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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2001
Hideyuki Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Michihiro Kugioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikio Nakasugi, Shizuoka, JP;
Masayoshi Asami, Chiba, JP;
Ichiro Maekawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Nakajima, Chiba, JP;
Hiromasa Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A dynamic pressure bearing apparatus having high performance and excellent stability without hindering operations of appliances due to a leaked oil, the dynamic pressure bearing apparatus including: a rotating shaft inclined in a predetermined direction from a vertical direction; a sleeve rotatably supporting the rotating shaft; an operating fluid for generating a dynamic pressure, the operating fluid being filled in a gap formed between the sleeve and the rotating shaft; and a capturing device for capturing the operating fluid leaked from the gap, the capturing device being disposed on an outside surface of the sleeve in the predetermined direction.