Abstract: A spindle motor includes a stator including a base member having a stator core installed thereon; and a rotor including a rotor hub in which a driving magnet facing the stator core is installed. The rotor hub includes a disk-shaped body, a magnet mounting part extended from edge of the body in a downward axial direction and having the driving magnet installed on an inner surface thereof, and a disk support part extended from the magnet mounting part in radial direction. A magnetic center of the driving magnet is higher than that of the stator core in the axial direction in order to generate force directed in the downward axial direction through interaction with the stator core. The magnet mounting part includes a vortex generation suppressing part disposed on a lower edge portion thereof to decrease noise and vibrations generated by flow of air during rotation of the rotor hub.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sealing module of a hydrodynamic bearing in which oil is filled in a micro gap between a shaft and a sleeve to form a hydrodynamic bearing part, wherein the shaft is fixedly coupled to a holder, the sleeve is rotatably supported by the shaft, the sleeve and the holder include bent parts formed at facing surfaces thereof in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the shaft respectively, and a maze type sealing part is formed by the bent parts.

Abstract: There are provided a clamp ring, a spindle motor including the clamp ring and a hard disk drive including the spindle motor. The spindle motor includes: a fixed member; a rotating member rotatably supported by the fixed member using fluid dynamic pressure; and a clamp ring inserted into an outer surface of the rotating member in a radial direction to fix a recording disk.

Abstract: There are provided a hydrodynamic bearing assembly and a spindle motor including the same. The hydrodynamic bearing assembly includes: a sleeve including a shaft hole to have a shaft rotatably installed therein; and a cover member covering the shaft hole at a lower portion of the shaft hole in an axial direction, wherein an inner surface of the sleeve is provided with depression parts depressed in an outer diameter direction between upper and lower portions of the sleeve and portions in which radial bearings are formed, such that the portions in which the radial bearings are formed are provided with bearing closure adhesion parts allowing the portions in which the radial bearings are formed to be closer to the shaft than portions other than the portions in which the radial bearings are formed.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor including: a shaft having a lower end portion fixed to one of a base member and a lower thrust member and provided with an installation groove depressed downwardly from an upper surface thereof; an upper thrust member including an insertion part inserted into and fixed to the installation groove of the shaft; and a rotating part forming a bearing clearance together with the upper and lower thrust members and the shaft and rotating around the shaft.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ejecting apparatus including: an upper body which includes an inlet through which ejectable fluid flows in from an external source, a channel which fluidly communicates with the inlet and through which the ejectable fluid flows, and an upper mounting portion which fluidly communicates with the channel and is opened downwardly; a lower body which includes a lower mounting portion which is opened upwardly to correspond to the upper mounting portion, and a nozzle slit which fluidly communicates with the lower mounting portion to eject the ejectable fluid to an outside, the lower body being fastened to the upper body, and a nozzle chip which is interposed between the upper mounting portion and the lower mounting portion to receive the ejectable fluid from the channel and discharge the ejectable fluid into the nozzle slit by being driven by an actuator.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor including a lower thrust member fixed to a base member; a shaft having a lower end portion fixed to the lower thrust member; a rotating member rotating around the shaft; an upper thrust member fixed to an upper end portion of the shaft and forming a bearing clearance together with the rotating member; and a cover member fixed to the upper thrust member.

Abstract: An image display device includes a display panel, a first substrate over the display panel, a plurality of first electrodes on the first substrate, a plurality of second electrodes alternately arranged with the plurality of first electrodes, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a replica layer on the second substrate and having a concave pattern of half-cylinder shape, the concave pattern facing the second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer in the concave pattern.

Abstract: There are provided a hydrodynamic bearing assembly and a spindle motor including the same. The hydrodynamic bearing assembly includes: a sleeve including a shaft hole to have a shaft rotatably installed therein; and a cover member covering the shaft hole at a lower portion of the shaft hole in an axial direction, wherein an inner surface of the sleeve is provided with depression parts depressed in an outer diameter direction between upper and lower portions of the sleeve and portions in which radial bearings are formed, such that the portions in which the radial bearings are formed are provided with bearing closure adhesion parts allowing the portions in which the radial bearings are formed to be closer to the shaft than portions other than the portions in which the radial bearings are formed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spindle motor including: a shaft forming the center of rotation of the motor; a sleeve receiving the shaft therein and rotatably supporting the shaft; a thrust plate press-fitted into the shaft so as to be perpendicular to an axial direction of the shaft; and a sealing cap spaced apart from the thrust plate in an upward axial direction and bent to enclose an outer side surface of the sleeve to thereby be coupled to the thrust plate, wherein the sealing cap is provided with a sealing part having concave parts and convex parts alternately formed along an inner peripheral surface thereof in a radial direction.

