Disk drive device having reduced thickness

• US 5,124,863 A
• Filed: 06/25/1990
• Issued: 06/23/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Hi-Tech Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Hi-Tech Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Imai, Yasuaki, Koizumi, Shigeki
• Primary Examiner(s): Tupper, Robert S.
• Application Number:
  US07/543,106
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• Field of Search: 360/99.08, 360/99.04, 360/99.05, 360/99.11, 360/99.12
• US Class Current: 360/99.08
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/2009 Turntables, hubs and motors for disk drives; Mounting of motors in the drive means for clamping of disk to turntable G11B17/022 and subgroups
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 25/043 using rotating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 21/24 with magnets axially facing the armatures, e.g. hub-type cycle dynamos
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/14 Structural association with mechanical loads, e.g. with hand-held machine tools or fans with fan or impeller for cooling the machine H02K9/06

Abstract

A disk drive system in accordance with the present invention comprises a surface opposing type spindle motor which in turn comprises a spindle which is rotatably supported through a bearing by a chassis and to which is to be mounted a disk, a rotor yoke securely attached to the spindle, a driving magnet assembly, a printed-circuit board upon which are mounted a plurality of driving coils and a stator yoke disposed in opposing relationship with the driving magnet through the driving coils. A chassis has an opening in which is housed a head and the stator yoke is formed with a first recess in a region corresponding to a space in which the head is displaced. The bearing is a radial bearing having a diameter greater than that of the spindle. In order to avoid the interference between the driving coils and the first recess, the driving coils are disposed in an opening formed through the printed-circuit board or the space defined at the position corresponding to the recess. Furthermore, in order to balance the attractive forces of the driving magnet assembly or to cancel the cogging torque, the stator has a second recess at a position in opposing relationship with the first recess across the bearing.

Claims

1. A disk drive device of the type comprising:

a spindle rotatably supported by a chassis on which is to be mounted a disk;

a head disposed on said chassis so as to be movable in the radial direction of said disk;

a rotor yoke securely mounted on said spindle and securely carrying a disk-shaped driving magnet assembly;

a printed-circuit board disposed in opposing relationship with said driving magnet assembly and provided with a plurality of driving coils; and

a stator yoke mounted on said chassis in opposing relationship with said driving magnet assembly through said plurality of driving coils, wherein said chassis has an opening for housing therein said head;

said stator yoke has a recess in a portion corresponding to a region in which said head is displaced;

said printed circuit board has an opening in opposing relationship with said recess; and

at least one driving coil is disposed in said opening.

2. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said recess is a rectangular groove formed by the drawing operation and having the same width throughout the whole length of said groove.

3. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a radial bearing, including an inner ring, interposed between said chassis and said spindle for rotatably supporting said spindle, said radial bearing having an inner diameter which is greater than that of said spindle, said spindle being fitted into an opening defined by the inner ring of said radial bearing.

4. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said recess is a rectangular groove formed by the drawing operation and having the same width throughout the whole length of said groove.

5. A disk drive device of the type having a spindle rotatably supported by a chassis on which is to be mounted a disk, a head disposed on said chassis so as to be movable in the radial direction of said disk, a rotary yoke securely mounted on said spindle and securely carrying a circular driving magnet assembly, a plurality of driving coils disposed in opposing relationship with said circular driving magnet assembly, and a stator yoke disposed on said chassis in opposing relationship with said circular driving magnet assembly through said plurality of driving coils;

wherein the improvement comprises;

said chassis having an opening in which said head is housed;

said stator yoke having a recess in a portion corresponding to a region in which said head is displaced;

satisfying the condition P=4n+2, where P being the number of magnetized poles of said circular driving magnet assembly and 3n (n;

plus integers) being the number of said driving magnetic coils; and

said plurality of driving coils being arranged in the form of a circle leaving a space corresponding to said recess of said stator yoke.

6. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 5 further comprising a radial bearing, including an inner ring, interposed between said chassis and said spindle for rotatably supporting said spindle, said radial bearing having an inner diameter which is greater than that of said spindle, said spindle being fitted into an opening defined by the inner ring of said radial bearing.

7. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said recess is a rectangular groove formed by the drawing operation by the mechanical press and having the same width throughout the whole length of said groove.

8. A disk drive device of the type having a spindle which is rotatably supported through a bearing on a chassis and over which is mounted a disk;

a head disposed on said chassis so as to be movable in the radial direction of said disk;

a rotor yoke which is securely attached to said spindle and to which is attached a circular driving magnet ring;

a plurality of driving coils disposed in opposing relationship with said circular driving magnet assembly; and

a stator yoke disposed on said chassis in opposing relationship with said circular driving magnet assembly through said plurality of driving coils;

wherein the improvement comprises;

said chassis having an opening in which said head is housed;

said stator yoke having a recess in a portion corresponding to a region in which said head is displaced; and

means, disposed at a position in opposing relationship with said recess across said bearing, for balancing attractive forces of said circular driving magnet assembly acting on said stator yoke.

9. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said balancing means comprises another yoke members disposed within spaces of said driving coils.

10. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said balancing means is a second recess formed by the drawing operation.

11. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said second recess is extended into an inside space of one of said plurality of driving coils.

12. A disk drive device of the type having a spindle rotatably supported by a chassis on which is to be mounted a disk, a head disposed on said chassis so as to be movable in the radial direction of said disk, a rotary yoke securely mounted on said spindle and securely carrying a circular driving magnet assembly, a plurality of driving coils disposed in opposing relationship with said circular driving magnet assembly, and a stator yoke disposed on said chassis in opposing relationship with said circular driving magnet assembly through said plurality of driving coils;

wherein the improvement comprises;

said chassis having an opening in which said head is housed; and

said stator yoke having a first recess formed in a portion corresponding to a region in which said head is displaced and a second recess formed so as to cancel the cogging torque produced by said first recess.

13. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 12, wherein said driving magnet assembly is equiangularly divided by a predetermined angle θ

₀ into an even number of alternately magnetized poles defined by driving by θ

are positively and negatively;

said first and second recesses of said stator yoke are substantially in the form of a rectangle and are extend in different radial directions, respectively, of said stator; and

the side edges of said recesses extending outwardly of the stator yoke are not in parallel with boundary lines of the poles of said driving magnet assembly, when said side edges and said boundary lines become in opposing relationship, by viewing from a point of a line perpendicular to said surface of said stator yoke.

14. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 12, wherein an even number of poles defined by equiangularly dividing said circular driving magnet assembly by θ

are alternately positively and negatively magnetized;

said first and second recesses of said stator yoke are substantially in the form of a rectangle and are extended in the different radial directions, respectively, of said stator; and

an angle between said first and second recesses is substantially equal to (n+α

) times said predetermined angle θ

₀, wherein n is 0 or an integer, and

α

is 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4.

15. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 13, wherein an even number of poles defined by equiangularly dividing said circular driving magnet assembly by θ

are alternately positively and negatively magnetized;

said first and second recesses of said stator yoke are substantially in the form of a rectangle and are extended in the different radial directions, respectively, of said stator; and

an angle between said first and second recesses is substantially equal to (n+α

) times said predetermined angle θ

₀, wherein n is 0 or an integer, and

α

is 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4.

16. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the angle between said first and second recesses is 180 degrees plus 1/4 or 1/2 or 3/4 of said angle θ

or is 180 degrees minus 1/4 or 1/2 or 3/4 of said angle θ

₀.

17. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the angle between said first and second recesses is 180 degrees plus 1/4 or 1/2 or 3/4 of said angle θ

or is 180 degrees minus 1/4 or 1/2 or 3/4 of said angle θ

₀.

18. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 12, wherein said plurality of driving coils consists of a predetermined number of first driving coils and a predetermined number of second driving coils which are different in size from said first driving coils, each pair of said first and second coils being in the same phase;

and

said first and second driving coils are so interconnected that output torque in each phase becomes equal.

19. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 13, wherein said plurality of driving coils consists of a predetermined number of first driving coils and a predetermined number of second driving coils which are different in size from said first driving coils, each pair of said first and second coils being in the same phase;

and

said first and second driving coils are so interconnected that output torque in each phase becomes equal.

20. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 16, wherein said plurality of driving coils consists of a predetermined number of first driving coils and a predetermined number of second driving coils which are different in size from said first driving coils, each pair of said first and second coils being in the same phase;

and

said first and second driving coils are so interconnected that output torque in each phase becomes equal.

21. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 17, wherein said plurality of driving coils consists of a predetermined number of first driving coils and a predetermined number of second driving coils which are different in size from said first driving coils, each pair of said first and second coils being in the same phase;

and

said first and second driving coils are so interconnected that output torque in each phase becomes equal.

22. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 12, wherein said plurality of driving coils are arranged in the form of a circle leaving spaces so as not to interfere with said first and second recesses of said stator yoke, whereby said first and second recesses are positioned within said spaces, respectively.

23. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 13 wherein said plurality of driving coils are arranged in the form of a circle leaving spaces so as not to interfere with said first and second recesses of said stator yoke, whereby said first and second recesses are positioned within said spaces, respectively.

24. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 18 wherein said plurality of driving coils are arranged in the form of a circle leaving spaces so as not to interfere with said first and second recesses of said stator yoke, whereby said first and second recesses are positioned within said spaces, respectively.

25. A disk drive device as claimed in claim 19 wherein said plurality of driving coils in the form of a circle leaving spaces so as not to interfere with said first and second recesses of said stator yoke, whereby said first and second recesses are positioned within said spaces, respectively.