Drive device and optical unit

A drive device comprising:

• a movable body including an attachment part, to which an optical module is attached;
• a fixed body;
• and
• a support part configured to rotatably support the movable body about an optical axis of the optical module in a state of being attached to the attachment part with respect to the fixed body,
• wherein the movable body includes a movable body-side fixing part, to which a flexible printed circuit pulled out of the optical module is fixed,
• wherein the fixed body includes a fixed body-side fixing part, to which the flexible printed circuit is fixed, and
• wherein a portion of the flexible printed circuit between the movable body-side fixing part and the fixed body-side fixing part in a region along an outer periphery of the fixed body is a region drawn around in an attitude causing a thickness direction of the flexible printed circuit to be a direction orthogonal to a direction of the optical axis,
• wherein the portion of the flexible printed circuit between the movable body-side fixing part and the fixed body-side fixing part has a structure permitting the movable body to rotate about the optical axis,
• wherein the flexible printed circuit has:
• a first portion extending in a first direction from the movable body-side fixing part;
• and
• a second portion extending in a second direction from the fixed body-side fixing part;
• the second direction being a direction different from the first direction,
• wherein the flexible printed circuit is L-shaped with the first portion extending in the first direction and the second portion extending in the second direction;
• wherein
• the first direction and the second direction are orthogonal to the direction of the optical axis, and
• the first direction and the second direction are disposed on a X-Y plane that intersect the thickness direction of the flexible printed circuit.