Abstract: A fan device includes an impeller rotating around a central axis and a motor disposed farther downward than the impeller. The impeller includes a base unit enlarged downward and plural blades disposed on a peripheral surface of the base unit. Upper portions of the blades are positioned at a leading end of a rotating direction with respect to lower portions. In an outer end portion on a front surface of each blade at the leading end of the rotating direction, a radial-direction component of a normal unit vector of an upper end portion of the blade is smaller than that of a lower end portion, assuming that an outer peripheral side of the blade is a positive direction. A thickness of a root of the lower end portion is larger than that of the upper end portion.

Abstract: A rotor assembly includes a shaft disposed along a central axis extending vertically, annular magnet pieces disposed on a radially outer side of the shaft and arrayed in an axial direction, a shaft adhesive film that attaches the shaft to the magnet pieces, and a magnet adhesive film that attaches the magnet pieces adjacent in the axial direction to each other. The shaft adhesive film and the magnet adhesive film are the same adhesive and are continuously formed.

Abstract: A rotor assembly includes a shaft disposed along a central axis extending vertically, a tubular magnet disposed on a radially outer surface of the shaft, a lower spacer disposed axially below the magnet and fixed to the radially outer surface of the shaft, and a tubular magnet holder fixed to a radially outer surface of the magnet via an adhesive. At least a portion of an axially lower surface of the magnet holder is in contact with an axially upper surface of the lower spacer.

Abstract: An air blower includes a motor including a shaft, an impeller fixed to the shaft, and a motor housing disposed radially outwardly of the motor. The impeller includes an impeller base that extends radially outwardly at an axially lower position. The impeller base includes a boss section fixed to the shaft. The motor housing includes an upper surface cylindrical section that extends axially upward from a radially inner end of the motor housing upper surface. At least a portion of a radially inner surface of the upper surface cylindrical section is radially opposed to a radially outer surface of the shaft or the boss section, and an axially upper end of the upper surface cylindrical section is disposed over an axially lower end of the impeller base and over an upper end of a bearing.

Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, a rotor that rotates together with the shaft, and a stator that is disposed to oppose the rotor in a radial direction. The stator includes a ring-shaped stator core that includes a plurality of split stator cores joined to each other in a peripheral direction, a plurality of teeth that extend in a radial direction from the respective split stator cores, and a plurality of coils that are formed by winding a conducting wire around each of the plurality of teeth. Electronic components are disposed below the stator in an axial direction. At least a part of each electronic component overlaps the stator core in the axial direction. Joining portions where the split stator cores arranged in the peripheral direction are joined and the electronic components are displaced in the peripheral direction.

Abstract: A blowing device includes a mixed flow impeller that rotates about a central axis extending vertically, a motor that drives the mixed flow impeller to rotate, and an impeller cover surrounding an outside of the mixed flow impeller in a radial direction. The mixed flow impeller includes a hub portion extending outwardly in the radial direction toward a lower side in an axial direction, and moving blades juxtaposed on an outer surface of the hub portion in a circumferential direction. A minimum dimension of a first gap between the moving blade and the impeller cover at a lower end portion of the moving blade is larger than a minimum dimension of a second gap between the moving blade and the impeller cover at an upper end portion of the moving blade.

Abstract: A motor includes a shaft that rotates about a central axis, a rotor that rotates together with the shaft, a stator that opposes the rotor in a radial direction, and a motor housing that surrounds an outside of both the rotor and the stator in the radial direction. An intermediate member is disposed between the motor housing and the stator. The intermediate member includes a first contact portion in direct contact with an upper surface of the stator, and a second contact portion in direct contact with a lower surface of the motor housing. The motor housing includes an axial direction contact portion in direct contact with a lower surface of the stator.

Abstract: A fan device includes an impeller rotating around a central axis and a motor disposed farther downward than the impeller. The impeller includes a base unit enlarged downward and plural blades disposed on a peripheral surface of the base unit. Upper portions of the blades are positioned at a leading end of a rotating direction with respect to lower portions. In an outer end portion on a front surface of each blade at the leading end of the rotating direction, a radial-direction component of a normal unit vector of an upper end portion of the blade is smaller than that of a lower end portion, assuming that an outer peripheral side of the blade is a positive direction. A thickness of a root of the lower end portion is larger than that of the upper end portion.

Abstract: A stator unit includes a base member including a bearing housing extending along a rotation axis, a stator fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the bearing housing, and a molding resin part covering the stator. The stator includes a stator core having teeth protruding radially outward, an insulator for partially covering a surface of the stator core, and coils. A non-sealed space connected to an external space of the stator unit and a sealed space connected to an internal space of the stator unit are opposed through a contact location where the bearing housing or the base member makes contact with the molding resin part or the insulator. An angle ? of the non-sealed space and an angle ? of the sealed space opposed to each other through the contact location in a cross section including the rotation axis are set to satisfy a relationship of ?>?.

