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7629726 Ultrasound system  
An ultrasound system for providing megasonics and ultrasonics to a liquid at different frequencies and/or sweeping frequencies with associated generators, transducers, operations between resonance...
7626315 Piezo-injector driving apparatus  
A piezo-injector driving apparatus overcomes disadvantages occurring at the start and the end of charging or discharging of a piezoelectric element while maintaining high responsiveness. At the...
7622845 Piezoelectric transducer signal processing circuit  
A piezoelectric detector circuit has at least one input line, a piezoelectric transducer in the input line, an amplifier receiving signals on the input line and generating an output, and one or two...
7618391 Waveform sensing and regulating fluid flow valve  
Microfluidic shunt valves are disclosed having a deflectable element capable of being held in a closed position to occlude the passage of fluid between an inlet and outlet and, when not held in the...
7608979 Driving device and driving system  
Drive technology is provided which makes suitable low velocity driving and smooth changing of driving velocity possible and achieves reduced power consumption. In the driving device, the drive unit...
7610089 Implantable strain sensor for medical diagnostics  
Embodiments include strain sensor devices for detecting movement, morphological changes or other physical parameters within a patient's body tissue. Some embodiments are directed specifically to...
7608980 Vibration control apparatus and method  
A vibration control apparatus capable of efficiently generating vibrations of different orders using the same electrodes. A plurality of electrodes polarized to have desired polarities are formed...
7608989 Compliant electroactive polymer transducers for sonic applications  
Described herein are compliant electroactive polymer transducers for use in acoustic applications. A compliant electroactive polymer transducer includes a compliant electroactive polymer at least...
7602100 Driving method and driving device for standing-wave-type ultrasonic actuator  
The invention provides a driving method and driving device for a standing-wave-type ultrasonic actuator which can prevent falling of and eliminate unstable motion of a driven body during...
7598654 Megasonic processing apparatus with frequency sweeping of thickness mode transducers  
A megasonic processing apparatus and method has one or more piezoelectric transducers operating in thickness mode at fundamental resonant frequencies of at least 300 KHz. A generator powers the...
7589454 Driving apparatus  
A driving apparatus comprises: an electro-mechanical conversion element; a driving member that drives backwards and forwards in a straight line in response to extension and contraction of the...
7586392 Dual path acoustic data coupling system and method  
A data coupler includes first and second acoustic isolation transformers that develop first and second isolated output signals in response to first and second modulated input signals. A first and a...
7586235 Matching circuit for megasonic transducer device  
A method and apparatus for matching impedance magnitude and impedance phase for an acoustic-wave transducer load and an RF power source. The acoustic-wave transducer load has a load impedance...
7579750 Ultrasonic motor  
An ultrasonic motor includes a stator that includes a comb body with a plurality of circumferentially-arranged comb-like projections and a piezoelectric body integrally mounted on the comb body, a...
7579749 Power supply device and image forming apparatus using the power supply device  
A power supply device generates an output voltage by driving a piezoelectric transformer using a frequency signal. The power supply device includes a comparison unit configured to compare an output...
7573180 Ultrasonic motor  
The invention provides an ultrasonic motor including internal electrodes provided in an ultrasonic vibrator and disposed in regions where electrical charges of the same sign are generated in one...
7573177 Active/passive distributed absorber for vibration and sound radiation control  
The active/passive absorber for extended vibration and sound radiation control includes principally two layers. The first layer has a low stiffness per unit area which allows motion in the...
7573179 Driving method of liquid drop ejecting head and liquid drop ejecting apparatus  
Disclosed herein is a driving method of a liquid drop ejecting head in which an oscillatory wave is imparted to a liquid accommodated in a pressure chamber using an electromechanical transducer,...
7569973 Method for driving piezoelectric element or optical modulator including piezoelectric element  
Disclosed are a method for driving a piezoelectric element or an optical modulator including a piezoelectric element and a recorded medium recorded with a program for executing the same. In...
7567012 Drive unit  
A drive unit being characterized in that a movable object can be prevented from being tilted when the movable object is stopped using a restricting member. The drive unit comprises a piezoelectric...
7564164 Drive circuit for piezoelectric pump and cooling system that uses this drive circuit  
A piezoelectric element of the piezoelectric pump is driven by the output signal of an amplifier that takes as input a signal that is generated by a sine wave oscillator of the same frequency that...
7564165 Actuating device having an integrated electronic control circuit  
An actuating device including a load and an integrated electronic control circuit comprising a microcontroller and at least one passive component. The microcontroller performs the dual function of...
7564163 Structural vibration damping device  
Disclosed is a structural vibration damping device, which comprises a piezoelectric element adapted to be mounted on a structure, a shunt circuit inserted between two electrodes of the...
7564166 Driving apparatus, lens driving apparatus and image pickup apparatus  
A driving apparatus comprises an actuator, the actuator comprising an electromechanical conversion element and a driving shaft attached to the electromechanical conversion element, wherein the...
7554243 Class DE driving amplifier for piezoelectric actuators  
The invention relates to a method and device for driving a piezo-electric actuator. A driving voltage is coupled to the piezo-electric actuator by an inductive element coupled in series with the...
7550897 Electronic drive system for a droplet spray generation device  
An electronic drive system for a droplet spay generation device of the type having a droplet generator including a perforate membrane driven by a piezoelectric transducer, the electronic drive...
