Bearing assembly, motor and recording disk drive

Details Bearing assembly, motor and recording disk drive Bearing assembly, motor and recording disk drive

2006-12-20

2010-02-02

Charles, Marcus (Department: 3656)

Bearings

Rotary bearing

Fluid bearing

C384S100000, C384S112000, C310S090000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07654743

ABSTRACT:
A bearing assembly for use in an electric motor minimizes the generation of a negative pressure. In the bearing assembly, gaps are formed between a shaft provided with a flange portion, a ring member mounted on the shaft, and a sleeve member with a through hole formed therein are continuously filled with lubrication oil. When a rotor rotates, the rotor is supported by a fluid dynamic pressure. In the bearing assembly, herringbone grooves are formed in an upper surface of the flange portion of the shaft fixed to a base plate. When the sleeve member rotates with respect to the shaft, ends of all of the herringbone grooves and the through hole are superposed on each other sequentially. Thus, the lubrication oil can be efficiently supplied to an outer peripheral region in the thrust dynamic pressure bearing mechanism in which the negative pressure is most prone to be generated, and generation of the negative pressure can be efficiently minimized.

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