| US 7,567,017 B2 | ||
| Piezoelectric linear motor with displacement amplifying means | ||
| Seok Jin Yoon, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Hyun Jai Kim, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Hyun Phill Ko, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Chong Yun Kang, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 27, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/319,258. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0041376 (KR), filed on May 18, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0261706 A1, Nov. 23, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01L 41/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 310—328 | 2 Claims |

| 1. A piezoelectric linear motor, comprising:
a piezoelectric actuator sized and configured to expand and contract, the piezoelectric actuator including a plate-shaped
piezoelectric ceramic sized and configured to expand and contract when a voltage is applied and a plate-shaped elastic member
attached to the piezoelectric ceramic and deformed to have a convex cross-section when the piezoelectric ceramic expands and
a concave cross-section when the piezoelectric ceramic contracts;
a shaft axial-movably connected to the piezoelectric actuator;
a moving element mounted to the shaft, the moving element being frictionally displaced relative to the shaft; and
means for amplifying the displacement of the shaft and the moving element, the means being disposed between the piezoelectric
actuator and the shaft, the means including a base plate attached to the piezoelectric ceramic, a slanted plate conically
extending from the base plate, and a top plate formed at the center of the slanted plate to which the shaft is coupled;
wherein the means for amplifying the displacement is elastically deformed when the piezoelectric actuator expands or contracts
to thereby axially move the shaft with an amplified displacement, and
wherein the base plate is deformed to have a convex cross-section when the piezoelectric ceramic expands and a concave cross-section
when the piezoelectric ceramic contracts, and
wherein the top plate moves along the axis of the shaft according to the deformation of the base plate.
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