Patent ID: 7271980
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk chucking mechanism for chucking a disk hub made of ferromagnetic metal mounted in a center portion of a flexible disk in order to rotatably driving, by a spindle motor of a Hall sensor-less method, the flexible disk inserted in a flexible disk drive, said spindle motor comprising a rotor including a disk-shaped metallic casing and a spindle shaft, said disk hub having a disk center hole formed in the center portion thereof and a driving oval hole formed at a position eccentric with said disk center hole, said disk chucking mechanism being mounted on a protruding portion formed at a center of said disk-shaped metallic casing to protrude upward, wherein said disk chucking mechanism comprising: a disk table mounted on said protruding portion, said disk table being for holding said disk hub, said disk table being made of plastic magnet for magnetically attracting said disk hub, said disk table having a center portion at which a tip portion of said spindle shaft to be received in said disk center hole passes through, said disk table having a hole at a position corresponding to said driving oval hole; a driving pin freely received in said driving oval hole, said driving pin having a shape where a catch factor portion is cut; and a supporting member rotatably mounted on a rear surface of said protruding portion around a fulcrum in a plane in parallel with said disk table, said supporting member supporting said driving pin at a free end thereof with said driving pin projected through a hole of said protruding portion and the hole of said disk table.