Minebea Mitsumi Inc.

Shinya Ohnuma

Kunihiro Tsuchiya

Atsushi Kaneko

Provided are at least two bearings; an outer shaft having a tubular shape and supporting the bearings at an outer circumferential surface; and an inner shaft housed in the outer shaft with one end extending out from one opening part of the outer shaft. The inner shaft includes a male thread part at least at a portion extending out from the outer shaft.

Bearing apparatus having inner shaft male thread part extending out from outer shaft opening to attach to disk drive base

A pivot assembly bearing device includes a shaft having an outer peripheral surface and a rolling bearing fixed to the shaft. An annular sealing surface axially overlapping with at least a part of an end surface of the rolling bearing is provided on an axially outer side of the rolling bearing. An oil-repellent film is annularly formed on at least one of the sealing surface and a part of the outer peripheral surface of the shaft located axially outward from the rolling bearing.

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Ibaraki, Japan

Shinya Ohnuma