Spindle motor

A spindle motor comprising:

• a rotor;
• a rotating shaft whose one end is combined with the rotor;
• a sleeve bearing having an inner circumference rotatably supporting an outer circumferential surface of the rotating shaft, wherein the rotating shaft includes at least one oil circulation recess formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof along a longitudinal direction of the sleeve bearing, and is made of an oil-containing sintered metal;
• a bearing housing formed of a single solid body having a first recess accommodating the sleeve bearing and a second recess formed on a bottom of the first recess, the second recess having a closed bottom supporting the other end of the rotating shaft at a central portion of the first recess, the sleeve bearing resting on the bottom of the first recess;
• a plurality of first protrusions that are protrudingly formed on the bottom of the first recess around the second recess, the first protrusions being formed annularly spaced apart from each other to form a plurality of guide grooves through which oil passes;
• slit washers that are provided so as to closely contact the bottom of the sleeve bearing between the sleeve bearing and the first protrusions, and that prevent the rotating shaft of the rotor from seceding from the sleeve bearing;
• a stator that is coupled with an outer diameter portion of the bearing housing so as to face the rotor, and that generates an electromagnetic field when a drive signal is applied to the stator, to thereby rotationally drive the rotor;
• and
• a base plate whose outer circumference is extended from the bottom of the bearing housing, wherein a printed circuit board (PCB) for a drive circuit that applies a drive signal to the stator is mounted on an upper surface of the base plate fixed to a disc drive unit,
• wherein the base plate comprises:
• a flat plate;
• an extension portion extended from the flat plate and embedded in the bearing housing, the extension portion having a through-hole formed at a center thereof;
• and a plurality of second protrusions protruded from the extension portion and toward a center of the through-hole in order to increase a binding force with the bearing housing.