Drive motor and spindle assembly for an optical disk drive

Details Drive motor and spindle assembly for an optical disk drive Drive motor and spindle assembly for an optical disk drive

1988-09-19

1992-05-26

Shoop, Jr., William M.

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

Dynamic mechanism subsystem

Specific detail of storage medium support or motion production

369263, G11B 2504

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051174146

ABSTRACT:
A disk drive motor and spindle assembly includes a drive motor having a drive shaft defining an axis of rotation, a centering hub, and a flat spiral spring. The centering hub has a spherical disk-receiving surface section about a sphere center and a cavity extending therein from its lower edge. The spiral spring mounts the centering hub with respect to the drive shaft with the sphere center located on the axis of rotation and in the plane of the spring.

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