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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189291 | Conical fluid dynamic bearings having improved stiffness for use in hard-disk drives Approaches for a fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) system for use within a hard-disk drive. A fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) system may comprise an upper conical bearing and a lower conical bearing that are both disposed along a stationary shaft on which a magnetic-recording... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189290 | Spindle motor and disk drive apparatus using the same A spindle motor includes a shaft arranged concentric with as a central axis and extending in a vertical direction, a rotor unit arranged to rotate about the central axis, a stator including a base member and a magnetic member fixed to the base member and axially opp... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8174788 | Motor mount for interference suppression in a hard disk drive A method for manufacturing a hard disk drive is described. The method includes providing a motor assembly, the motor assembly comprising a stationary portion and a rotatable portion for rotating a magnetic disk with respect to said stationary portion and providing a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169738 | Fluid dynamic bearing mechanism including communicating channel, spindle motor, and disk drive apparatus A fluid dynamic bearing mechanism includes a stationary bearing portion including a sleeve portion, and a rotating bearing portion including an outer rotating portion. A lubricating oil is arranged between the stationary and rotating bearing portions. A first dynami... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164851 | Base unit for use in storage disk drive apparatus, spindle motor including the base unit, and storage disk drive apparatus including the spindle motor A base unit for use in a storage disk drive apparatus includes a base portion; a stator core including a plurality of teeth; U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase coils; U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase common wires; and a circuit board. The U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase coils... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8144423 | Fluid dynamic pressure bearing device, spindle motor and disk drive apparatus A fluid dynamic pressure bearing device includes a shaft, an annular member, and a rotating member. The annular member is fixed to or seamlessly defined with the shaft and is radially opposed to the rotating member. The annular member and the rotating member are cov... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8120873 | Spindle motor and disk drive apparatus provided with the spindle motor A spindle motor includes a rotary unit, a bearing mechanism, a stator, a base member, and a connector connected to a leader line extending from the stator through a communication hole of the base member. The connector includes a pedestal and a metal pin. The leader ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120872 | Spindle motor and disk drive apparatus A stator portion of a spindle motor includes a substantially cup-shaped base member including a bottom portion expanding in a radial direction, and a wall portion extending upwards from an outer edge portion of the bottom portion. A circuit board is fixed to a lower... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116030 | Locating feature for mounting a component to a base The present disclosure provides an apparatus for mounting an object to a base. In one example, the apparatus includes a base and a protuberant feature extending from the base. The protuberant feature includes a datum surface sized to matingly engage a corresponding ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107190 | Fluid bearing device, method of manufacturing the same, and disk drive device Provided is a fluid bearing device with a hub part having high molding precision and dimensional stability and capable of being produced at low cost. An annular gate (14) is formed at a portion of a cavity (15) corresponding to an outer peripheral edge... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8085495 | Spindle motor and disk-shaped medium recording and producing device A spindle motor can suppress the generation of noise during swinging and the extend service life, and also suppress the increase in current consumption. The outside diameter of a thrust hydrodynamic groove is at least 10% of the outside diameter of a disk-shaped med... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077432 | Disk stack assembly with spindle motor hub having improved disk-supporting flange An improved disk stack assembly for a hard disk drive (HDD) includes a generally cylindrical hub with flange having a downward sloping conical flange surface. The conical flange surface is defined between a radially inner circular ridge and a radially outer circular... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7995306 | Shaft, hydrodynamic bearing device, spindle motor, and recording and reproducing apparatus According to the present invention, when processing shafts in a centerless grinding machine, engagement between the shafts is prevented without rearranging the shafts, and thus outer circumferential faces of the shafts can be precisely processed. A shaft 12 i... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7944645 | Lubricated limiter for fluid dynamic bearing motor A component for restricting relative movement of a rotor and a shaft is disclosed. A motor may include a shaft and a rotor, where the rotor is disposed for relative rotation with respect to said shaft. A component is operable to restrict relative movement of the rot... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940493 | Spindle motor including flexible circuit substrate and recording disk drive having the spindle motor Using a simple and inexpensive method, a reliable spindle motor having a simple and inexpensive structure is afforded, in which contact failure of the FPC does not occur even when the motor undergoes external impact. An extending portion is provided radially outer s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940492 | Hydrodynamic bearing device, spindle motor, and recording and reproducing apparatus In order to prevent oil leakage in a hydrodynamic bearing device comprising an opening section in close proximity to a radial bearing and a lubricating fluid reservoir, a shaft 10, thrust flange 16, sleeve 11, seal plate 21, and stopper p... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7911734 | Spindle motor with a magnetic shield plate having an inclined annular face A disc driving motor of the invention includes a base, a hub having a ring-shaped disc receiving face on which a disc is placed, a hydrodynamic bearing rotatably supporting the hub, a motor unit mounted on the base, the motor unit having an outer diameter larger tha... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894158 | Magnetic disk apparatus An embodiment of a magnetic disk apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a magnetic recording medium, a magnetic head assembly having a magnetic head which reads and writes data on the magnetic recording medium, and a motor coil assembly rotation... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7843664 | Electrostatic discharge apparatus for hub and spindle assemblies An electrostatic discharge apparatus for use with a hub and spindle assembly for a disc drive storage system comprising a spindle; a hub rotatably mounted on the spindle; a capsule formed at least in part from an electrically conductive material that can be placed i... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7830637 | Hydrodynamic bearing device and disk rotation apparatus In a hydrodynamic bearing device in which a radial bearing face having a dynamic pressure generating groove on a shaft or an inner periphery of a sleeve is provided and a clearance between the shaft and the sleeve is filled with lubricant, an annular depression is p... