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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Viatcheslav Smirnov, Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
There is provided a spindle motor including: a shaft including a body portion and an extending portion extending from an upper portion of the body portion in an outer radial direction; a sleeve rotatably supporting the shaft; a rotor rotating in conjunction with the shaft and having a stopper portion facing an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve; and a cover plate coupled to the sleeve, while maintaining a gap with lower portions of the shaft and the sleeve, wherein the cover plate includes an airtight portion disposed below the shaft and the sleeve, an inner wall portion extending from the airtight portion in an axial direction and coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve, an outer wall portion coupled to a base member, and an upper wall portion connecting an upper end of the inner wall portion and an upper end of the outer wall portion.