Patent ID: 7327952

Claim:
A stage apparatus comprising: a Y-direction deformable body including a stationary support member, a movable support member and a pair of X-direction leaf springs to form a substantially rectangular shape in a free state; and an X-direction deformable body, positioned in said Y-direction deformable body, including a connecting member, a support member and a pair of Y-direction leaf springs to form a substantially rectangular shape in a free state; wherein said stationary support member and said movable support member of the Y-direction deformable body and a pair of said Y-direction leaf springs of the X-direction deformable body extend in a specific Y-direction, said stationary support member being fixed to a stationary body; wherein a pair of said X-direction leaf springs of the Y-direction deformable body and said connecting member and said support member of the X-direction deformable body extend in an X-direction perpendicular to said Y-direction; wherein said support member of said X-direction deformable body includes a support member joint portion which joins said support member to said movable support member of said Y-direction deformable body, and wherein said X-direction deformable body and said Y-direction deformable body are integrally molded by synthetic resin together with said support member joint portion.