Abstract: The invention relates to a spindle motor with a contact arrangement which comprises a stationary base flange carrying a central spindle, a hub which is pivotably borne on the spindle by means of suitable bearings and on which at least one hand disk is arranged, and a stator-sided winding assembly fastened to the base flange by means of a winding support, with the winding assembly being arranged opposite a rotor magnet, with electric contacting of the winding assembly being accomplished by means of a terminal fitting equipped with terminal lugs to which the leads coming from the winding assembly are connected. The invention is characterized by contact pins being arranged in/on the winding support which allow direct contacting between the leads of the winding assembly and the terminal lugs of the terminal fitting.

Abstract: A drive unit for direct drive of an information-storage disk comprises a brushless dc external-rotor motor having a permanent-magnet rotor magnet arrangement of considerably reduced axial length. Electrostatic charge is removed from the rotor shaft by a metallic spring element which engages the shaft periphery from within the interior of the rotor housing. An electromagnetic braking arrangement is located interiorly of the housing. The packet of stator plates for the stator has an axial length shorter than that of the rotor magnet arrangement, but is provided at its axial end faces with skirted-rim flux-conducting elements whose peripheral skirt portions form useful-air-gap extensions in cooperation with the rotor magnet arrangement.

Abstract: A drive unit for direct drive of an information-storage disk comprises a collectorless D.C. external-rotor motor having a permanent-magnet rotor magnet arrangement of considerably reduced axial length. Electrostatic charge is removed from the rotor shaft by a metallic spring element which engages the shaft periphery from within the interior of the rotor housing. An electromagnetic braking arrangement is located interiorly of the housing. The packet of stator plates for the stator has an axial length shorter than that of the rotor magnet arrangement, but is provided at its axial end faces with skirted-rim flux-conducting elements whose peripheral skirt portions form useful-air-gap extensions in cooperation with the rotor magnet arrangement.