PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVE

A piezoelectric drive that is used to create a relative movement between a first and a second body on a plane of movement. The drive includes a flat metal sheet ( 1 ) that forms, or is secured to, the first body and that is arranged parallel to the plane of movement. The metal sheet ( 1 ) has a rest region ( 3 ) and at least one resonator area ( 4 ). An elastic spring area ( 5 ), which is parallel to the plane of the metal sheet, is disposed between the rest region ( 3 ) and the resonator area ( 4 ). A flat, rectangular piezoelement ( 6 ), which can be excited in a 3,1 mode, is coupled to a longitudinal axis (A) such that the longitudinal axis of the piezoelement ( 6 ) lies essentially on a longitudinal axis of the resonator area ( 4 ). The resonator area ( 4 ) protrudes above the piezoelement ( 6 ) in the direction of the longitudinal axes (A), and forms a tapered horn shape ( 7 ). The second body ( 2 ) is positioned relative to the sheet metal ( 1 ) such that the at least one resonator area ( 4 ), with an edge area that is disposed at the top of the horn shape, is pressed against a surface ( 10 ) of the second body ( 2 ), which is oriented in an essentially oblique manner relative to the plane of the sheet metal ( 1 ), by prestressing the spring area at a point of contact.