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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Nidec Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Akihiro Kimura, Kyoto, JP;
Teiichi Hirono, Kyoto, JP;
Kunio Sakurada, Kyoto, JP;
Kyoko Horise, Kyoto, JP;
Nidec Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A bearing apparatus includes a first cup portion defining a portion of a stationary portion of a bearing apparatus includes a first circular plate portion and a first cylindrical portion projecting downward from an outer edge portion of the first circular plate portion. A rotating portion of the bearing apparatus includes an annular recessed portion arranged to accommodate at least a lower end portion of the first cylindrical portion. The stationary portion includes a second cup portion including a second circular plate portion arranged to extend radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of a stationary shaft below the first cup portion and a second cylindrical portion arranged to project upward from an outer edge portion of the second circular plate portion. One of the first and second cup portions is integral with the stationary shaft defining a single monolithic member, and the other is fixed to the stationary shaft.