Patent ID: 8671787

Claim:
A drive device for driving an object to be driven with a drive cable by using the rotational force of a motor to move the cable, the drive device comprising: an output shaft to which the rotational force of said motor is transmitted; a case in which said output shaft is rotatably supported and housed with one end protruding and; a drive-side meshing part provided on said one end of the output shaft; a driven-side meshing part provided along a predetermined length of said cable; and a guide member for guiding said cable in such a way that said driven-side meshing part meshes with said aforementioned drive-side meshing part, wherein an urging part for urging said output shaft in the axial direction is integrally formed in said guide member; and wherein the urging part of the guide member is formed in the shape of a plate spring and is disposed between the outer surface of the case and the drive-side meshing part.