Abstract: A sleeve supports a shaft. A housing member is arranged so as to surround the sleeve and make the end of the sleeve protrude. A base member holds the housing member and fixes a stator core so as to surround the housing member. A hub drives a recording disk by being rotated integrally with the shaft, with a magnet being fixed to an annular portion concentric with the shaft so as to face the stator core fixed to the base member. A thrust member is rotated integrally with the hub, and a descender portion and a ring portion.

Abstract: The disk drive device includes a base member, a hub, a bearing unit which is arranged on the base member and which rotatably supports the hub, and a spindle drive unit which drives the hub to rotate. The spindle drive unit includes a stator core having a salient pole, a coil wound around the salient pole and a magnet opposed to the salient pole. The hub formed of magnetic material includes an outer cylinder portion engaged with an inner circumference of a recording disk and an inner cylinder portion to which an outer circumference of the magnet is fixed. The diameter of the inner cylinder portion is larger than the diameter of the outer cylinder portion.

Abstract: In the brushless motor, a magnetic recording disk is to be mounted on a hub. A base plate rotatably supports the hub on the upper surface. A laminated core is fixed on the upper surface of the base plate and has a ring portion and a plurality of teeth that extend radially from the ring portion. Coils are wound around the plurality of teeth. A cylindrical magnet is fixed to the hub and is magnetized for driving with a plurality of poles along the circumferential direction and is arranged to radially face the plurality of teeth of the laminated core. A wire of one end of one of the coils is drawn out to the bottom surface of the base plate through a hole arranged on the base plate. The wire is connected to a driving line for supplying a current to the coils at a position other than the position of the hole on the base plate. The hole of the base plate is plugged with a resin.

Abstract: A motor adopting an improved mechanism is composed of a stator having a shaft and a rotor provided with a sleeve and a hub, wherein the shaft is inserted into the hub and the hub is fixed on an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve. The outer circumferential surface of the sleeve is provided with a first outer circumferential surface, a second outer circumferential surface and a receiving surface that links between the first and second outer circumferential surfaces. The hub is provided with a base section, a through hole and a first protruded section protruding downward from the base section. A tip end portion of the first protruded section is provided with a hitting surface that contacts with the receiving surface of the sleeve and a second protruded section that links to the contacting surface and protrudes downward from the contacting surface.

Abstract: A rotating device includes: a rotating body, a fixed body and lubricant. A surrounding member in the fixed body has a sleeve and a housing for surrounding the sleeve. A first radial dynamic pressure generating groove and a second radial dynamic pressure generating groove are formed on at least one of the inner circumferential surface of the sleeve and the outer circumferential surface of a shaft in the rotating body. The sleeve has a flange portion protruding radially outward at the end portion of the sleeve near to a hub in the rotating body. A concave portion, which is made by axially concaving at least part of the area corresponding to a wall thickness of the sleeve on the inner circumference side of the flange portion, is circumferentially provided in the flange portion.

Abstract: The rotating device comprises the rotor to which the magnetic recording disk is to be mounted and a stator rotatably supporting the rotor. The stator includes: a bearing unit rotatably supporting the rotor by generating dynamic pressure in lubricant that intervenes between the rotor and the stator; and a base on which a central hole is formed, the center of the central hole being along the rotational axis of the rotor and the bearing unit being fixed to the central hole. The bearing unit includes the housing and the sleeve. The housing includes: a first outer surface joining the central hole; and a second outer surface formed more radially outward from the rotational axis than the first outer surface, the second outer surface partly overlapping the first outer surface in the axial direction.

Abstract: A sleeve supports a shaft. A housing member is arranged so as to surround the sleeve and make the end of the sleeve protrude. A base member holds the housing member and fixes a stator core so as to surround the housing member. A hub drives a recording disk by being rotated integrally with the shaft, with a magnet being fixed to an annular portion concentric with the shaft so as to face the stator core fixed to the base member. A thrust member is rotated integrally with the hub, and a descender portion and a ring portion.

Abstract: A rotating machine includes: a coil that is provided on the first surface side of a base and formed with a wire; an insulation sheet that has a sheet hole formed at the position aligned with the position of a guide hole in the base; and a wiring that is provided on the second surface and electrically connected to the coil. The wire forming the coil has a guide wire that is guided on the second surface side through the guide hole and the sheet hole to be connected to the wiring. The insulation sheet has an extending portion that protrudes from the sheet hole and covers at least part of the circumferential surface of the guide hole. The extending portion is placed between part of the circumferential surface of the guide hole and the guide wire.

Abstract: In a rotating device, a housing includes a cylindrical outer surface facing an inner surface of a through hole and a guiding surface arranged on the underside of the outer surface, the diameter of the guiding surface being less than the diameter of the outer surface. Glue has an interface in an end space. In at least a part of the end space where the glue does not exist, conductive resin seamlessly is applied from the guiding surface to the inner surface of the through hole. With regard to a portion of the inner surface of the through hole that radially faces the guiding surface, the length, in the axial direction, of the portion that touches the conductive resin is greater than the length, in the axial direction, of the portion that touches the glue.

Abstract: The disk drive device includes a base plate, a hub on which a recording disk is mounted, a shaft bearing unit that is arranged on the base plate and that rotatably supports the hub, and a spindle drive unit that drives the hub to rotate. The spindle driving unit includes a stator core having a salient pole, a coil wound around the salient pole, and a magnet opposed to the salient pole. The hub formed of a magnetic material includes an outer cylindrical portion engaged with an inner circumference of the recording disk. A shaft is inserted into a sleeve, and the sleeve, which is of an approximate cylindrical shape, is inserted into a housing as part of the shaft bearing unit. The shaft is fixed to the rotational center of the hub, rotating along the axis together with the hub.