Abstract: A storage disk drive motor 12 includes a stator unit 2, a rotor unit 3, a shaft 41 arranged in a coaxial relationship with a center axis 9, a sleeve unit 22 including a flange portion 223, and a base member 21, having a through-hole, fixed to the sleeve unit 22 by caulking. The flange portion 223 includes a flange lower surface 223b making contact with an upper surface 21a of the base member 21 and a jut 24 protruding downwards from a radial inner side of the flange lower surface 223b. The jut 24 includes a first outer circumferential surface 241 opposed to the inner circumferential surface 21c of the base member 21, a second outer circumferential surface 242 positioned below the first outer circumferential surface 241, and a groove 243 radially inwardly indented from the first outer circumferential surface 241 and the second outer circumferential surface 242.

Abstract: A cone part in a chucking device capable of freely attaching and detaching a disc having a disc shape includes an abutting portion for abutting an inner peripheral surface of a central through hole of the disc with substantially equal forces along an entire circumference thereof and aligning the disc. The cone part is made of a resin material having a high slidability than that of a material used for the disc.

Abstract: A cone part in a chucking device capable of freely attaching and detaching a disc having a disc shape includes an abutting portion for abutting an inner peripheral surface of a central through hole of the disc with substantially equal forces along an entire circumference thereof and aligning the disc. The cone part is made of a resin material having a high slidability than that of a material used for the disc.

Abstract: A motor includes a rotating body including a magnet, and a fixed body including a stator. The stator includes a stator core having an annular core back portion with an upper and a lower surface, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart tooth portions extending from the core back portion in a direction away from the rotational axis, and a plurality of coils provided by winding a conductive wire around the tooth portions of the stator core with multiple turns. The rotor holder is arranged axially above the stator to cover the stator. Further, an annular or arc-shaped attracting magnet arranged to attract the rotor holder toward the stator is arranged radially inwardly of the core back portion, the attracting magnet having an upper surface axially facing toward the rotor holder, and a lower surface arranged axially below the upper surface of the core back portion of the stator core.

Abstract: In a motor including a chucking device for detachably holding a disk, the chucking device has a center case to which a central opening of the disk is inserted; resilient members received within the center case; and claw members for holding the disk in place. Each of the claw members has a tip end portion, a disk holding surface positioned axially below the tip end portion for holding the disk in place, and a recessed sliding portion formed substantially at a circumferential center region of the disk holding surface, the sliding portion serving to guide movement of the claw member. Rest portions are formed in the center case in a facing relationship with the respective sliding portions, the rest portions serving to support the respective sliding portions by contacting therewith. Each of the rest portions has an upwardly convex curved surface with which the corresponding sliding portion makes contact.

Abstract: In a motor including a chucking device for detachably holding a disk, the chucking device has a center case to which a central opening of the disk is inserted. The center case has a cylindrical portion coaxial with the center axis, a cover portion for covering an axial upper side of the cylindrical portion of the center case and a base portion fixed to the shaft-fixed portion of the rotor holder; resilient members received within the center case; and claw members remaining in contact with the respective resilient members, the claw members being movable radially to hold the disk in place. The center case is spaced apart from the rotor holder except for the base portion contacting with the shaft-fixed portion of the rotor holder.

Abstract: A brushless motor includes a substantially flat attachment plate and a circuit board. The attachment plate includes a plurality of motor attachment portions and a base portion arranged to interconnect the motor attachment portions. The circuit board is arranged on an upper surface of the base portion and includes a first area to which electronic parts are attached. The upper surfaces of the motor attachment portions are arranged higher than the upper surface of the base portion. The height of the upper surface of the circuit board in the first area is substantially equal to or greater than the height of the upper surfaces of the motor attachment portions.

Abstract: In a motor including a chucking device for detachably holding a disk, the chucking device has a center case to which a central opening of the disk is inserted; resilient members received within the center case; and claw members for holding the disk in place. Each of the claw members has a claw portion having a disk holding surface for holding the disk in place and a pair of wing portions extending radially inwardly from the claw portion. Further, each of the wing portions has a spherical contact surface contacting with a underlying part arranged axially below the wing portions.

Abstract: A chucking mechanism according to the present invention includes a claw member which retains a discoid disk and is arranged between a plurality of claw portions which put a radial force outwardly to a central opening portion of the disk and a plurality of claw portions, a receiving portion and a sliding portion.

Abstract: A chucking mechanism is operable to detachably set thereon a discoid disk. The chucking mechanism includes a center case, a claw member, an elastic member, and a turn table. The claw member includes, a claw portion, and a movement support portion The center case includes a movement pivot receiving portion. A support point extending continuously from the movement pivot portion is arranged radially inwardly of the movement pivot portion at the movement support portion, and axially upward movement of the tip portion is substantially prevented since the support point makes contact with the movement pivot receiving portion, and a top surface of the movement support portion makes contact with a bottom surface of the top plate portion.

Abstract: A claw member includes at a radially inward surface thereof a protrusion inclined surface in order to minimize deformation occurring in an axial direction to an elastic member which is a coil spring. The protrusion inclined surface is preferably inclined, when a tip portion of the claw member is at an axially lowest point, to be substantially perpendicular to the central axis, or such that the further radially inward a portion thereof is the axially lower the portion is. By virtue of such configuration, the protrusion inclined surface minimizes deformation occurring to the elastic member in the axial direction.