Patent ID: 8779647

Claim:
An electrostatic motor comprising: a rotating shaft; a container having a main body; a stator fixed to the main body in the container; and a rotor disposed opposite to the stator in the container, and being pivotally supported so as to freely rotate via the rotating shaft, wherein the stator has first and second electrode supports, and first electrodes supported by the first electrode support and second electrodes supported by the second electrode support, the first electrode support and the second electrode support are fixed to a first insulator so as to extend from the first insulator in a radial outward direction of the rotor at an outer side of the first insulator, the first electrodes and the second electrodes are electrically insulated, the rotor has third and fourth electrode supports, and third electrodes supported by the third electrode support and fourth electrodes supported by the fourth electrode support, the third electrode support and the fourth electrode support are fixed to a second insulator so as to extend from the second insulator in the radial outward direction of the rotor at an outer side of the second insulator, and the third electrodes and the fourth electrodes are electrically insulated, and the third electrodes and the fourth electrodes are respectively arranged at different positions from the first electrodes and the second electrodes in the radial direction of the rotor so as to be spaced apart from the first electrodes and the second electrodes.