Patent attributes
An actuator includes: a coil for excitation; a rotor rotatably supported; a stator effecting a magnetic force on the rotor for rotation, the stator having first and second leg portions arranged side by side; and first and second coil frames each having a body portion and a pair of flange portions provided at an end of the body portion. The first coil frame is assembled onto the first leg portion. The second coil frame is assembled onto the second leg portion. The first and second coil frames are connected via a connecting portion bendable. The body portions are arranged not to be sandwiched between the first and second leg portions. Each of the body portions covers a halfway or less of each of peripheral surfaces of the first and second leg portions of the stator.