Patent ID: 7439653
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: H02N

Abstract:
1. A vibration wave driving apparatus having: a vibration element provided with an electro-mechanical energy converting element; a moving element driven by vibration generated by said vibration element; and a plurality of contact members interposed between said vibration element and said moving element; wherein each of the contact members is provided with: a plurality of fixed portions fixed to one of said vibration element and said moving element; a plurality of connecting portions connected among said plurality of fixed portions, individually elastically deformable in a state separate from one of said vibration element and said moving element to which said fixed portions are fixed, and disposed at intervals narrower than the interval between adjacent ones of said contact members; and a contact surface constituting a portion of each of said connecting portions, and contacting with said moving element or said vibration element opposed to said contact members.