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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
May. 13, 2003
Applicants:
Alex Horng, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yin-rong Horng, Kaohsiung, TW;
Ching-sheng Hong, Kaohsiung, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd., Kaohsiung, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 25/06 (2006.01); F15F 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A conic bearing positioning member for a spindle motor includes a small diameter portion abutting against an inner race of a ball bearing of the spindle motor, a large diameter portion abutting against a rotor of the spindle motor, and at least one resilient connecting portion extending between the small diameter portion and the large diameter portion for biasing the ball bearing and the rotor away from each other, assuring a gap between the ball bearing and the rotor. The conic bearing positioning member may be a helical spring.