Spindle motor structure

• US 6,911,749 B1
• Filed: 06/17/2004
• Issued: 06/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lite-On It Corporation (Lite-On Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: Chien, Yu-Feng, Ho, Chun-Lung, Tsao, Yi-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANG D
• Application Number:
  US10/868,784
• Time in Patent Office: 376 Days
• Field of Search: 31015601-15684, 310/67.R, 310/90.5, 310/90, 310/51, 310/254, 310/266, 310/268
• US Class Current: 310/67.00R
• 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: H02K 11/012 Shields associated with rotating parts, e.g. rotor cores or rotary shafts
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/085 radially supporting the rotary shaft at only one end of the rotor H02K7/086, H02K7/09 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/09 with magnetic bearings

Abstract

A spindle motor structure includes a rotor, a stator accommodated mainly inside the rotor, and an internal roof magnet located on an inner roof surface of a rotor bell of the rotor. The internal roof magnet further has an inner rim and an outer rim. The inner rim is located projection-wisely within a range of a hollow shaft of the stator. The outer rim is located projection-wisely between an internal peripheral surface of the rotor bell and an inner edge of a coil of the stator. By providing the internal roof magnet inside the rotor bell, a magnetic field to immerse the stator can be generated to damp out possible operational noises and disturbance upon the spindle motor.

Claims

1. A spindle motor structure, comprising:

a rotor, wherein said rotor further comprises a rotor bell having an inner roof surface and an inner peripheral surface bounding an internal space;

a stator disposed inside said rotor, said stator comprising a central hollow shaft and a plurality of radial coil arms protruding outward from said hollow shaft, each of said plurality of radial coil arms includes a coil having an inner edge facing said hollow shaft; and

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a single internal roof magnet disposed on said inner roof surface of said rotor bell, said single internal roof magnet further includes an inner rim and an outer rim, wherein said single internal roof magnet is dimensioned and configured so that said inner rim is disposed within a range of said hollow shaft, and said outer rim is disposed between said inner peripheral surface and said coil inner edge.