Arrangement with a piezoelectric actuator around which fluid media flow

Abstract

An arrangement with a piezoelectric actuator is disclosed, made up of a piezoelectric element with a multilayer construction of piezoelectric layers. The piezoelectric actuator is surrounded by an inner chamber at least surrounding the layers, which filled with a fluid insulation medium. The inner chamber is sealed from a fluid medium in an outer chamber an elastic sleeve which can change shape. The sleeve is sealed with sealing elements being provided at the axial ends thereof in the region of an actuator base and an actuator head. By a shape and/or positional change of the sealing elements, corresponding to the elasticity of the sleeve, a volume equalization in the inner chamber with the insulation medium is achieved.

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