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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
Nidec Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Takayuki Iwase, Kyoto, JP;
Tomohiro Egawa, Kyoto, JP;
Genki Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Soichiro Kimura, Kyoto, JP;
NIDEC CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An optical unit includes a movable body including an optical element, a support body swingably supporting the movable body, and a suction mechanism. The optical element reflects light traveling in a first direction to an intersecting second direction. The suction mechanism generates suction force in the movable body between the movable body and the support body, and includes a magnet and a magnetic member. One of the magnet and the magnetic member is in the movable body, while the other is in the support body. The magnet and the magnetic member overlap each other when viewed from a predetermined direction, which is one of the first direction, the second direction, and a third direction. The third direction intersects the first and second directions. When viewed from the predetermined direction, a center of the magnet and a center of the magnetic member are separated from each other.