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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2022
Nidec Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Takayuki Iwase, Kyoto, JP;
Tomohiro Egawa, Kyoto, JP;
NIDEC CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An optical unit includes an optical element, a holder, a support portion, a swing mechanism, and an elastic portion. The optical element changes the traveling direction of light. The holder holds the optical element. The support portion supports the holder swingably about a swing axis. The swing mechanism swings the holder with respect to the support portion about the swing axis. The elastic portion connects the holder and the support portion. The support portion has a pair of side surface portions on both sides of the holder along the swing axis, and a connection portion connecting the side surface portions with the elastic portion between the holder and the side surface portions. The elastic portion has a convex or concave portion that comes into contact with a concave or convex portion of at least one of the holder and the support portion.