Electrical generator or motor structure – Dynamoelectric – Rotary
Patent
1993-07-02
1994-12-27
Peckman, Kristine L.
Electrical generator or motor structure
Dynamoelectric
Rotary
310 51, 310217, 360 9807, H02K 714, H02K 524, H02K 106, G11B 1708
Patent
active
053768507
ABSTRACT:
A spindle motor for a disc drive data storage device in which the stator is isolated from the stationary portion of the motor used to attach the spindle motor to the disc drive housing by use of resilient members interposed between the stator and the stationary portion of the motor. In a preferred embodiment, the resilient members comprise a plurality of toroidal rings, or O-rings, and, in a first aspect of the invention, these rings are interposed radially between the stator and the stationary portion of the spindle motor and are axially constrained in relationship to the motor by a corresponding number of annular grooves formed in the stationary portion of the motor. In a second aspect of the invention, metal-to-metal contact between the stator and the stationary portion of the motor in the axial direction is eliminated through the use of a non-metallic washer at one end of the stator and an axial O-ring at the other end of the stator. Circumferential movement of the stator relative to the stationary portion of the motor is prevented by the use of a stator lock ring.
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Bright William C.
Elsing John W.
Heller III Edward P.
LaBalle Clayton E.
Peckman Kristine L.
Seagate Technology Inc.
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