Patent ID: 6435721
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: F16C,G11B

Abstract:
A spindle motor unit having a hydrodynamic bearing having:a base having a radial bearing on an inner diameter surface thereof, a thrust support on a first bottom face thereof, and a second bottom face, the thrust support having an escape at a corner thereof; a rotating shaft supported by the radial bearing and co-axially rotating with respect to said base; a flange fixed to a lower end of said rotating shaft, said flange having grooves formed of projections and depressions on top and bottom faces thereof, respectively; a plate held on the second bottom face of said base, said plate having a thrust support and a circumferential recess in a position opposed to the bottom face of said flange; and lubricant existing between the radial bearing on said base and said rotating shaft, between the thrust support on the first bottom face of said base and the grooves on the top face of said flange, and between the grooves on the bottom face of said flange and the thrust support on said plate; wherein assuming a diameter of the escape in the thrust support on said base is &phgr;d1, an outermost diameter of the grooves on the top face of said flange is &phgr;d2, an outermost diameter of the grooves on the bottom face is &phgr;d3, an outer diameter of said flange is &phgr;d4, an outer diameter of the circumferential recess in said plate is &phgr;d5, and an inner diameter of the circumferential recess in said plate is &phgr;d6, relations &phgr;d12, d63, and &phgr;d45 hold.