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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Akihiko Makita, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiko Makita, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/038 (2006.01); G11B 17/022 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A clamping device that fixes a disc onto a spindle motor that rotates the disc includes a clamp ring that is layered on the disc, and a screw that fixes the clamp ring onto the spindle motor, and has a seating surface that inclines relative to a plane perpendicular to an axis of the screw, the seating surface of the screw having an inclined angle greater than a plane that contacts the seating surface of the screw of the clamp ring before the clamp ring is fixed by the screw.