Fluid bearing seal and support structure

A spindle motor, comprising:

• a shaft;
• a sleeve having an inner periphery and an outer periphery, the sleeve defining a disk hub on the outer periphery;
• a shaft rotatably supporting the sleeve;
• a stator for rotating the sleeve;
• and
• a dynamic fluid bearing disposed between the sleeve and the shaft, the dynamic fluid bearing further comprising a thrust plate coupled to the shaft, and a bearing plate and load plate coupled to the sleeve, wherein the load plate urges the bearing plate towards the thrust plate, and wherein an adhesive is interposed between the load plate and the bearing plate to maintain integrity between the load plate and the bearing plate when a shock condition occurs to the spindle motor.

A disk drive, comprising:

• at least one storage disk;
• an actuator assembly including at least one actuator arm having a sensor disposed at a distal end of the actuator arm for reading and writing data on the at least one disk;
• a spindle shaft, coupled to the at least one storage disk, for rotating the at least one storage disk;
• and
• a spindle motor, coupled to the spindle shaft, for rotating the spindle shaft;
• the spindle motor further comprising:
• a sleeve having an inner periphery and an outer periphery, the sleeve defining a disk hub on the outer periphery, the sleeve being rotatably supported by the spindle shaft;
• a stator for rotating the sleeve;
• and
• a dynamic fluid bearing disposed between the sleeve and the shaft, the dynamic fluid bearing further comprising a thrust plate coupled to the shaft, and a bearing plate and load plate coupled to the sleeve, wherein the load plate urges the bearing plate towards the thrust plate, and wherein an adhesive is interposed between the load plate and the bearing plate to maintain integrity between the load plate and the bearing plate when a shock condition occurs to the spindle motor.