Patent ID: 8000590

Claim:
A driving apparatus for driving an object, comprising: a driving part having a stationary part and a moving part configured so as to be moveable relative to the stationary part; a displacement transmitting part for transmitting a displacement to said object connected with a connection part in accordance with a drive displacement of said moving part, and a supporting part formed as an elastic member coupled to said displacement transmitting part and elastically supporting said displacement transmitting part, between the connection part and said moving part, and closer to said moving part, wherein said displacement transmitting part has an arm member which is configured to tilt against elastic force of said supporting part while using a coupling part coupled to said supporting part as a fulcrum, said arm member being connected with said moving part at one side and said connection part at the other side, said moving part and said displacement transmitting part being integrally molded, said drive displacement is enlarged by leverage created by a tilt of said arm member, resulting in amplified movement of said object relative to the movement of said moving part, wherein a portion of the stationary part and a portion of the moving part are each coated with a conductive material; wherein said stationary part and said moving part are configured to move with respect to each other under an electrostatic force generated between said coated portion of the stationary part and said coated portion of the moving part.