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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Papst Licensing GmbH, Spaichingen, DE;
Abstract
A disk storage device including a housing surrounding a clean chamber, at least one storage disk having a central opening, at least one data head mounted on the housing for movement in operative relationship with the disk within the clean chamber, and motor elements for rotating the disk within the clean chamber. The motor elements include a rotatable member positioned within the clean chamber. The rotatable member has a cylindrical outer surface portion that extends into the central opening of the storage disk and is supported by a shaft and bearing system. A stator including magnetically active parts is mounted on a support member, which also supports the shaft and bearing system. The stator has a magnetic flux-producing section having poles positioned on the same side of the support member as the rotatable member. The rotatable member includes a cylindrically-shaped magnetic flux-producing and conducting element including a ferromagnetic ring and an annular permanent magnet spaced from the poles of the stator by a substantially cylindrical air gap. Further, the outside diameter of the cylindrically-shaped magnetic flux-producing and conducting element is larger than the diameter of the central opening of the storage disk.