Patent ID: 7830049

Claim:
A motor for a disk drive comprising: a rotor including a rotor magnet rotatable about a center axis; a stationary unit including a stator opposing the rotor magnet with a first gap therebetween, and a thrust yoke made of a magnetic material and arranged below the rotor magnet to axially oppose the rotor magnet with a second gap therebetween; and a bearing unit arranged to support the rotor to be rotatable, wherein the thrust yoke includes: a flat portion axially opposing the rotor magnet with the second gap therebetween; a bent portion arranged at least one of an inner periphery and an outer periphery of the flat portion to be bent downward from the flat portion; a protruding portion extending downward from the bent portion; and the flat portion is in contact with a portion of the stationary unit with the protruding portion axially spaced apart from the portion of the stationary unit.