DRIVE DEVICE, DRIVE MOTOR AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A SPINDLE

    公开(公告)号:US20240243673A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-18

    申请号:US18564261

    申请日:2022-05-27

    IPC分类号: H02N2/14 H02N2/10

    CPC分类号: H02N2/142 H02N2/101

    摘要: Drive device (1) for driving a spindle (90) with a spindle axis A90, which is accommodated in a spindle space (39) extending along a longitudinal axis of the spindle space, the drive device (2) comprising a first actuator device (10, 210) and a second actuator device (20, 220) which can be reversibly varied when actuated along a first actuator axis L1 or a second actuator axis L2, an actuating device (40, 140, 240), a frame device (30, 130, 230), the arrangement comprising the frame device (30, 130, 230) and the actuating device (40, 140, 240) comprising at least two contact surface sections (51, 52, 151, 152, 254, 264) provided for contact with two different contact areas (91, 92) of the spindle (90) to rotate the spindle (90), wherein the frame device (30, 130, 230) is designed as a structurally continuous component which completely surrounds the spindle space (39), the first actuator device (10) and the second actuator device (20), drive motor and method for driving a spindle (90).

    Method of controlling piezoelectric driving apparatus, method of controlling robot, and robot

    公开(公告)号:US11881795B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-23

    申请号:US17980557

    申请日:2022-11-04

    发明人: Ryuichi Sato

    摘要: A method of controlling a piezoelectric driving apparatus including a vibration section that has a piezoelectric element and a transmission section that transmits vibration of the vibration section to a driven body, and, by energization of the piezoelectric element, vibrates the vibration section in a combination of longitudinal vibration and bending vibration to cause the transmission section to perform an elliptical motion and to move the driven body by the elliptical motion, the method of controlling the piezoelectric driving apparatus including switching, according to an external force received by the driven body, a drive algorithm of the piezoelectric driving apparatus between a first drive mode in which a separation amplitude, which is an amplitude of the longitudinal vibration, is changed while a feed amplitude, which is an amplitude of the bending vibration, is constant and a second drive mode in which both the feed amplitude and the separation amplitude are changed.

    Vibration wave driving apparatus and image pickup apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11843279B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-12

    申请号:US17858644

    申请日:2022-07-06

    发明人: Akira Shimada

    IPC分类号: H02K33/02 H02N2/00 H02N2/10

    CPC分类号: H02K33/02 H02N2/001 H02N2/103

    摘要: Provided is a vibration wave driving apparatus comprising: a vibration actuator; and a driven member configured to be driven by the vibration actuator, wherein the vibration actuator includes: a vibrator having an electric-mechanical energy conversion element and an elastic member to which the electric-mechanical energy conversion element is fixed; a pressurizing member configured to pressurize the vibrator; a contacting member configured to pressurizing-contact with the vibrator by pressurizing the vibrator by the pressurizing member and move relative to the vibrator; an outputting member configured to output a driving force to the driven member, the driving force generated by the relative-moving of the contacting member to the vibrator, and wherein the driven member includes an output transmission member configured to hold the outputting member in a direction of the relative-moving with a predetermined spring force.

    VIBRATING ACTUATOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230031934A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17860006

    申请日:2022-07-07

    摘要: A vibrating actuator includes a contact body and a vibrating body that vibrates, has an energy conversion element, and has an elastic body in contact with the contact body to move relative to each other from the vibration. The contact body has a base part, a thin plate part, a support part, and a friction member. The thin plate part extends from the base part toward an annular center axis of the base part and the support part is disposed at an end of the thin plate part. The friction member is disposed to the support part as a member separate from the support part and in contact with the elastic body. Density of the friction member is higher than density of the thin plate part. A weight ratio of the thin plate part to a total weight of the friction member and the support part is 0.5 to 1.5.

    Method for operating an ultrasonic motor

    公开(公告)号:US11569430B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US16603024

    申请日:2018-04-04

    摘要: Method for operating an ultrasonic motor with an ultrasonic actuator formed as a plate and an electrical excitation device. The ultrasonic actuator has at least four identical volume regions arranged symmetrically in relation to a transverse plane and in relation to a longitudinal plane, each volume region forming acoustic standing waves and static bending deformations. The electrical excitation device provides at least one electric alternating voltage and two static electric voltages the at least one alternating voltage U1 being applied in a dynamic operating mode simultaneously to two of the generators for forming an acoustic standing wave in the ultrasonic actuator, and the two static electric voltages being applied in a static operating mode simultaneously to all generators for forming a static bending deformation of the ultrasonic actuator.

    COMPOSITE MOTOR HAVING HIGH-PRECISION POSITIONING

    公开(公告)号:US20220399834A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-15

    申请号:US17288561

    申请日:2020-12-02

    IPC分类号: H02N2/14 H02N2/10 H02N2/16

    摘要: A composite motor having high-precision positioning, comprising: a housing (1), a rough positioning assembly, a hollow output shaft (2), a fine positioning assembly, a power switching apparatus and a controller (6). A stepper motor (3) in the rough positioning assembly is responsible for rough positioning of the composite motor, an annular travelling wave ultrasonic motor in the fine positioning assembly is responsible for tail end fine positioning of the composite motor, and the controller (6) implements power output switching between the annular travelling wave ultrasonic motor and the stepper motor (3). The composite motor effectively solves the problem that annular travelling wave ultrasonic motors which operate continuously for a long time have a short service life, and ensures high-precision positioning while also extending motor service life.