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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Inventor:
Young Ha Park, Suwon, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/02 (2006.01); H02K 7/08 (2006.01); G11B 19/20 (2006.01); H02K 5/167 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 5/1677 (2013.01); G11B 19/2009 (2013.01); G11B 19/2036 (2013.01); H02K 7/086 (2013.01);
Abstract
There are provided a spindle motor and a hard disk drive including the same, the spindle motor including a lower thrust member fixed to abase member; a shaft fixed to the lower thrust member; a sleeve disposed on the lower thrust member and rotatably installed with respect to the shaft; and a rotor hub coupled to the sleeve to rotate in conjunction therewith, wherein the lower thrust member has an insertion protrusion protruding upwardly in an axial direction and inserted into a fixing groove formed in a lower end of the shaft upwardly in the axial direction.