7545076 System and method for tracking drive frequency of piezoelectric motor  
A system and method for actively tracking a drive frequency of a piezoelectric motor is disclosed. A drive voltage can be applied at a drive frequency to an active piezoelectric element in the...
7538473 Drive circuits and methods for ultrasonic piezoelectric actuators  
A drive circuit for and method of driving a piezoelectric actuator utilizes an impedance coupled to the piezoelectric actuator, wherein the impedance and the piezoelectric actuator together form a...
7528525 Damping and stabilization for linear motor stage  
A system that facilitates damping of mechanical vibration associated with machinery that is subject to such mechanical vibration. The system comprises machinery with at least one moveable part and...
7525234 Drive circuit for an injector arrangement  
A drive circuit ( 20 a, 20 b ) for an injector arrangement having at least one piezoelectric injector ( 12 a, 12 b ) is described. The drive circuit comprises: a first charge storage means (C 2 )...
7521838 Device for operating a piezo actuator  
A first energy control unit has a pilot controller with an applied setpoint energy and outputs a pilot control signal, and a regulator outputting a regulator signal as a function of the setpoint...
7518285 Starting-process controller for starting a piezomotor  
A starting-process controller for starting a piezomotor, having a voltage-controlled oscillator, a power output stage, and a resonant converter. The oscillator generates the control signals...
7514842 Multiplexer for a piezo ceramic identification device  
Provided is a multiplexer for a biometric apparatus. The multiplexer includes a plurality of first conductors coupled to the first ends of piezo ceramic elements in corresponding rows and a...
7514844 Acoustic data coupling system and method  
A data coupler includes an acoustic isolation transformer operable to develop an isolated output signal in response to an input signal. A transmitter is coupled to the acoustic isolation...
7514843 Piezoelectric actuator and device  
A generally diamond-shaped detection electrode is formed in the approximate center of the piezoelectric element. The strain resulting from the bending secondary vibration mode in the vicinity of...
7511403 High-powered actuators and actuating systems for extended range and precise positioning  
A piezoelectric motor (PEM) is driven with loosely coupled inductors 24 and switching amplifier having a pulse width modulator 18 , gate driver circuit 21 and two pairs of power mosfets 210,...
7508116 Method and apparatus for vibration machining with two independent axes  
A vibration machining apparatus and method of use. The vibration machining apparatus includes a cutting tool and a motion stage coupled to one of the cutting tool or the workpiece to move the...
7498716 Piezoelectric actuator, inspection method, and liquid eject apparatus  
A piezoelectric actuator includes a piezoelectric vibrating plate including piezoelectric ceramics, an internal electrode formed on a first surface of the piezoelectric vibrating plate, a...
7480109 Piezoelectrically driven optical lens module  
The present invention provides a piezoelectrically driven optical lens module. The piezoelectrically driven optical lens module includes at least a lens body, a guiding rod for providing an axial...
7474036 High-capacity ultrasonic composite oscillating device  
The invention is intended to provide a high-capacity ultrasonic composite oscillating device that is sufficiently rigid as a composite oscillating body for various strong ultrasonic applications....
7471029 Frequency-control-type piezo actuator driving circuit and method of driving the same  
The present invention relates to a frequency-control-type piezo actuator driving circuit. The frequency-control-type piezo actuator driving circuit includes a piezo actuator that is driven by a...
7468573 Method of providing tactile feedback  
A method provides tactile feedback emulating a click like feedback provided by one or more low cost, thin piezoelectric devices ( 142 ) to an input device ( 110 ) of an electronic device ( 100 ),...
7462974 Inertial driving actuator  
An inertial driving actuator includes a fixing member, a moving element that is fixed to the fixing member and generates a small displacement by extension and contraction, an oscillation substrate...
7455051 Control device for piezo actuators of fuel injection valves  
A control device for piezo actuators of fuel injection valves includes a DC/DC up converter and an output stage configured as a SEPIC converter having a second transistor and a coupling capacitor...
7456545 Method for determining the activation voltage of a piezoelectric actuator of an injector  
A method for determining the activation voltage of a piezoelectric actuator of at least one injector which is used to inject a liquid volume under high pressure into a cavity, in particular into a...
7439815 Method and apparatus for switching on an ultrasound oscillation system  
In a method and a circuit arrangement for operating an ultrasound oscillation system, wherein an excitation voltage is applied to an ultrasound oscillation system comprising an ultrasound...
7432630 High power-to-mass ratio actuator  
A method for driving an actuator. The method includes applying an electrical potential across an electrostrictive material relative to a counterelectrode disposed within an electrolyte, thereby...
7432635 Moving member driving device and lens barrel  
A driving device in a lens barrel unit of a lens unit drives advancing/retreating of a lens frame holding a lens, and manual focusing. The lens frame is supported freely movably back and forth by...
7432636 Driving device and optical instrument  
A piezoelectric actuator having a frame portion includes a drive shaft for frictional engagement with an engageable barrel arm of a lens unit. First and second piezoelectric elements are supported...
7429838 Control of a piezoelectric motor  
A method for controlling a piezoelectric motor, such that control signals of the motor are periodic non-sinusoidal voltage signals.