Patent ID: 7200850

Claim:
A spindle motor for turning a disk-shaped recording medium, comprising: a stator unit at least comprising a stationarily disposed stator board, a bearing fitted over the stator board, and wound coils arranged around said bearing; and a rotor unit at least comprising a rotation shaft turnably supported by said bearing, a turntable integrally fastened to said rotation shaft and to be mounted with the disk-shaped recording medium, a rotor magnet fastened to said turntable to be opposite said wound coils, and an aligning member which has a contact portion to be in contact with said disk-shaped recording medium and can slide against a guide portion of said turntable, wherein at least one of respective sliding faces of the guide portion of said turntable and said aligning member is configured of a metallic component, and parts other than said metallic component or components of said turntable and/or aligning member are configured of resin materials.