Patent ID: 7843109
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: B82Y,G11B

Abstract:
1. A driving apparatus comprising: a first base portion; a first stage portion which can be displaced; a first elastic portion which connects the first base portion and the first stage portion and which has elasticity to displace the first stage portion in one direction; a second stage portion which is disposed on the first stage portion, on which a driven object is mounted, and which can be displaced; a second elastic portion which connects the first stage portion and the second stage portion and which has elasticity to displace the second stage in other direction which is substantially perpendicular to the one direction; a first applying device for applying, to the first elastic portion, an excitation force for displacing the first stage portion such that the first stage portion is resonated in the one direction at a resonance frequency determined by the first stage portion and the first elastic portion; and a second applying device for applying a driving force for displacing, in a stepwise manner or in a continuous manner, the second stage portion in the other direction.