Abstract: Disclosed herein is spindle motor including a rotating part, including: a rotating shaft and a magnet; a fixing part including a bearing supporting the rotating shaft, an armature opposite to the magnet, a printed circuit board applying power to the armature, and a base plate coupled with the rotating part, wherein the rotating part rotates by electromagnetic force of the magnet and the armature, and an end of the base plate contacting the printed circuit board is provided with a downward inclined part having a round shape so as to be coupled with the printed circuit board.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spindle motor configured of a rotating part including a shaft and a magnet and a fixing part including a bearing supporting the shaft and an armature facing the magnet, the rotating part being rotated by electromagnetic force between the magnet and the armature, wherein the fixing part includes: a base plate supporting the shaft; a bearing holder mounted on an upper portion of the base plate and fixed to an outer diameter of the bearing; and a flexible printed circuit board attached on upper portions of the base plate and the bearing holder so that it is disposed between the base plate and the armature and the bearing holder and the armature, thereby insulating the base plate and the bearing holder from the armature.

Abstract: There is provided a spindle motor including: a sleeve rotatably supporting a shaft; a sleeve holder supporting the sleeve and formed through a pressing process; a stator core fixedly mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve holder; and a pulling magnet fixedly mounted on an upper surface of the stator core, wherein the stator core includes a burr insertion stepped part formed in a lower portion of an inner diameter portion thereof.

Abstract: A spindle motor includes a rotor including a rotary shaft and magnets, a stator including a bearing, which supports the rotary shaft, and an armature corresponding to the magnets. The rotor is caused to rotate by an electromagnetic force generated by the magnets and the armature. The stator includes a plate having a stepped portion in a portion thereof, which faces the rotary shaft.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spindle motor including: a rotor including a rotational axis and a magnet; and a stator including a bearing supporting the rotational axis and an armature corresponding to the magnet; wherein the rotor rotates by electromagnetic force between the magnet and the armature, the stator includes a printed circuit connected to the armature and having a hole for both set assembling and grounding formed therein; and a base plate having the printed circuit board coupled to an upper surface thereof so as to be stacked thereon and having a hole for both set assembling and grounding formed therein, the hole for both set assembling and grounding corresponding to the hole for both set assembling and grounding of the printed circuit board, and the hole for both set assembling and grounding of the printed circuit board and the hole for both set assembling and grounding of the base plate are fixed and grounded to a set.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spindle motor, including: a rotating part having a rotating shaft and a magnet and a fixing part including a bearing supporting the rotating shaft and an armature corresponding to the magnet, the rotating part rotated by electromagnetic force of the magnet and the armature, wherein the fixing part includes: a plate supporting the rotating shaft; and a flexible circuit board mounted on the top portion of the plate and disposed between the plate and the armature to shield conduction therebetween.

Abstract: There is provided a disk chucking device including: a chucking mechanism body installed on a rotor case; a chuck chip movably installed on the chucking mechanism body and fixing a disk thereto; and a spring member installed such that both ends thereof are supported by the chucking mechanism body and the chuck chip, and including a permanent deformation suppressing part provided in a bent portion thereof in order to prevent permanent deformation of the bent portion when the disk is loaded and unloaded and having a smaller pitch than that of other portions.

Abstract: There is provided a motor including a sleeve rotatably supporting a shaft; a sleeve holder having the sleeve inserted thereinto and including fixing parts; and a base member including fixing counterparts corresponding to the fixing parts of the sleeve holder and fixedly coupled to the sleeve holder, wherein the sleeve holder and the base member have guide parts and guide counterparts respectively provided therein, the guide parts and guide counterparts having corresponding shapes and guiding the sleeve holder to a mounting position thereof.

Abstract: A disk chucking device is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the disk chucking device coupling a disk to a rotor of a motor such that the disk can be mounted and demounted can include a boss, which is coupled with the rotor, a first elastic body, which includes an inner circumference surrounding the boss and in which the first elastic body has elasticity in a radial direction from a center of the boss, a plurality of second elastic bodies, which are radially disposed from the first elastic body and in which the plurality of second elastic bodies are elastically supported by the first elastic body, and a plurality of chuck pins, which press the disk and in which each of the plurality of chuck pins is elastically supported by each of the plurality of second elastic bodies.

Abstract: A chuck pin and a disk chucking device equipped with the chuck pin are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the chuck pin fastening a disk by compressing an inner circumference of the disk includes a protruding part, which presses against the disk, and a body, in which a front part of the body is coupled to the protruding part and an inclined part is formed on a lower surface of the body such that the front part of the body can be rotated about a back part of the body as a pivot when pressure is applied to an upper surface of the protruding part. With this configuration, the chuck pin is kept from floating when the disk rotates, and the chuck pin can be easily tilted downward when the disk is loaded.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spindle motor. The spindle motor includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a rotating shaft and a rotor casing which is provided with a magnet. The stator rotatably supports the rotor. The stator includes an armature facing the magnet. When the rotor casing rotates at a low speed, the rotating shaft rotates in a state of being inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the vertical direction in which the rotating shaft is upright on the stator. Therefore, because the rotating shaft rotates in the state of being inclined with respect to the stator, the rotor can uniformly rotate. If the spindle motor is used in an optical disk apparatus for forming a label surface on an optical disk, the quality of the image on the label surface of the optical disk can be enhanced.

