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Motor having chucking device and disk driving apparatus including the same

US7849474B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 2008
Grant dateDec 7, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B17/03
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motor includes a chucking device for detachably holding a disk-shaped storage medium. The chucking device includes a plurality of radially outwardly biased claw members. Further, the claw members make contact with a top surface of a cover portion of a turntable when the claw members are in contact with the top edge of a central opening of the storage medium. At least one of the claw member's contact sections and the turntable's contact section is made of a material different than a material forming the remaining sections of the claw members and the remaining section of the turntable so that the static friction coefficient between the claw member's contact sections and the turntable's contact section becomes greater than the static friction coefficient between the claw members and the rest portions.

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