US 11,689,121 B2
Vibration wave motor having pressing parts separated by slits and turning apparatus incorporating the same
Kei Suefuji, Tokyo (JP); and Satoshi Tsuchiya, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/890,532.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-107371 (JP), filed on Jun. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0389101 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. H02N 2/10 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01)
CPC H02N 2/103 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0087 (2013.01); B25J 17/0258 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vibration wave motor, comprising:
a vibrator;
a driven body configured to be brought into pressure contact with the vibrator and to move relative to the vibrator;
a pressing member configured to move together with the driven body and to bring the driven body into pressure contact with the vibrator; and
an intervention member intervening between the driven body and the pressing member, and configured to be pressed together with the driven body when the pressing member brings the driven body into pressure contact with the vibrator,
wherein the pressing member includes a plurality of pressing parts that is separated by slits and presses the intervention member, and
wherein the intervention member is firmly fixed to the driven body.