Provided is a vibration wave motor including: a vibrator; a friction member that comes into frictional contact with the vibrator; a press member that pressurizes the vibrator and the friction member into frictional contact with each other; a first guide member and a second guide member that guide the vibrator and the friction member so as to allow relative movement of the vibrator and the friction member; a hold member that holds the friction member and the first guide member; and a fixing member. The friction member and the first guide member are fixed to the hold member with the fixing member.

A vibration wave motor includes a vibrator, a pressing member configured to press the vibrator against a friction member, a holding member configured to hold the vibrator, and a buffering member provided between the vibrator and the holding member. The vibrator and the friction member are moved relatively to each other in a relative movement direction by vibration of the vibrator, and the holding member holds the vibrator in such a manner that an extending part extending in a pressing direction of the pressing member sandwiches the vibrator and the buffering member.

A vibration wave motor including: a vibrator; a friction member; and a pressurizing member configured to press the vibrator and the friction member into contact with each other. The vibrator and the friction member are relatively moved in a direction orthogonal to the pressurizing direction of the pressurizing member by vibrations generated on the vibrator, the vibrator and the friction member are configured so as to move in parallel with the pressurizing direction with respect to a fixed member, and the vibration wave motor further includes at least one first restricting portion that restricts a movable amount of the friction member in the pressurizing direction and at least one second restricting portion that restricts a movable amount of the vibrator in the pressurizing direction, such that the movable amount of the friction member is smaller than the movable amount of the vibrator in the pressurizing direction.

A piezoelectric drive device includes piezoelectric vibration modules that each include a vibration portion and a transmission unit abutting a driven portion and transmitting longitudinal vibration in an alignment direction of the vibration portion with the driven portion and bending vibration which is a composite of the longitudinal vibration and lateral vibration of the vibration portion intersecting the alignment direction to the driven portion and a controller controlling the modules. The controller controls the modules in a first drive mode wherein the transmission portions of all the modules are driven to perform the bending vibration in a first direction and a second drive mode wherein the transmission portions of some of the modules are driven to perform the bending vibration in the first direction and the transmission portions of other modules are driven to perform the longitudinal or bending vibrations in a second direction opposite the first direction.

A vibration type actuator including a vibrator configured to vibrate due to a driving voltage, a slider configured to come into friction contact with the vibrator, a pressing plate for pressing the vibrator on the slider, a base to which the vibrator is fixed, a holding member configured to hold the base, and a coupling unit is provided. The vibration type actuator couples the vibrator and the holding member without backlash in a relative movement direction of the vibrator and the slider due to vibrations of the vibrator and freely moves the base with respect to the holding member in a direction of pressure of the pressing plate.

A vibration wave motor including: a vibrator; a first holding member configured to hold the vibrator; a second holding member; an elastic coupling member configured to couple the first holding member and the second holding member to each other; a friction member; and a pressurizing unit, wherein the vibrator and the friction member relatively move due to vibration of the vibrator, wherein the elastic coupling member includes a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion, and wherein one of the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion is arranged on a straight line that is parallel to a direction of the relative movement and passes through a pressurizing gravity center and another of the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion is arranged on a straight line that is orthogonal to the direction of the relative movement and passes through the pressurizing gravity center.

Included are a vibrator including a protruding portion that performs high frequency vibration; a friction member, the vibrator being pressed to cause the protruding portion to abut to the friction member; a fixing member to which either the vibrator or the friction member; a movable member that moves integratedly with either the vibrator or the friction member; a plurality of rotating members enabling relative movement between the friction member and the movable member; and a falling off restriction portion that prevents the rotating members provided in either the fixing member or the movable member from falling off, wherein the falling off restriction portion abuts to an opposed portion opposed to the falling off restriction portion to restrict a movable range of the movable member in a pressing direction and to prevent the rotating members from falling off.

A vibration type motor includes first and second vibrators, a friction member configured to contact the first and second vibrators, a pressure member configured to press the first and second vibrators against the friction member, and first and second guide members configured to guide a relative movement between the first and second vibrators and the friction member. The first and second vibrators are spaced in a direction different from a relative movement direction between the first and second vibrators and the friction member. The first and the second guide member are provided between the first vibrator and the second vibrator in a direction different from the relative movement direction. A pressure center of a pressure applied to the first vibrator and the second vibrator by the pressure member is located between the first guide member and the second guide member.

An ultrasonic motor that includes a case having a first case member having a plate shape portion including a first main surface and a second main surface and a side surface connecting the first main surface and the second main surface; a first bearing portion attached to the first case member and that supports the shaft; a second case member disposed on a second main surface side of the first case member, and having a cup shape portion including a bottom portion and a side wall portion, wherein the side wall portion has a plurality of support portions that protrude toward an inside of the case and support the second main surface of the first case member, and a plurality of fixing portions that fix the first case member to the second case member; and a second bearing portion attached to the second case member and that supports the shaft.

A piezoelectric driving device includes a first substrate having cleavability, and a piezoelectric element placed above the first substrate, wherein a cleavage direction of the first substrate and a direction in which a shear force is applied do not coincide in a plan view of the first substrate. Further, an angle formed by the cleavage direction of the first substrate and the direction in which the shear force is applied is equal to or larger than 20? in the plan view of the first substrate. Furthermore, the first substrate contains silicon single crystal.