Patent ID: 8864381
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. A fluid dynamic bearing device, comprising: a bearing member; a shaft member that is inserted along an inner periphery of the bearing member and forms a radial bearing gap with respect to an inner peripheral surface of the bearing member; and a dynamic pressure generating groove region having a plurality of dynamic pressure generating grooves inclined with respect to an axial direction and arrayed in a circumferential direction, the dynamic pressure generating groove region being provided on the inner peripheral surface of the bearing member or an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member, which forms the radial bearing gap, the dynamic pressure generating groove region comprising: wherein the dynamic pressure generating groove region comprises an annular projecting portion provided to be closer to a counterpart member with respect to a groove bottom of each of the plurality of dynamic pressure generating grooves, wherein the dynamic pressure generating groove region comprises a dynamic pressure generating groove which is nearest to an open-to-air side of the radial bearing gap, among all dynamic pressure generating grooves in the dynamic pressure generating groove region, and wherein the annular projecting portion is closer to the open-to-air side of the radial bearing gap than the dynamic pressure generating groove which is nearest to the open-to-air side of the radial bearing gap.