Patent ID: 7460334

Claim:
A spindle motor including a stator and a rotor and comprising: an assembly including a sleeve and a shaft inserted in the sleeve, one of the sleeve and the shaft being supported in the assembly so as to be rotatable about an axis relative to the other of the sleeve and the shaft, the stator of the motor including the other of the sleeve and the shaft; a bracket having a through-hole which extends along the axis and receives the assembly therein with a portion of the assembly constituting the stator of the motor being fixed relative to the bracket; and an electroconductive member disposed between said portion of the assembly constituting the stator of the motor and the bracket and having an elastic part which is elastically deformable on at least one of an inner circumference and an outer circumference thereof in a radial direction perpendicular to the axis; wherein the elastic part is in contact with at least one of the bracket and said portion of the assembly while being elastically deformed, and the electroconductive member is in contact with both said portion of the assembly and the bracket by a spring force of the elastic part elastically deformed, to electrically connect the bracket and said portion of the assembly to each other.