# US 9,429,815 B2 · Blade drive device and optical instrument > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,429,815 B2 - Document ID: US9429815B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/528,223 - Filed: 2014-10-30 - Published: 2015-02-19 - Granted: 2016-08-30 - Earliest claimed: 2012-09-24 - Assignees: Seiko Precision Inc. - Applicants: Seiko Precision Inc. - Inventors: Hiroshi Takahashi; Shoichi Tokura; Chiaki Nemoto; Yoichi Nakano - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9429815B2 ## CPC - G03B 9/42: with adjustable slot; with mechanism controlling relative movement of plates to form slot - G03B 9/36: Sliding rigid plate - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) ## Abstract A blade drive device includes: a board including an opening; first and second blades opening and closing the opening; and first and second actuators respectively driving the first and second blades, wherein the first and second actuators respectively include first and second stators, first and second rotors, and first and second coils, and respectively drive the first and second blades through first and second drive members, the first drive member is arranged to overlap the first stator and the first coil in an optical axis direction, and the second drive member is arranged to overlap the second stator and the second coil in the optical axis direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A blade drive device, comprising: a board including an opening; first and second blades opening and closing the opening; first and second actuators respectively driving the first and second blades, wherein the first and second actuators respectively include first and second stators, first and second rotors, and first and second coils, and respectively drive the first and second blades through first and second drive members, wherein the first drive member is arranged to overlap the first stator and the first coil in an optical axis direction, and wherein the second drive member is arranged to overlap the second stator and the second coil in the optical axis direction; and a first output member rotating together with the first rotor, wherein the first drive member is engaged with the first output member and drives the first blade, wherein at least part of the first output member and at least part of the first drive member overlap at least part of the first stator and the first coil in the optical axis direction, wherein the first drive member is engaged with the first blade, wherein a rotational axis of the first output member is identical to a rotational axis of the first rotor, wherein a rotational axis of the first drive member is positioned away from the rotational axis of the first output member, and wherein the rotational axis of the first drive member overlaps the first stator and the first coil in the optical axis direction and is positionally displaced from the rotational axis of the first rotor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The blade drive device of claim 1, wherein an axis of the second drive member overlaps the second stator and the second coil and is positionally displaced from an axis of the second rotor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The blade drive device of claim 1, wherein the first rotor is arranged not to overlap the first coil in the optical axis direction, and the second rotor is arranged not to overlap the second coil in the optical axis direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The blade drive device of claim 1, wherein the first and second rotors are arranged to sandwich the first and second coils. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The blade drive device of claim 1, wherein the first and second actuators are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the first actuator and in a longitudinal direction of the second actuator, and the first and second rotors are respectively arranged at both end portions in the longitudinal direction of a whole region of the first and second actuators. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The blade drive device of claim 1, wherein the first output member includes a first output teeth portion, and the first drive member includes a first following teeth portion meshing with the first output teeth portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The blade drive device of claim 1, wherein the first output member is integrally formed with the first rotor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The blade drive device of claim 1, further comprising a holder holding both the first and second actuators and attached to the board, wherein the first and second actuators are unitized with the holder. ### Claim 9 An optical instrument, comprising a blade drive device, the blade drive device, comprising: a board including an opening; first and second blades opening and closing the opening; first and second actuators respectively driving the first and second blades, wherein the first and second actuators respectively include first and second stators, first and second rotors, and first and second coils, and respectively drive the first and second blades through first and second drive members, wherein the first drive member is arranged to overlap the first stator and the first coil in an optical axis direction, and wherein the second drive member is arranged to overlap the second stator and the second coil in the optical axis direction; and a first output member rotating together with the first rotor, wherein the first drive member is engaged with the first output member and drives the first blade, wherein at least part of the first output member and at least part of the first drive member overlap at least part of the first stator and the first coil in the optical axis direction, wherein the first drive member is engaged with the first blade, wherein a rotational axis of the first output member is identical to a rotational axis of the first rotor, wherein a rotational axis of the first drive member is positioned away from the rotational axis of the first output member, and wherein the rotational axis of the first drive member overlaps the first stator and the first coil in the optical axis direction and is positionally displaced from the rotational axis of the first rotor.