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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Toshisada Koyama, Miyota-Machi, JP;
Inventor:
Toshisada Koyama, Miyota-Machi, JP;
Assignee:
Minebea Co. Ltd, Nagano, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pivot assembly for use in a hard disk drive, in which ball bearings are placed at both ends of a shaft, and a spacer is disposed between outer rings of the ball bearings. The spacer is fixed to the outer rings by laser welding.