Patent ID: 7432621

Claim:
A fluid dynamic bearing motor comprising: a ring-shaped housing having a coil joined to an edge thereof; a sleeve including a protruded part joined to a central part of the housing and a ring-shaped contact part formed as a single body with the protruded part; a ring-shaped hub having an inner perimeter joined to the contact part and having a magnet attached to an edge thereof, the magnet facing the coil; a stopper positioned between the housing and the contact part and joined to the hub such that the sleeve is not detached from the hub; a storing part formed as a space between the stopper and the sleeve and filled with fluid, for supplying and maintaining the fluid in a gap formed between the contact part and the inner perimeter of the hub; and a penetration hole formed from a center of the sleeve to an edge of the sleeve, the penetration hole being spatially separated from the storing part, and an end part of the penetration hole near the edge of the sleeve not being connected to the storing part.