibration member having an electro-mechanical-converting element and generating a vibration wave by an electric signal being applied to said electro-mechanical-converting element, and a moving member contacting said vibration member and frictionally driven by the vibration wave generated in said vibration member, wherein the materials of the portions of said vibration member and said moving member that contact each other are selected from combinations of hard alumite material and super-hard material and wherein said super-hard material for said vibration member consists of tungsten carbide of content 80-94% and cobalt of content 6-20%.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A vibration wave motor according to claim 1, wherein said super-hard material for said vibratory member consists of tungsten carbide of content 85% and cobalt of content 15%.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
101 words
A vibration wave motor comprising a vibration member having an electro-mechanical-converting element and generating a vibration wave by an electric signal being applied to said electro-mechanical-converting element, and a moving member contacting said vibration member and frictionally driven by the vibration wave generated in said vibration member, wherein the materials of the portions of said vibration member and said moving member that contact each other are selected from combinations of hard alumite material and super-hard material and wherein said super-hard material for said vibration member contains at least two components selected from the group of tungsten carbide, titanium carbide and cobalt.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
101 words
A vibration wave motor comprising a vibration member having an electro-mechanical-converting element and generating a vibration wave by an electric signal being applied to said electro-mechanical-converting element, and a moving member contacting said vibration member and frictionally driven by the vibration wave generated in said vibration member, wherein the materials of the portions of said vibration member and said moving member that contact each other are selected from combinations of hard alumite material and super-hard material and wherein said super-hard material for said vibration member contains at least two components selected from the group of tungsten carbide, titanium carbide and cobalt.
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