Patent ID: 7880353

Claim:
A spindle motor, comprising: a rotating shaft; a rotor cover secured to the rotating shaft by a flange, the rotor cover rotating the rotating shaft; a bearing to rotatably support the rotating shaft; a holder to hold the bearing; a stator forming an electric field, coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the holder; and a holding magnet having a rectangular cross section positioned above the bearing, the holding magnet being directly mounted to an inner wall of the rotor cover adjacent to the flange, wherein the holding magnet is positioned above the bearing and has an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the bearing and smaller than an outer diameter of the bearing so that its magnetic force directly affects the bearing, the holding magnet is positioned above the stator and has an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the stator so that its magnetic force directly affects the stator, and an upper part and a lower part of the bearing contact the rotating shaft, an upper portion of the stator protrudes more upwardly than the holder so that a gap is formed between the upper portion of the stator and the upper part of the bearing, the holding magnet protrudes below the flange of the rotor cover to prevent oil from being discharged from the bearing to the outside, and an outer diameter of the lower part of the bearing is smaller than an inner diameter of the holder.