US Patent Issued to Canon on June 10 for "Vibration wave driving apparatus and image pickup apparatus using output transmission member" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,051, issued on June 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Vibration wave driving apparatus and image pickup apparatus using output transmission member" was invented by Akira Shimada (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration wave driving apparatus includes a vibration actuator; and a driven member configured to be driven by the vibration actuator. The vibration actuator includes a vibrator having an electric-mechanical energy conversion element and an elastic member to which the electric-mechanical energy conversion element is fixed; a pressurizing member configured to pressurize the vibrator; a contacting member c...