# US 11,441,553 B2 · Piezoelectric driving device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,441,553 B2 - Document ID: US11441553B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/535,095 - Filed: 2019-08-08 - Published: 2020-02-13 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-13 - Assignees: Koge Micro Tech Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Koge Micro Tech Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chung-Han Wu; Jun-Yan Huang; Hsin-Cheng Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11441553B2 ## CPC - F04B 43/046: {with piezoelectric drive} - H10N 30/50: having a stacked or multilayer structure - H10N 30/802: {Circuitry or processes for operating piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices not otherwise provided for, e.g. drive circuits} - H10N 30/875: {Further connection or lead arrangements, e.g. flexible wiring boards, terminal pins} - F04B: POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F) - H10N: ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A piezoelectric driving device includes a vibration unit, a piezoelectric element, a signal transmission layer, and a plane unit. The piezoelectric element includes a first electrode and a second electrode electrically isolated from each other. The signal transmission layer includes a first conductive zone and a second conductive zone. The first electrode of the piezoelectric element is electrically connected to the first conductive zone of the signal transmission layer, and the second electrode of the piezoelectric element is electrically connected to the second conductive zone of the signal transmission layer. The plane unit has at least one hole. The piezoelectric element, the signal transmission layer, and the plane unit are located at one side of the vibration unit and are sequentially stacked together. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A piezoelectric driving device comprising: a vibration unit; a piezoelectric element comprising a first electrode and a second electrode electrically isolated from each other; a signal transmission layer comprising a first conductive zone and a second conductive zone, the first electrode of the piezoelectric element being electrically connected to the first conductive zone of the signal transmission layer, the second electrode of the piezoelectric element being electrically connected to the second conductive zone of the signal transmission layer; and a plane unit having at least one hole, wherein the piezoelectric element, the signal transmission layer, and the plane unit are located at one side of the vibration unit and sequentially stacked together; a transmission unit located between the piezoelectric element and the plane unit, the transmission unit being a flexible printed circuit board; wherein the transmission unit comprises a protrusion located in the second central zone, the protrusion corresponds to and protrudes toward the at least one hole, and a surface of the second peripheral zone of the transmission unit facing the plane unit is coplanar with a surface of the protrusion facing the plane unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The piezoelectric driving device of claim 1, wherein the piezoelectric element has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, the first electrode and the second electrode are respectively located on the first surface and the second surface, the first surface of the piezoelectric element faces the vibration unit, the vibration unit is a conductor, and the first electrode of the piezoelectric element is electrically connected to the first conductive zone of the signal transmission layer through the vibration unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The piezoelectric driving device of claim 1, further comprising: a frame, the vibration unit comprising a first central zone, a first peripheral zone, and a plurality of first connection zones connected to the first central zone and the first peripheral zone, the piezoelectric element being fixed to the first central zone of the vibration unit, the frame being fixed to the first peripheral zone of the vibration unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The piezoelectric driving device of claim 3, wherein a surface of the frame facing the plane unit is coplanar with a surface of the piezoelectric element facing the plane unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The piezoelectric driving device of claim 1, wherein the vibration unit comprises a first central zone, a first peripheral zone, and a plurality of first connection zones connected to the first central zone and the first peripheral zone, and a thickness of the first peripheral zone is greater than a thickness of the first central zone. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The piezoelectric driving device of claim 5, wherein a surface of the first peripheral zone facing the plane unit is coplanar with a surface of the piezoelectric element facing the plane unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The piezoelectric driving device of claim 1, wherein the transmission unit comprises a second central zone corresponding to the piezoelectric element and a second peripheral zone located outside the second central zone, the second conductive zone is formed in the second central zone of the transmission unit, and the first conductive zone is formed in the second peripheral zone of the transmission unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The piezoelectric driving device of claim 1, further comprising: a support member comprising a third central zone and a third peripheral zone, the third central zone of the support member being disposed between the piezoelectric element and the plane unit and forming a protrusion corresponding to the at least one hole and protruding toward the at least one hole, the third peripheral zone of the support member being disposed between a first peripheral zone of the vibration unit and the plane unit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The piezoelectric driving device of claim 8, wherein the support member is disposed between the transmission unit and the plane unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The piezoelectric driving device of claim 1, further comprising: a fluid guiding member, the plane unit being located between the piezoelectric element and the fluid guiding member, the fluid guiding member comprising at least one through hole.