Patent ID: 7749133

Claim:
A driving device that outputs driving force to a driveshaft, the driving device comprising: a motor including a stator that has a coil wound thereon, and a rotor that is attached to a rotating shaft pivotally supported to be movable in an axial direction and rotates with a moving force of moving the rotating shaft in one specific direction by function of a magnetic field generated by application of electric current onto the coil of the stator; a first power transmission mechanism that transmits power from the rotating shaft to the driveshaft; a second power transmission mechanism that is different from the first power transmission mechanism and transmits power from the rotating shaft to the driveshaft; and a power transmission switchover module that, in response to a motion of the rotating shaft in the axial direction, switches over a power transmission pathway between the power transmission by the first power transmission mechanism and the power transmission by the second power transmission mechanism.