A piezoelectric/electrostrictive device that includes a base 11 having a
pair of right and left movable parts 11a, 11b and a fixing part 11c
disposed at one end thereof as well as piezoelectric/electrostrictive
elements 12a, 12b disposed on the sides of the movable parts 11a, 11b of
the base 11 is fabricated to have a construction with fewer components.
The piezoelectric/electrostrictive device having a construction with
fewer components is provided by adopting a base 11 having an integral
structure formed by bending an original plate stamped into a shape that
delineates a plane development of the base, as the base of the
piezoelectric/electrostrictive device. In addition, in this
piezoelectric/electrostrictive device, piezoelectric/electrostrictive
elements are arranged on inner sides of a pair of left and right movable
parts. Accordingly, destruction of the piezoelectric/electrostrictive
element can hardly occur and high reliability of the
piezoelectric/electrostrictive device is achieved.