Disk drive unit
AssigneeSamsung Electro-Mechanics Japan Advanced Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsMitsuo KODAMA, Ryusuke Sugiki
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Abstract
A disk drive unit includes a rotor including a disk setting part on which a disk is set, a bearing unit configured to rotatably support the rotor, wherein the bearing unit includes a shaft member and a bearing member surrounding the shaft member, and a lubricant provided in a gap between the shaft member and the bearing member, a fixed body configured to support the bearing unit, and a capturing body, provided in a space communicating from a gas-liquid interface of the lubricant to a disk accommodating space in which the disk is accommodated, configured to capture the lubricant vaporizing from the gas-liquid interface.
Claims20
A disk drive unit comprising:
- a rotor including a disk setting part on which a disk is set;
- a bearing unit configured to rotatably support the rotor, wherein the bearing unit includes a shaft member and a bearing member surrounding the shaft member, and a lubricant provided in a gap between the shaft member and the bearing member;
- a fixed body configured to support the bearing unit;
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- a capturing body, provided in a space communicating from a gas-liquid interface of the lubricant to a disk accommodating space in which the disk is accommodated, configured to capture the lubricant vaporizing from the gas-liquid interface.
A disk drive unit comprising:
- a rotor including a disk setting part on which a disk is set;
- a bearing unit configured to rotatably support the rotor, wherein the bearing unit includes a shaft member and a bearing member surrounding the shaft member, and a lubricant provided in a gap between the shaft member and the bearing member;
- a fixed body configured to support the bearing unit;
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- a porous element, having at least a part thereof formed by a porous material, provided in a space communicating from a gas-liquid interface of the lubricant to a disk accommodating space in which the disk is accommodated.
A disk drive unit comprising:
- a rotor including a disk setting part on which a disk is set;
- a bearing unit configured to rotatably support the rotor, wherein the bearing unit includes a shaft member and a bearing member surrounding the shaft member, and a lubricant provided in a gap between the shaft member and the bearing member;
- a fixed body configured to support the bearing unit;
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- an element, having at least a part thereof formed by sintered metal or activated carbon, provided in a space communicating from a gas-liquid interface of the lubricant to a disk accommodating space in which the disk is accommodated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.