Abstract: An optical disk apparatus is disclosed which includes a first printed circuit board, on which a first circuit pattern is formed; a rotor, on which an optical disk may be placed, and which is electrically connected with the first circuit pattern; a second printed circuit board, which is stacked adjacent to the rotor on a surface of the first printed circuit board, and on which a second circuit pattern is formed; a sensor unit, which is mounted on the second printed circuit board in electrical connection with the second circuit pattern, and which is configured to sense a rotation of the optical disk; and a support plate, which supports the first printed circuit board and the rotor. In this optical disk apparatus, a separate printed circuit board can be utilized to support the sensor unit, whereby manufacturing costs can be reduced and working efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a disk chucking device. A disk chucking device according to an aspect of the invention may include: a chuck housing mounted on one surface of a rotor case being rotatable and having a receiving portion with an outside opening to be connected to a receiving space provided therein; and a chuck chip comprising an elastic plate being elastically transformed when a disc being mounted on the rotor case is inserted and securing an inter circumferential surface of the disc.

Abstract: This disk chucking apparatus may include: a chuck bass having a plurality of holding portions, a plurality of chuck pins which are inserted in the holding portions to be elastically supported, and protrudes out from the chuck base, an elastic fragment which is arranged to be symmetrical to the chuck pin with respect to the rotation center of the chuck base, and elastically supports a disk together with the chuck pin, and wherein the elastic fragment has an inclined surface inclined with respect to a direction of equipment of the disk, and the inclined surface are increased from smaller radius than the inner radius of the disk to larger radius than the inner radius of the disk. This disk chucking apparatus make it possible to align the centers of the chuck base and disk, and to decrease the force in mounting a disk.

Abstract: There is provided an encoder sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The encoder sensor may include: a light emitting unit and a light receiving part disposed at a distance in a readable range of an encoding mark of a disk; a receiving part receiving the light emitting unit and the light emitting unit; and a lead frame extending into an opposite direction of the disk from the receiving part and electrically connected to a printed circuit board.

Abstract: There is provided a motor including a sleeve supporting a shaft; a sleeve holder allowing the sleeve to be fixed to an inner circumferential surface thereof and having a coupling rack protruding downwardly from a bottom surface in an axial direction; and a base plate having a sleeve holder insertion hole provided therein such that the sleeve holder insertion hole has a curvature defined by an inner circumferential surface thereof, in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the coupling rack of the sleeve holder, and a bottom surface thereof, in contact with a coupling portion of the coupling rack.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a slip prevention member for a turntable. A friction layer prevents a slip of a disk placed on an upper surface thereof. A hardness reinforcing layer is provided under the lower surface of the friction layer. An adhesive layer is provided under the lower surface of the hardness reinforcing layer. A releasable sheet is attached to the lower surface of the adhesive layer. The slip prevention member reduces use of environmentally toxic material and uses the hardness reinforcing layer, thus preventing occurrence of vibrations and noise which may be induced when the hardness of the slip prevention member is relatively low.

Abstract: There is provided a motor. A motor according to an aspect of the invention may include: a rotor case having a coupling hook extending downward in an axial direction, secured to a shaft, and performing rotation; a sleeve supporting the shaft; and a sleeve housing having a projection provided at a front end portion of an upper part thereof in the axial direction and a spiral passage provided along the projection such that the coupling hook moves along the spiral passage while the sleeve is pressed and inserted into an inner circumferential surface thereof.

Abstract: A motor is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the motor includes a stator and a rotor, which is supported by the stator such that the rotor rotates. Here, the rotor includes a rotational axis, which is supported by the stator such that the rotational axis rotates, a rotating body, which rotates together with the rotational axis, and a hub, which has a ring-shaped body and a protruding part. Here, the ring-shaped body is interposed between the rotational axis and the rotating body, and the protruding part extends an outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body coupled to the rotating body. Thus, the motor can improve the coupling strength between the rotational axis and the rotating body, securing the rotating rotor's stability.

Abstract: A motor is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the motor includes a stator and a rotor, which is supported by the stator such that the rotor rotates. Here, the rotor includes a rotational axis, which is supported by the stator such that the rotational axis rotates, a rotating body, which rotates together with the rotational axis, and a hub, which has a ring-shaped body and a protruding part. Here, the ring-shaped body is interposed between the rotational axis and the rotating body, and the protruding part extends an outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped body coupled to the rotating body. Thus, the motor can improve the coupling strength between the rotational axis and the rotating body, securing the rotating rotor's stability.