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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1998
Yuzuru Suzuki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Taketoshi Ohyashiki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Naoyuki Harada, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Minebea Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A brushless DC motor including a rotor, a field magnet, and fixed poles having salient poles opposed to the field magnet. A bearing structure includes a rotating portion adapted to rotate with the rotor, a part of which rotating portion contacts the shaft, and a groove formed in the rotating contact portion at a predetermined angle between an angle parallel to the axial direction of the rotating portion and an angle perpendicular thereto. A lubricating oil fills both the rotating contact portion and the groove. A plastic plate is disposed under the rotating portion to bear a thrust force of the rotating portion.