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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7766550 | Centering mechanisms for turbocharger bearings An exemplary spring for positioning a turbocharger bearing in a housing includes a free standing inner diameter, a free standing outer diameter and a substantially sinusoidal shape to provide an inward radial bias and to provide an outward radial bias wherein the sp... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7654744 | Fluid dynamic bearing mechanism for a motor A fluid dynamic bearing mechanism for a motor (1) suitable for use in a hard disk drive and having a compact and thin shape, high bearing rigidity, and high rotating accuracy, and which securely keeps the rotor member (6) in place against shocks, and a... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7510330 | Fluid dynamic bearing and a storage disk drive with a spindle motor having the fluid dynamic bearing A hydrodynamic bearing having a bearing sleeve, a rotational shaft supported for rotation by the bearing sleeve, a bearing gap formed between the bearing sleeve and the rotational shaft, lubricating oil contained within the bearing gap, at least one hydrodynamic pre... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7494283 | Hydrodynamic bearing assembly A hydrodynamic bearing assembly (10) includes a bearing sleeve (11) defining a receiving chamber (113) therein, a bearing (12) received in the receiving chamber of the bearing sleeve, a sealing cover (15) mounted to an open end ( | 02/24/2009 |
| 7416341 | Capillary reservoir for FDB motors For a motor having fluid dynamic bearing(s) defined by surfaces of relatively rotatable motor members, aspects include providing a capillary reservoir between relatively irrotatable surfaces. The capillary reservoir may comprise a tapering gap that is vented to a ga... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7372663 | 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... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357577 | Hydrodynamic bearing system having means for measuring the filling level of the lubricant The invention relates to a hydrodynamic bearing arrangement, particularly for a spindle motor to drive the platters of a hard disk drive, the bearing arrangement having a shaft and a bearing bush, which, supported by a lubricant circulating between their bearing sur... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347625 | Grooving in FDB motor capillary seal For motors using liquid lubricated bearing surfaces, shock resistant capillary seals and lubricating liquid reservoirs are provided. The seals and reservoirs are formed by the radially opposing disposition of an inner surface of an outer member and an outer surface ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349295 | Optical head device A lens holder (101) holds an objective lens (4) and a support shaft (103) is inserted in a bearing hole (101a) in the lens holder (101). Light that is emitted from a light source and reflected by an information recording med... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7317271 | Fluid bearing motor, and disk drive mounted with same The stop ring having a surface nearly vertical to the rotational center axis, which is projected at the inner periphery of the hollow cylinder of the rotor section, and the stepped surface of the fixed shaft secured on the chassis are opposed to each other with a pr... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314313 | Balancing machine In a balancing machine for the measurement of, and compensation for, any unbalance of rotors, with a sliding bearing for rotatably mounting a rotor to be balanced and a supply device for supplying the sliding bearing with a fluid, the sliding bearing includes a bear... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7296801 | Anti-leakage device for lubrication oil in a fan An anti leakage device of lubrication oil for a fan includes a hub seat, a sleeve and a hub. The sleeve is provided on the hub seat and has a bearing therein to form an oil storage part for receiving lubrication oil. The hub is provided on the hub seat and has an an... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7284910 | Capillary seal with flow restrictors A disk drive motor having a capillary bearing seal is provided. In one embodiment, a disk drive motor includes a stationary assembly and a rotating assembly having a fluid dynamic journal bearing disposed therebetween. A capillary seal is defined proximate an upper ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275872 | Adjustable bearing A bearing that can be reoriented to move its center is disclosed. The center of the bearing is offset from the center of its outer housing. Should the shaft extending through the bearing need to be raised or lowered the outer housing is simply rotated in its recepta... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258488 | Fluid bearing module A fluid bearing module has a bearing seat, a bearing, a deflecting member, and an impediment. The bearing seat has a capacity with an opening. The bearing in the capacity has a hollow space for the axis of a rotor to go through, and a lubricant medium is filled in b... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241051 | Radial capillary seal for fluid dynamic bearing motors A seal with a primary axis lying in the radial direction so that the fluid bearing is primarily extending in the axial direction between the rotating shaft and surrounding sleeve is disclosed. The capillary seal is positioned with an opening adjacent an end of the f... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234868 | Radial pumping oil seal for fluid dynamic bearing motor An improved rotational motor, such as a spindle motor for a disc drive, is provided. The motor first comprises a hub having a shaft portion and a horizontal body portion. The motor also comprises a sleeve surrounding the shaft portion of the hub. A fine first vertic... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229214 | Fluid dynamic bearing unit A fluid dynamic bearing unit includes a bearing housing (20) axially defining therein a bearing hole (21), a rotary shaft rotatably received in the bearing hole with a radial space formed between the rotary shaft and the bearing housing, and lubricant ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226212 | Shield and sealing method for a hydrodynamic bearing A hydrodynamic bearing system, having a bearing sleeve and a shaft inserted into an inner cylindrical bore of the bearing sleeve. A bearing gap is formed between the shaft and the bearing sleeve, the bearing gap being filled with a lubricating oil. A shield encloses... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224552 | High-speed centrifugal seal for a spindle motor A robust spindle motor is provided having added shock resistance for fluid containment. In an aspect, a high-speed centrifugal capillary seal contains a fluid reservoir extending between similarly rotatable components. Fluid is recirculated through the motor and sub... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220055 | Air bearing having unitary housing An air bearing including a unitary, i.e., single piece, housing, which removes the need for an insert, is disclosed. The air bearing may include a shaft opening longitudinally extending through the housing for receiving the shaft; a plurality of passages that longit... