Patent ID: 8558498

Claim:
A drive device comprising: a first generating unit which moves in straightly movable manner or rotatable manner and generates precharge pressure; a sliding guide unit which has a sliding guide surface that comes into contact with a sliding surface of the first generating unit and to which the precharge pressure is given; a vibration unit which is coupled with the first generating unit and which gives vibration to the first generating unit; a second generating unit; a position sensor; and a control driver, wherein when the vibration is given to the first generating unit, the second generating unit generates driving force for driving the first generating unit in a predetermined direction so that the driving force is more than frictional force between the sliding surface and the sliding guide surface, and when the vibration is not given to the first generating unit, the second generating unit generates the driving force so that the driving force is less than the frictional force, the vibration unit includes a positioning target unit and a piezoelectric element one end of which is coupled with the positioning target unit and the other end of which is coupled with the first generating unit, the piezoelectric element gives the vibration to the first generating unit, the position sensor detects a position of the positioning target unit, and when a difference between the position and a target value is more than a predetermined value, the control driver controls the piezoelectric element to give the vibration to the first generating unit, and when the difference is equal to or less than the predetermined value, the control driver stops the vibration and adjusts an amount of extending/shrinking displacement of the piezoelectric element so as to reduce the difference.