High power piezoelectric motor and drive

Abstract

A construction of a piezoelectrically driven motor is disclosed. The piezoelectric motor allows to achieve high torque, force, speed of movement, and stability of operation with high loads. The motor comprises a stator (1) having shape of a elastic ring, with two-sided symmetrical teeth (7) located on both sides of said ring, those are preferably trapezoidal in shape. Notches (9) are formed in the common plane of the symmetry of said two-sided teeth and the stator ring (1). Piezoelectric Langevin-type packages (11) are installed in the nodal zones of longitudinal vibrations of the stator (1) ring. On the upper and lower surfaces of the teeth (7), rigid support-friction elements are installed, through which the disk-shaped rotors (2) are pressed against the teeth (7). These disk rotors (2) are rotated by exciting the Langevin packages (11) or their groups (22, 23) with electrical signals with their frequency matching the resonant frequency of the longitudinal vibrations of the stator ring (6). When exciting the motor with two harmonic signals, the phase difference is determined by π/2. When driving by one signal, a group of piezoelectric packs (22,23) is activated, while the other group is inactive at that time. When the motor is excited by two asymmetrical signals with a phase difference of π then the motor operates based on the inertial principle.