Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bearing apparatus, spindle motor, and disk drive apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 轴承装置,主轴电机和磁盘驱动装置
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Application No.: US13602348Application Date: 2012-09-04
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Publication No.: US08794839B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Akihiro Kimura , Teiichi Hirono , Kunio Sakurada , Kyoko Horise , Takehito Tamaoka , Kazuhiro Sato , Yoichi Sekii
- Applicant: Akihiro Kimura , Teiichi Hirono , Kunio Sakurada , Kyoko Horise , Takehito Tamaoka , Kazuhiro Sato , Yoichi Sekii
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: Nidec Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nidec Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Keating & Bennett, LLP
- Priority: JP2009-141192 20090612; JP2012-174569 20120807
- Main IPC: F16C32/06
- IPC: F16C32/06

Abstract:
A bearing apparatus includes a stationary shaft, a first annular member, and a rotating member. The rotating member includes a first inner circumferential surface arranged opposite to the outer circumferential surface of the stationary shaft, and a second inner circumferential surface arranged opposite to an outer circumferential surface of the first annular member. A lubricating oil is arranged in a gap between a surface of a stationary member and the rotating member. On an upper side of an upper surface of the lubricating oil, the first annular member and the rotating member are arranged radially opposite to each other with a slight gap defined therebetween, so that a labyrinth seal is defined. The labyrinth seal and a fixing range over which the stationary shaft and the first annular member are fixed to each other are arranged to overlap with each other in a radial direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120326543A1 BEARING APPARATUS, SPINDLE MOTOR, AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-12-27
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