Patent ID: 7402928

Claim:
A spindle motor comprising: a rotor including a rotor yoke, a magnet, and a rotating shaft; a stator corresponding to the rotor and including a core and coils; a housing, the core being disposed at an exterior of the housing, the housing including a ledge, the ledge being an upper portion of the housing extending inwardly toward the rotating shaft; a base including a base plate for supporting the stator, wherein the base plate is integrally formed with the housing; a bearing provided in the housing for rotatably supporting the rotating shaft, and a thrust stopper for sealing the housing and being fixed to a bottom of the housing; and a washer located between the ledge and the bearing, the washer being stoppable by the ledge to restrain the rotating shaft from rising, wherein the rotating shaft has a fixing recess located around a circumference of the rotating shaft, and the washer surrounds the fixing recess, and wherein the bearing, the washer and the ledge are located on a same vertical plane parallel to the rotating shaft.