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Motor and hard disk drive including the same

US8737016B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 2013
Grant dateMay 27, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16C2370/12
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There are provided a motor and a hard disk drive including the same. The motor includes: a sleeve supporting a shaft with a lubricating fluid; and a rotor fixed to the shaft, rotating together therewith, and having a surface facing the sleeve, wherein one surface of the surface of the rotor facing the sleeve and a surface of the sleeve facing the rotor is provided with a thrust dynamic pressure groove, and the other surface of the surface of the rotor facing the sleeve and the surface of the sleeve facing the rotor is provided with an extension groove extended to the outside of the thrust dynamic pressure groove so as to partially face the thrust dynamic pressure groove.

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