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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1996
Hiroyoshi Teshima, Tottori-ken, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A dynamic pressure bearing spindle motor includes a housing; a sleeve fixed to the housing and having a projecting lip; a rotor hub rotatable with respect to the housing and having a stopper which is engageable with the projecting lip; a shaft fixed to the rotor hub and rotatably inserted into the sleeve; a thrust plate attached to the sleeve so as to be opposed to an end face of the shaft; and lubricating oil provided between the thrust plate and the end face of the shaft to form a thrust bearing and also provided between the shaft and the sleeve to form a radial dynamic pressure bearing. The stopper is put into engagement with the projecting lip of the rotor hub when the rotor hub moves in a thrust direction, thereby preventing the rotor hub from coming off from the sleeve, and wherein dimensions of the motor satisfy the expression a<2d<b where an outer diameter of the sleeve excluding the projection lip is a, an outer diameter of the projecting lip is b, and a radius of curvature of an inner periphery of the stopper is d.