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213972 | Non-recirculating conical fluid dynamic bearing for an electric motor A fluid dynamic bearing design featuring a shaft, a first and second conical bearing affixed, respectively, to a first and second end of the shaft, and asymmetric seals on each bearing. The asymmetric seals pump fluid into reservoirs on the first and second conical ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204642 | Spindle motor A spindle motor (80) is composed of a sleeve (5), a shaft (1) that is rotatably sustained by the sleeve (5) in a radial direction through a dynamic pressure bearing (20) containing lubricant (12), and a hub (3) that i... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201516 | Fluid bearing device A fluid bearing device capable of preventing a lubricant from scattering outward even during rotation thereof, while holding a relatively large amount of lubricant at a seal surface portion. A lubricant is filled between a sleeve and a shaft, a seal surface portion ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201379 | Seal assembly, cartridge, and method A seal assembly and cartridge for sealing a space between a rotating member and a stationary member in which a sleeve extends around the rotating member and with the inner surface of the sleeve being spaced from the outer surface of the rotating member to form a gap... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193811 | Fluid dynamic bearing with non-linear damping Thus, if a shock or other disturbance to the system occurs that tilts the bearing assembly, the resulting motion is both a tilting, and a motion which is axial. If a shock axially moves the hub assembly, only an axial motion occurs. Thus the system has a non-linear ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189484 | Reduced light scattering in projected images formed from electrographic toners A method of manufacturing transparencies reduces light scattering in a projection transparency formed with an electrostatically deposited color image. The method comprises: providing a transparent support substrate; | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186027 | Fan motor with fluid dynamic bearing A fan motor includes an integral bearing member (40′) defining therein an axial inner bearing hole (21′) and forming a ventilating path (25′) in a wall portion thereof to communicate a bottom of the bearing hole with an exterior of the bea... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186026 | Foil hydrodynamic journal bearing and method of manufacturing the same A multi-lobe bearing is of simple construction such that a foil sheet in the form of a closed loop is arranged on a journal shaft by joining both ends of two sheets together, with a bearing gap therebetween and filling a viscoelastic body in an air gap between the f... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7160622 | Oil repelling agent An oil repelling agent to coat a dynamic pressure device, such as a fluid dynamic pressure bearing device, includes a UV coloring agent, a fluorine-based polymer and a solvent. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the concentration of the UV coloring agent c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153028 | Hydrodynamic bearing system The invention relates to a hydrodynamic bearing system particularly for the rotary bearing of spindle motors to drive the platters in hard disk drives which comprises at least one inner bearing part and at least one outer bearing part, the bearing parts being rotata... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147377 | Crush ring to seal the counter plate on hydrodynamic bearing A fluid dynamic bearing including a shaft rotating within a sleeve and a thrust plate or the like supported at an end of the shaft rotating in a recess defined with the sleeve. The thrust plate faces a counterplate supported from the sleeve over the recess, and the ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144932 | Low-friction, high-dispersion synthetic resin composition containing fine particles of RB ceramic or CRB ceramic and a method for its preparation A synthetic resin composition includes at least one synthetic resin and RBC or CRBC particles dispersed in the resin. A method for preparing a synthetic resin composition includes mixing RBC or CRBC particles with a synthetic resin at a temperature near the melting ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134792 | Single thrust-journal bearing cup fluid dynamic bearing motor A fluid dynamic bearing motor is described. In one embodiment, the fluid dynamic bearing motor includes a stationary member and a rotating member. The motor further includes a fluid dynamic thrust bearing disposed along an axial surface of a sleeve. The thrust beari... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131770 | Hydro fill controlling shield and sleeve for a hydrodynamic bearing A hydrodynamic bearing system, having a bearing sleeve and a shaft inserted into an inner cylindrical bore of the bearing sleeve. A bearing gap is formed between the shaft and the bearing sleeve, the bearing gap being filled with a lubricating oil. A shield encloses... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133250 | Inboard thrust surface fluid recirculation pump An inboard thrust surface is provided for a spindle motor that maintains fluid flow through a journal bearing and generates an added offset pressure to avoid any subambient pressure within a journal. In an aspect, journal bearing asymmetry is minimized or eliminated... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121726 | Fluid bearing device A fluid bearing device for preventing a lubricant from scattering outside even during rotation thereof, while holding a relatively large amount of lubricant in a seal surface portion. Lubricant is filled between a sleeve and a shaft, the seal surface portion is form... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121725 | Fluid dynamic bearing lubricant air extraction device The fluid dynamic bearings system of the invention provides a device located in a non-grooved low pressure region located at some point in the overall fluid circulation path of the fluid dynamic bearing to collect and trap any air bubbles which may be found in the f... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118278 | Hydrodynamic bearing, manufacturing method of hydrodynamic bearing, spindle motor provided with hydrodynamic bearing and disk drive device provided with this spindle motor A suitable the inner point is set on a vapor-liquid face of lubricating fluid formed in a composite capillary seal section that utilizes capillary force and rotational centrifugal force acted on the lubricating fluid. An inner peripheral surface of a ring-shaped por... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111988 | Dustproof structure for a sleeve bearing A dustproof structure for a sleeve bearing includes an axial tube, a sleeve bearing and a dustproof cushion. The axial tube accommodates the sleeve bearing which bears an axial hole through which a shaft of a motor rotor is freely extended. The dustproof cushion is ... | 09/26/2006 |
