Patent ID: 6915547

Claim:
A method for producing a piezoelectric/electrostrictive device comprising: a pair of mutually opposing thin plate sections, and a fixation section for supporting said thin plate sections; and one or more piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements arranged on at least one thin plate section of said pair of thin plate sections, said method comprising the steps of: preparing a plurality of thin plates, said piezoelectric/electrostrictive element, and a support substrate; securing said piezoelectric/electrostrictive element to at least one of said thin plates by the aid of a first adhesive; securing said plurality of thin plates to said support substrate by the aid of a second adhesive to manufacture a master device block including said plurality of thin plates disposed opposingly; and dividing said master device block into a plurality of chips to manufacture each said piezoelectric/electrostrictive device, wherein at least portions of said plurality of thin plates define said thin plate sections.