US 12,114,054 B2
Driving apparatus
Shunsuke Ninomiya, Kanagawa (JP); Ryo Yamasaki, Tokyo (JP); Makoto Oikawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Kyouhei Suzuki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/157,931.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-014086 (JP), filed on Feb. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0247270 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/50 (2023.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving apparatus comprising:
a fixed unit;
a first movable unit held rotatably about a first axis relative to the fixed unit;
a second movable unit held rotatably about a second axis different from the first axis relative to the first movable unit;
a bearing configured to support the first movable unit rotatably about the first axis relative to the fixed unit;
a first wiring having one end connected to the fixed unit and another end connected to the first movable unit; and
a second wiring having one end connected to the fixed unit and another end connected to one of the first movable unit and the second movable unit,
wherein the first wiring includes a wound portion wound around the first axis,
wherein the wound portion is provided outside the bearing in a radial direction of the bearing, and
wherein the second wiring is inserted inside the bearing.