Piezoelectric actuator and information storage apparatus

There are disclosed a piezoelectric actuator which can obtain large displacement at low voltage, which is small-sized and lightweight, and whose manufacture cost is low, and a small-sized lightweight information storage apparatus in which the piezoelectric actuator is incorporated, and which is prov...

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Main Authors Kurihara, Kazuaki, Kutami, Michinori
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.10.2003
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Summary:There are disclosed a piezoelectric actuator which can obtain large displacement at low voltage, which is small-sized and lightweight, and whose manufacture cost is low, and a small-sized lightweight information storage apparatus in which the piezoelectric actuator is incorporated, and which is provided with a small inertia moment during head driving and a high recording density. A piezoelectric actuator 200 includes a center body 200 a and two spiral arms 200 b , and two arms 200 b are entirely in rotation symmetry and nonlinear symmetry.