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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Menachem Rafaelof, Superior, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 5/00 ; G11B 1/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 5/00 ; G11B 1/702 ;
Abstract
A disc drive spindle motor for reducing the idle noise of a disc drive includes a stator having a first cylindrical surface for contacting a motor mount of the spindle motor. The motor mount includes a second cylindrical surface for contacting only a portion of the first cylindrical surface of the stator to reduce the transmission of vibrations from the stator to a base plate of the disc drive. The motor mount may be attached to a base plate of the disc drive when the spindle motor is formed separately from the disc drive. Alternatively, the motor mount may be formed integrally with the base plate of the disc drive.