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7796357 | Information recording and playback apparatus and method of manufacturing the same An object is to provide an information recording and playback apparatus that is capable of reducing, as much as possible, reading and writing errors caused by magnetic leakage flux on the inner peripheral side of a magnetic disk. An information recording and playbac... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7768740 | Apparatus and method for attaching a disk to a spindle of a spinstand Apparatus for attaching a disk to a spindle of a spinstand includes a spindle having a fluid pressure port therethrough for delivery of fluid pressure. A spindle adapter is adapted to be attached to the spindle and for holding a disk. The spindle adapter has a pisto... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7701664 | Mounting spindle shaft in magnetic disk drive A magnetic disk drive has a problem in that when a shock in excess of a force used to fasten a spindle shaft to a cover is applied, the spindle shaft becomes inclined. Embodiments of the invention overcome this problem. In one embodiment, a cover is formed with a re... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7692892 | Two-material base for a data storage system An enclosure system includes a motor assembly that has a motor magnet and at least one motor coil. The enclosure system also includes a base coupled to the motor assembly. The base includes a first portion that includes a non-magnetic material and a second portion t... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7656609 | Disk drive motor having a rotor with at least three bendable balancing tabs A motor for use in a disk drive is disclosed. The motor includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor is rotably coupled to the stator and has an axis of rotation. The rotor includes a disk mounting hub. A plurality of bendable balancing tabs is attached to the rotor. Th... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7626783 | Lubricated limiter for fluid dynamic bearing motor In one example, a FDB motor having a top-cover attached, EM biased bearing system is provided. The motor includes a shaft and rotor disposed for relative rotation, and an axial limiter for restricting axial movement of the rotor with respect to the shaft, wherein th... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7626305 | Armature, motor using the armature, and disk drive device using the motor An armature core of an electric motor includes a core plate having a plurality of tooth portions arranged circumferentially about a center axis and extending in a radial direction, and a supporting ring portion supporting the plurality of the tooth portions along ou... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7602582 | Fluid dynamic bearing system The bearing system according to the invention comprises a sleeve-shaped first bearing disk having a bore concentric to a rotational axis, a cylindrical shaft disposed in the bore and connected to the first bearing disk, the shaft having a second bearing disk dispose... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7593182 | Recording disk driving device motor unit having a sheet member attached to a base In a motor of a motor unit, a base plate includes a raised portion protruding from a surrounding portion on a side of the stator portion opposite to a rotor portion. A raised face of the raised portion is perpendicular to a central axis and is formed in an annular s... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7589934 | Hydrodynamic bearing device and disk rotating apparatus In a hydrodynamic bearing device in which a radial bearing face having a dynamic pressure generating groove on a shaft or an inner periphery of a sleeve is provided and a clearance between the shaft and the sleeve is filled with lubricant, an annular depression is p... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7576947 | Fluid dynamic pressure bearing device, spindle motor provided with fluid dynamic pressure bearing device, and recording disk drive device A fluid dynamic pressure bearing device includes a first capillary seal (50) formed between an outer circumferential surface of a bearing member 20 and an internal circumferential surface of a seal member (30). A second capillary seal portion ( | 08/18/2009 |
| 7570456 | Spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system The invention relates to a spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system and comprises a rotor having a cylindrical shaft, a first bearing disk disposed at one end of the shaft and a second bearing disk that is disposed on the shaft at a spacing to the first b... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7542232 | Motor unit including spindle motor and recording-disk-driving device including the same A spindle motor includes an electroconductive sheet member. The electroconductive sheet member is attached so as to be abutted against a sleeve housing and a metal exposed portion of a base plate. With the configuration, the conductivity between the base plate and t... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7535673 | Fluid dynamic bearing comprising a lubricating fluid having tolutriazole A system and method for reducing corrosion in a fluid dynamic bearing is disclosed. In one embodiment, a fluid dynamic bearing comprising a rotor portion and a stator portion is formed. In addition, a corrosion inhibitor containing lubricating fluid is provided betw... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7529063 | Bearing support for a spindle motor of a disk drive Provided is a spindle motor for a disk drive including a base, a sleeve fixed on the base and having a space portion therein, and a shaft rotatably installed in the space portion of the sleeve and having a shape such that a diameter of the shaft decreases from a mid... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529064 | Disk drive including a balancing element with first and second cavities and a cylindrical portion disposed about a spindle motor hub A disk drive includes a base, and a spindle motor coupled to the base. The spindle motor includes a hub defining an axis of rotation. The disk drive further includes a disk disposed about the hub and including a disk inner diameter biased against the hub at a contac... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7518823 | Spindle motor winding for miniature hard disk drive A spindle motor for implementation in a low profile hard disk drive is described; that spindle motor having a novel configuration for the torque generating portion. The spindle motor includes a hub coupled with a disk platter; that has a rotational axis about a suit... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515379 | Spindle motor and recording disk drive having spindle motor Using a simple and inexpensive method, a reliable spindle motor having a simple and inexpensive structure is afforded, in which contact failure of the FPC does not occur even when the motor undergoes external impact. An extending portion is provided radially outer s... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7511918 | Spindle motor and recording disk driving apparatus having the spindle motor Spindle motor capable of positively fixing and securing conduction between a housing and a bracket, and a recording disk driving apparatus using the spindle motor. The bracket has a circular through hole, and the housing is fixedly inserted in the circular through h... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7495863 | Hydrodynamic bearing device, and spindle motor and information device using the same A hydrodynamic bearing device has high reliability and is suitable for miniaturization through superior heat resistance and by utilizing a dynamic pressure-generating liquid with little loss due to evaporation. The hydrodynamic bearing device has at least one of a s... | 02/24/2009 |
