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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John C. Kan, Danville, CA (US);
Neal Bertram Schirle, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 9/00 ;
Abstract
A spindle motor assembly having a shaft with an integral heat pipe. The shaft with the integral heat pipe improves the thermal conductivity of the shaft and the spindle motor assembly. The shaft includes an elongated portion and a sealing structure. For one embodiment, the sealing structure includes a cap and a gasket that are joined to the shaft by a brazing process.