Piezoelectric drive device and robot
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTomohisa Iwazaki, Yutaka Arakawa
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AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTomohisa Iwazaki, Yutaka Arakawa
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A piezoelectric drive device includes a rotor having a driven part and rotating around a rotation axis, a vibrating unit having a piezoelectric element and applying a drive force for rotating the rotor to the driven part by displacement of the piezoelectric element, and a bearing supporting the rotor. The driven part has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion sequentially connected, the first portion has a predetermined region along an axial direction of the rotation axis and coupled to an inner ring of the bearing within the predetermined region, the second portion overlaps with the bearing in a plan view from the axial direction, and the third portion has a contact surface in contact with the vibrating unit at an inner side of both ends of the predetermined region in a plan view from a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
A piezoelectric drive device comprising:
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