US5422769A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Spin motor for rotating a storage disk in a disk drive

Assignee: Papst Licensing GmbH and Co KG

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Filing: 1994-04-14

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Granted: 1995-06-06

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Expires: 2014-04-14

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Abstract

Abstract A disk storage drive is provided with a brushless drive motor having a stator with a winding. An external rotor coaxially surrounds the stator and is spaced therefrom by a substantially cylindrical air gap. The rotor includes a permanent magnet and a soft magnetic yoke. A hub is provided that is concentric to the yoke and is connected to the rotor for rotation therewith. The hub has a disk mounting portion on its outer peripheral surface that can be passed through the central opening of a standardized storage disk for mounting the storage disks for rotation therewith. At least half of the axial longitudinal dimension of the stator winding and the rotor magnet interacting therewith is housed within the disk mounting portion of the hub. The hub is made from a non-ferromagnetic material that is suitable for storage drive clean chamber use after dimensional finishing of the hub.

Inventors

👤 Dieter Elsaesser
👤 Johann von der Heide

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —

Jurisdiction US

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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 14:21

CPC Classifications

G; G11; G11B; G11B25/00; G11B25/04; G11B25/043; G11B17/00; G11B17/02; G11B17/038; G11B19/00; G11B19/20; G11B19/2009; H; H02; H02K; H02K11/00; H02K11/01; H02K11/014; H02K11/0141; H02K11/40; H02K21/00; H02K21/12; H02K21/22; H02K29/00; H02K29/06; H02K29/08; H02K5/00; H02K5/04; H02K5/10; H02K5/12; H02K5/124; H02K5/16; H02K5/173; H02K5/1735; H02K5/1737; H02K5/22; H02K5/225; H02K7/00; H02K7/08; H02K7/085; H02K7/086; H02K7/14; H02P; H02P6/00; H02P6/08; H02P6/085; H02K2211/00; H02K2211/03; H02K3/00; H02K3/04; H02K3/28; H02K5/167; H02P2209/00; H02P2209/07

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11

Claim 1

Independent Claim 114 words

A spin motor for rotating a storage disk in a disk drive, comprising: a stator and a winding on said stator; a shaft defining a rotation axis of said motor; a rotor, comprising: a magnetically conducting member supported for rotation about said rotation axis and having an inner wall coaxially surrounding said stator; a magnet fixed to the inner wall of said magnetically conducting member, said member being radially spaced from said stator; and a radially-extending flange at an axial extremity of said rotor; and a support member connected to the disk drive and supporting said shaft and said stator, said support member having a recess receiving a portion of said radially extending flange.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 114 words

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 32 words

A spin motor for rotating a storage disk in a disk drive according to claim 1, wherein: said magnetically conducting member provides a portion of a magnetic return path for the magnet.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 39 words

A spin motor for rotating a storage disk in a disk drive according to claim 1, wherein: the recess receiving the portion of said radially extending flange of the rotor has an interior stepped surface in said support member.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 30 words

A spin motor for rotating a storage disk in a disk drive according to claim 1, wherein: said magnet is spaced from said stator by a substantially cylindrical air gap.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 55 words

A spin motor for rotating a storage disk in a disk drive according to claim 1, wherein: a control member mounted on a surface of said radially extending flange facnig said support member; and a sensor mounted on said support member for sensing the passage of said control member to provide a rotation control signal.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 31 words

A spin motor for rotating a storage disk in a disk drive according to claim 5, wherein: said control member is axially contiguous with said magnet radially spaced from said stator.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 31 words

A spin motor for rotating a storage disk in a disk drive according to claim 5, wherein: said sensor is mounted on a printed circuit board supported on said support member.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 30 words

A spin motor for rotating a storage disk in a disk drive according to claim 5, wherein: said printed circuit board is received within the recess is said support member.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 51 words

A spin motor for rotating a storage disk in a disk drive according to claim 7, wherein: the recess in said support member receiving the portion of said radially extending flange of said rotor has an interior stepped surface to facilitate the placement of said printed circuit board within the recess.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 31 words

A spin motor for rotating a storage disk in a disk drive according to claim 5, wherein: said control member extends at least partially into the recess of said support member.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1998-06-05	1998-12-05	1999-06-06	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2002-06-05	2002-12-05	2003-06-06	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2006-06-05	2006-12-05	2007-06-06	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

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