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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2010
Applicants:
Toshiyuki Nishikata, Yonago, JP;
Kumio Masuda, Yonago, JP;
Inventors:
Toshiyuki Nishikata, Yonago, JP;
Kumio Masuda, Yonago, JP;
Assignee:
Minebea Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/028 (2006.01); G11B 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a disk clamping mechanism that supports a disk on a turntable unit under pressure by an attractive force produced between a clamping magnet and a damper constituted in a rotor unit, wherein the clamping magnet is directly fixed at the upper surface of a rotor frame including the turntable unit, and further, the upper surface of the clamping magnet is covered with a centering member for centering the disk.