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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29598 ; 2960303 ; 310 90 ; 360 9808 ; 360 9908 ; 384115 ; 384120 ;
Abstract
In a spindle motor for a driving a memory disk, a is closed space formed by a sleeve metal, an end portion of a shaft and a thrust plate. The closed space is connected to outside open space by a connection path, thereby effectively discharging undesirable air in an assembling stage.