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US 2010/0245966 A1Published application
Actuator device for optical deflector
AssigneeStanley Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshiaki YASUDA
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Abstract
An actuator device for optical deflector includes a base for mounting an optical deflector deflecting a light beam from a light source, at least one piezoelectric actuator translating and vibrating said base; and a supporting body supporting said piezoelectric actuator.
Claims20
An actuator device for optical deflector comprising:
- a base for mounting an optical deflector deflecting a light beam from a light source;
- at least one piezoelectric actuator translating and vibrating said base;
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- a supporting body supporting said piezoelectric actuator.
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An optical device comprising:
- an optical deflector including a movable frame and a movable mirror for controllably deflecting a light beam, the optical deflector further including at least one piezoelectric actuator that rotates a torsion bar connected to said mirror to controllably rotate, relative to the movable frame, the movable mirror around a first axis that is in parallel with a resting plane of the mirror, the optical deflector further including a support and at least another piezoelectric actuator to rotate, relative to the support, said movable frame around a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis and that is substantially in parallel with the resting plane of said mirror, said another piezoelectric actuator also being configured to move said movable frame relative to the support in lateral directions substantially in parallel to the resting plane;
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- an actuator unit for said optical deflector including a base on which said optical deflector is mounted, a supporting body, and at least one piezoelectric actuator, one end of the at least one piezoelectric actuator being connected to said base that mounts said optical deflector thereon, another end of said piezoelectric actuator being connected to said supporting body, said piezoelectric actuator being configured to be controllably activated to generate a translational movement of said base relative to the supporting body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.