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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2022
Minebea Mitsumi Inc., Nagano, JP;
Hideaki Showa, Nagano, JP;
Kenichi Kojima, Tomi, JP;
MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A base member of a spindle motor includes an upper surface and a lower surface, in which the base member is a casting, the upper surface includes a pin portion extending upward, the lower surface includes a first lower surface and a second lower surface positioned higher than the first lower surface, and the first lower surface and the second lower surface are adjacent to each other with a stepped portion interposed between the first lower surface and the second lower surface, the stepped portion increasing in height from the first lower surface to the second lower surface. The stepped portion has a uniform height difference, and when a tangential line is drawn to the stepped portion in a cross section passing through a central axis of the pin portion and extending perpendicular to the stepped portion in plan view, the tangential line extends through between a lower edge point of an outer periphery of the pin portion on a side of the second lower surface and a lower edge point of the outer periphery of the pin portion on a side of the first lower surface.