Abstract: A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device includes a reflection plate, a light guide plate over the reflection plate, the light guide plate having n grooves at a lower surface and including (n+1) areas divided by the grooves, wherein n is a natural number, a first LED assembly disposed at a first side surface of the light guide plate, the first LED assembly including (n+1) LED packages, each of which has at least one LED, wherein the LED packages of the first LED assembly correspond to the areas, respectively, and are separately driven, and a plurality of optical sheets over the light guide plate.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and chat method in a mobile terminal using an instant messaging service are provided. According to the present invention, in the course of a chat with a specific party using an instant messaging service, a specific one of previous chat contents with at least one party including the specific party may be used as a chat content with the specific party.

Abstract: There is provided a base for a motor, the base including: a base body having a disk disposed thereon; an outer wall part defining an outer part of the base body; and at least one rib depressed from one surface of the base body and protruded toward the other surface thereof to thereby improve rigidity of the base body, wherein pressure in an inner edge of the rib is equal to or greater than pressure in an outer edge thereof at the time of rotation of the disk.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor. The spindle motor includes a fixed member; and a rotating member rotating relatively to the fixed member, and having oil filling a bearing clearance formed between the fixed member and the rotating member, wherein the fixed member and the rotating member are provided with an oil diffusion path communicating an air/oil interface formed at a boundary between the oil filled in the bearing clearance and air with the outside, and at least one of the fixed member and the rotating member is provided with at least one dummy oil groove opened to the oil diffusion path and having oil filled in at least a portion of the inside thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor. The spindle motor includes a fixed member; and a rotating member rotating relatively to the fixed member, and having oil filling a bearing clearance formed between the fixed member and the rotating member, wherein the fixed member and the rotating member are provided with an oil diffusion path communicating an air/oil interface formed at a boundary between the oil filled in the bearing clearance and air with the outside, and at least one of the fixed member and the rotating member is provided with at least one dummy oil groove opened to the oil diffusion path and having oil filled in at least a portion of the inside thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a base for a motor, the base including: a base body having a disk disposed thereon; an outer wall part defining an outer part of the base body; and at least one rib depressed from one surface of the base body and protruded toward the other surface thereof to thereby improve rigidity of the base body, wherein pressure in an inner edge of the rib is equal to or greater than pressure in an outer edge thereof at the time of rotation of the disk.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ejecting apparatus including: an upper bezel which includes an inlet through which ejectable fluid flows in from an external source, a channel which fluidly communicates with the inlet and through which the ejectable fluid flows, and an upper mounting portion which fluidly communicates with the channel and is opened downwardly; a lower bezel which includes a lower mounting portion which is opened upwardly to correspond to the upper mounting portion, and a nozzle slit which fluidly communicates with the lower mounting portion to eject the ejectable fluid to an outside, the lower bezel being fastened to the upper bezel, and a nozzle chip which is interposed between the upper mounting portion and the lower mounting portion to receive the ejectable fluid from the channel and discharge the ejectable fluid into the nozzle slit by being driven by an actuator.

Abstract: An aerosol spray apparatus and a method of forming a film using the aerosol spray apparatus are disclosed. The aerosol spray apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a carrier gas injection unit, which forms carrier gas by vaporizing liquefied gas and increases the pressure of the carrier gas; an aerosol forming unit, which forms an aerosol by mixing the carrier gas with powder; and a film forming unit, which sprays the aerosol in a normal pressure environment such that the film is formed on the surface of the board. The apparatus can perform a coating process with no restriction of the type and size of powder, simplify the process because the film can be formed in a normal temperature and pressure environment, and control a wide range of film thickness in a short time.

Abstract: Provided is an error detection apparatus of an inkjet printer head including: an amplification unit connected between a piezoelectric element, which applies pressure to an ink chamber, and a ground to amplify a voltage generated from the piezoelectric element; and a detection unit for detecting whether ink is normally ejected using the voltage amplified by the amplification unit. It is possible to detect whether the inkjet printer head abnormally ejects ink by sensing vibration after ejection of ink using the piezoelectric element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly method of an inkjet printhead assembly and an inkjet printhead assembly using the same, and more particularly, to an assembly method of an inkjet printhead assembly capable of securing a relative position between nozzles within a small error range in an inkjet printhead assembly having a side shooting head structure in which two or more head chips are bonded to a single bezel, and an inkjet printhead assembly using the same.