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Spindle motor and recording disk driving device comprising the same

US6980394B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 2004
Grant dateDec 27, 2005
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16C2370/12
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In the present invention, to reduce the noise of a spindle motor, a bush member is interposed between a base plate and an FDB unit. The base plate is a base of the spindle motor and of which a case of a hard disk drive is consisted. The FDB unit is a bearing unit which has a shaft, a sleeve having an inner peripheral surface opposed to an inner peripheral surface of the shaft, and a bearing housing formed integrally with the sleeve.

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