Abstract: In a brushless motor, the rotational frequency N (Hz) of the hub satisfies N<F0/(3*P+2), where F0 (Hz) is an Eigen frequency of the second order rocking-mode resonance when not rotating in the situation where the recording disk is mounted on the hub. The recording disk is mounted on the hub. A base plate rotatably supports the hub. A laminated core is fixed to the base. The core has a ring portion and a plurality of teeth that extend radially from the ring portion. Coils are wound around the plurality of teeth. The coils are three-phase driven. A cylindrical magnet is fixed to the hub. The cylindrical magnet are magnetized for driving with P (P is a natural number) poles along the circumferential direction and are arranged to radially face the plurality of teeth.

Abstract: The disk drive device includes a base member, a hub, a bearing unit which is arranged on the base member and which rotatably supports the hub, and a spindle drive unit which drives the hub to rotate. The spindle drive unit includes a stator core having a salient pole, a coil wound around the salient pole and a magnet opposed to the salient pole. The hub formed of magnetic material includes an outer cylinder portion engaged with an inner circumference of a recording disk and an inner cylinder portion to which an outer circumference of the magnet is fixed. The diameter of the inner cylinder portion is larger than the diameter of the outer cylinder portion.

Abstract: The disk drive device includes a base plate, a hub on which a recording disk is mounted, a shaft bearing unit that is arranged on the base plate and that rotatably supports the hub, and a spindle drive unit that drives the hub to rotate. The spindle driving unit includes a stator core having a salient pole, a coil wound around the salient pole, and a magnet opposed to the salient pole. The hub formed of a magnetic material includes an outer cylindrical portion engaged with an inner circumference of the recording disk. A shaft is inserted into a sleeve, and the sleeve, which is of an approximate cylindrical shape, is inserted into a housing as part of the shaft bearing unit. The shaft is fixed to the rotational center of the hub, rotating along the axis together with the hub.

Abstract: A first sleeve rotatably extends around a shaft. First and second flanges are fixed to the shaft. A second sleeve extending around the first sleeve is fixed thereto. A first annular member fixed to the second sleeve surrounds the first flange. A second annular member fixed to the second flange surrounds a portion of the second sleeve. A first capillary seal includes a clearance between the first flange and the first annular member. A second capillary seal includes a clearance between the second annular member and the second sleeve. Lubricant is provided in the clearances in the first and second capillary seals. The second annular member and the second sleeve are designed so that the lubricant in the clearance in the second capillary seal can be viewed from a point in a radial position which is outward of the second sleeve as seen in an axial direction.

Abstract: A disk drive device includes a base plate, a hub, and a bearing unit. The bearing unit includes an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve, a shaft, a radial dynamic pressure groove, and a lubricant agent. In the joined portion of the outer sleeve and the hub, there are formed a recessed portion, which is a binding region, where the outer sleeve and the hub are joined together with a hardening resin present between the outer sleeve and the hub and a tilt preventing portion, provided on both the sides of the recessed portion in the axial direction of the outer, which is a raised region that forms a portion narrower than a gap, between the outer sleeve and the hub, corresponding to the recessed portion.

Abstract: A disk drive device includes a hub, a base plate, and a bearing unit. The bearing unit includes a shaft housing member, joined to the hub, having a through-hole in the center, a shaft having a smaller diameter section and a larger diameter section, a radial dynamic pressure grooves, and a lubricant agent. The opening shape of bearing hole of the base plate is so formed as to be larger than the outer shape of the larger diameter section. In the bearing unit, the larger diameter section of the bearing unit is fixed by a hardening resin present between the bearing unit and the bearing hole.

Abstract: A disk drive device is configured such that a wall of a base plate is provided with a through hole that guides a lead from a drive unit outside. The through hole is covered by a sealing sheet having an insertion hole. The lead is guided from inside the housing via the insertion hole of the sealing sheet. The sealing sheet carries a curable resin. The curable resin, temporarily softened during a curing process, flows into a space between the base plate and the through hole and a space between the insertion hole and the lead. The curable resin is cured in this state, ensuring the airtightness of the housing.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a rotating device includes a first machining process of machining a bearing hole while supplying a first cutting lubricant to a base member, a second machining process continuous from the first machining process, the second machining process being of machining a tap hole while supplying a second cutting lubricant to the base member, a blowing process of blowing at least either one of the bearing hole and the tap hole with a fluid in order to eliminate a machining residue, the blowing process including an air spraying process and a liquid spraying process, a cleaning process of cleaning the base member, and an assembling process of assembling the base member with the bearing unit and the rotating body.

Abstract: In a rotating machine, a base is configured such that a housing space is formed by joining a cover to the base and has a bearing hole communicating ambient air and the housing space. A sleeve is fitted into the bearing hole and formed with a porous material. The circumferential lower end portion of the sleeve is exposed to ambient air from the bearing hole. At least part of the pores on the surface of the circumferential lower end portion in contact with ambient air are filled in.

Abstract: A rotating device includes: a rotor on which a recording disk is to be mounted; a stator rotatably supporting the rotor; and a driving mechanism configured to rotate the rotor with respect to the stator. The relationship between (a) the magnitude of a gap between the rotor and the stator and (b) a viscosity of a lubricant introduced in the gap is defined such that a Q-value of a peak of mechanical resonance in a translation mode of the rotating device is 3 or less when the peak of mechanical resonance and a peak of torque ripple in the driving mechanism are in the range of 1 kHz-5 kHz in a frequency spectrum.