Patents Assigned to Inova, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20120098388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dome-shaped piezoelectric linear motor, and provides a piezoelectric linear motor having enhanced displacement using dome-shaped piezoelectric ceramic. A dome-shaped piezoelectric linear motor (DSPLM) comprises: a dome-shaped piezoelectric ceramic actuator which has two surfaces applied with different electrodes; a bar-shaped vibration shaft which is vertically fixed at the apex of the dome-shaped piezoelectric ceramic actuator; a cylinder-shaped mobile element which is inserted into the vibration shaft and moves linearly along the vibration shaft; and a ceramic restraining element which is fixed at a lower edge portion of the dome-shaped piezoelectric ceramic actuator. Therefore, the vibration displacement in the direction of the vibration shaft is increased when compared to the vibration displacement in the thickness direction of planar piezoelectric ceramic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicants: INOVA, INC.
    Inventor: Man Sun Yun
  • Patent number: D456578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Inova, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Wise Smith, Hugh R. McVeigh