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US 8,552,624 B2Granted
Impact resistance vibrating reed, vibrator, oscillator, and electronic device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsAkinori Yamada, Shuhei Yoshida
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Abstract
A vibrating reed includes: a base; at least one vibrating arm extending from the base; at least one support arm extending from the base, and at least a part of which extends in parallel to the vibrating arm; and at least one receiving section formed of a part of the support arm, the part extending to have a shape of a projection so that a distance from the vibrating arm is reduced.
Claims16
A vibrating reed comprising:
- a base;
- a vibrating arm extending from the base;
- a support arm extending from the base, and at least a part of the support arm being parallel to the vibrating arm;
- a receiving section formed of a part of the support arm;
- and
- a contact portion is provided at the receiving section, wherein
- the receiving section projecting toward the vibrating arm so that a distance between the vibrating arm and the receiving section is smaller than a distance between the vibrating arm and the other part of the support arm, and
- the contact portion is a shock absorbing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.