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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideshi Fukutani, Yonago, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384100 ; 384114 ;
Abstract
A memory disk driving apparatus has a dynamic pressure fluid bearing type spindle motor 1, wherein herringbone grooves 12a are formed on the shaft 12. In the dynamic pressure fluid bearing relatively rotatable with the intermediary of the lubricant injected into a gap between the shaft 12 and the sleeve 13; the shaft diameter D is selected 4 mm or less, and the ratio of the radial gap R between the shaft and the sleeve to the diameter D of the shaft (R/D) is between 0.0005 and 0.002.