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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2017
Nidec Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Yoichi Sekii, Kyoto, JP;
NIDEC CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
This rotary drive apparatus is arranged to rotate a flywheel arranged to support an optical component arranged to reflect incoming light coming from a light source or allow the incoming light to pass therethrough, and includes a motor including a rotating portion; and the flywheel, the flywheel being supported by the motor and arranged to rotate about a central axis extending in a vertical direction. The flywheel includes a plate-shaped accommodating portion in which the optical component is arranged; a bottom surface arranged at a bottom portion of the accommodating portion, and arranged to slant with respect to at least one of two opposed side surfaces of the optical component; and a base surface arranged to be in contact with at least a portion of another one of the two opposed side surfaces of the optical component.