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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2021
Hi-lex Corporation, Takarazuka, JP;
Hironari Ishihara, Hyogo, JP;
HI-LEX CORPORATION, Takarazuka, JP;
Abstract
A driving apparatus includes a casing, a driving section, a slider, a coil spring, and a cable including a cable end. The slider includes an engaging section to which the cable end is attached and a spring accommodating section accomodating a part of the coil spring; the slider moves in association with the cable when moving to one side of moving direction by a driving force of the driving section, and moves relative to the cable when moving to the other side of moving direction by a biasing force of the coil spring; and when the slider moves to the other side of moving direction by the biasing force of the coil spring, the coil spring extends while accommodating the cable end in an inner space of the coil spring, thereby reducing the size of the slider and the size of the entire apparatus.