A lens driving actuator comprises a lens barrel formed of piezoelectric material, an electrode pair comprising a pair of venetian blind-like electrodes opposed to the interior surface of the lens barrel in the axial direction, and a high frequency wave power source for exciting the electrodes of the electrode pair which are arranged so as to form a waveguide between the electrode pair on the interior surface of the lens barrel such that elastic surface waves travel this waveguide in the axial di...

A driving shaft (3) includes an inner tube (1) and an outer tube (2) having a modified cross-section. These tubes (1, 2) are axially movable but not rotatable relative to each other for transmitting torque therebetween. The driving shaft (3) comprises a partition unit having a pair of partition walls (8a, 8b; 16) hermetically sealing at least part of the inside of the inner tube to define a grease reserving space (8A) in the inner tube on the side of its distal end. The partition wall (8a, 16) o...

A driving apparatus comprises a rotation member, a shaft and a restriction member. The rotation member has a shaft-receiving portion. The shaft is fitted into the shaft-receiving portion so as to permit rotation of the rotation member relative to the shaft. The shaft has a protrusion projecting in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the shaft. The restriction member prevents the rotation member from deviating in a projecting direction of the protrusion.

A driving device with a long stroke and high speed driving ability. The device includes a base with a pair of parallel guides which are elastically installed thereon, and includes a drive unit in which there are arranged in series a driving member frictionally engaging the guides, a piezoelectric element for actuating the driving member in a direction in which the piezoelectric element expands and contracts, and a movable member, with a mass larger than the driving member, on which the driving m...

The driving apparatus for driving an object housed in a main body of the driving apparatus in a direction which is determined by a predetermined reference axis that includes a detector which detects a physical amount relating to a rotary motion of the main body around a predetermined detection axis; an arithmetic device .paren close-st. which calculates a driving amount of the object based on at least the output of the detector and an angle between the detection axis and the reference axis; and ...

A driving device, in particular for driving the wheels of a motor vehicle, is provided with a drive and a mechanical gear downstream thereof and two hydraulically shiftable friction clutches (3) or friction brakes (4) for connecting the drive with the gear and for carrying out the functions of a parking brake. The friction clutches (3) or friction brakes (4) are connected, by control pressure lines (27, 28), with auxiliary pistons (15, 16) cooperating therewith, and when the accumulator piston (...

A driving apparatus including electric motors and a differential device that are disposed in a relation of mutually parallel axes, a gear train that operatively couples these components through parallel shafts, and a hydraulic pressure generating device. The gear train including counter drive gears disposed on electric motor axes, a counter driven gear disposed on a countershaft that runs parallel with the electric motor axes and engaged with the counter drive gears, and a differential drive pin...

A driving apparatus enjoying improved performance through the prevention of fluctuations in the driving characteristic, wherein a driven member, which is frictionally engaged with a driving member fixed to an electromechanical conversion element, is driven based on driving that is not symmetrical as to the timing of extension and contraction of the electromechanical conversion element, and wherein the electromechanical conversion element is elastically held by the housing.

In a driving tool, an air tank 103 is coupled via a pressure reducing valve 104 to a rear end of a handle portion 102 which is disposed substantially perpendicularly to an approximately cylindrical output section 101, and the air tank 103 is configured by: a vertical portion 103a which protrudes in the rear side of the handle section 102; and a horizontal portion 103b which extends in substantially parallel with the handle section 102, whereby the center of gravity 140 of the whole tool is posit...

The present invention relates to a driving circuit used suitably for driving a capacitive load such as liquid crystal panel. The driving circuit of the present invention comprises a differential amplifying circuit, an output circuit and current control circuit. The output circuit is driven by an output signal of the differential amplifying circuit. A increased current signal is injected to the current control circuit for applying a positive feedback to increase an operating current of the differ...