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US 8,786,831 B2Granted
Positioning apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTosiya Asano, Yugo Shibata, Atsushi Kimura
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Abstract
A positioning apparatus includes a moving member, an actuator, and a controller. The moving member can move in at least a first direction. The actuator is provided along the first direction. The controller controls a current applied to the actuator in order to support the weight of the moving member. The bending rigidity of the moving member in the first direction is greater than the bending rigidity of the moving member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
Claims2
A positioning apparatus comprising:
- a moving member including a magnet unit having a cyclic magnetic-flux-density distribution along a first direction parallel to a predetermined surface;
- a coil unit including a plurality of coils arranged in the first direction at a pitch according to the cyclic magnetic-flux-density distribution, the first direction being perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the coils;
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- a controller configured to generate a supporting force for supporting a weight of the moving member using the coils and to generate a positioning force for positioning the moving member in the predetermined surface,
- wherein the controller is configured to generate curve-correcting forces f1 and f2 for correcting curving deformation caused by the moving member being moved in the first direction, the curve-correcting forces f1 and f2 being different from the positioning force using the coils, and the forces f1 and f2 have same magnitudes and opposite directions, and a force line of the force f1 corresponds to a force line of the force f2 in the predetermined surface.
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