The present disclosure is concerned with a flat leaf spring for a linearmotor, wherein thespring has an inner fastening section, an outer fastening section, and aspring arm connecting theinner fastening section and the outer fastening section. The spring armspirals around the centerof area of the inner fastening section and the flat leaf spring is oblate inits plane of extensionsuch that a ratio between a width of the leaf spring and a height of the flatleaf spring has a valueof at least about 1.33, where the direction in which the height is measured isperpendicular to thedirection in which the width is measured. In particular, the flat leaf springmay be made from asingle sheet such that the inner fastening section, the spring arm, and theouter fastening sectionare integral with each other.
