Spindle motor
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYukihiro Kobayashi, Toshiaki Watanabe
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Abstract
A spindle motor comprising: a stator portion which includes a stator board which is fixedly disposed, a plain bearing which is secured onto the stator board, and a wound coil disposed around the plain bearing; a rotor portion which includes a rotating shaft which is rotatably supported by the plain bearing, a rotor yoke which is integrally fixed to the rotating shaft, and a rotor magnet provided to the rotor yoke; and a plate which is provided on at least one end face of the plain bearing and adapted to prevent leakage of lubricating oil to the outside due to rotation of the rotor portion.
Claims7
A spindle motor comprising:
- a stator portion having an oil-impregnated plain bearing;
- a rotor portion which has a rotating shaft and is rotatably supported by the oil-impregnated plain bearing, wherein lubricating oil from the oil-impregnated plain bearing seeps out to form a lubricating membrane in a gap between the oil-impregnated plain bearing and the rotating shaft;
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- a substantially flat plate affixed to an entire surface of at least one end face of the oil-impregnated plain bearing and adapted to prevent leakage of the lubricating oil outside of the gap due to rotation of the rotor portion, the substantially flat plate formed of a non-absorbent material wherein the substantially flat plate completely repels the lubricating oil such that the lubricating oil is maintained entirely within the oil-impregnated plain bearing and the gap.
A spindle motor comprising:
- a stator portion including a stator board which is fixedly disposed, an oil-impregnated plain bearing which is secured onto the stator board, and a wound coil disposed around the oil-impregnated plain bearing;
- a rotor portion including a rotating shaft which is rotatably supported by the oil-impregnated plain bearing, a rotor yoke which is integrally fixed to the rotating shaft, and a rotor magnet provided to the rotor yoke, wherein lubricating oil from the oil-impregnated plain bearing seeps out to form a lubricating membrane in a gap between the oil-impregnated plain bearing and the rotating shaft;
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- a substantially flat plate affixed to an entire surface of at least one end face of the oil-impregnated plain bearing and adapted to prevent leakage of the lubricating oil outside of the gap due to rotation of the rotor portion, the substantially flat plate formed of a non-absorbent material wherein the substantially flat plate completely repels the lubricating oil such that the lubricating oil is maintained entirely within the oil-impregnated plain bearing and the gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.