Bearing apparatus and method for manufacturing same

Abstract

The bearing apparatus used in the motor comprises a rotary shaft, a cylindrical-shaped radial bearing, and a thrust bearing for supporting the lower end portion of the rotary shaft. The rotary shaft is composed of a pipe made of stainless steel and a resin member for closing the lower end portion of the pipe. A groove for generation of dynamic pressure is not formed in the inner peripheral surface of the radial bearing or in the inner peripheral surface of the rotary shaft either. On the upper end portion of the rotary shaft, there is mounted a fan which, due to the rotation of the rotary shaft, takes in the air into the rotary shaft and, in the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft, there are formed blow-out holes for blowing out the air taken in by the fan from the outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft.

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