US5552650A
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Disk storage device with motor with axially deep flange
Assignee: Papst Licensing GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1994-02-25
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Granted: 1996-09-03
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Expires: 2014-02-25
Abstract
Abstract A compact outer-rotor electric motor that can be used for directly driving a disk for recording and reproducing information has an axially deep, tank-form flange and a stationary shaft, upon which the mounting annulus of the flange and the ball bearings of the hub are axially displaced. The hub includes a cover disk for sealing an extremity of the ball bearings and an inverted cup shape rotor providing magnetic shielding. The flange includes a mounting rim substantially aligned with the back surface of the cup-shape rotor. The facing cup-like and tank-form shapes readily enable labyrinth seals, comprising seals of the lower bearings.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinrich Cap
- 👤 Dieter Elsaesser
- 👤 Ulrich Koletzki
- 👤 Georg Papst
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 13:32
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K1/00; H02K1/06; H02K1/12; H02K1/18; H02K1/187; H02K1/22; H02K1/27; H02K1/2786; H02K1/2787; H02K1/2788; H02K21/00; H02K21/12; H02K21/22; H02K29/00; H02K29/06; H02K29/08; H02K3/00; H02K3/46; H02K3/50; H02K5/00; H02K5/04; H02K5/10; H02K5/16; H02K5/173; H02K5/1737; H02K5/24; H02K7/00; H02K7/08; H02K7/086; H02K7/14; H02K2203/00; H02K2203/03
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
200 words
A drive motor for a disk storage device including an outer rotor which directly drives a hub for mounting one or a plurality of information disks, comprising: a mounting flange around an axis, the flange having a base and an annular portion extending axially from the base to form a tank about the axis, the flange including a mounting rim outside the annular portion with a radial projection for mounting and with a raised rim; a shaft mounted centrally in said flange; the hub mounted for rotation about said shaft and having an axial underside; the outer rotor including a rotor cup of magnetic material facing into the tank of the flange, having a backplane with a substantial radial length, and being fixed to the axial underside of the hub throughout a portion of the backplane; said raised rim of said mounting flange being aligned essentially in the backplane of the rotor cup; a stator within the tank and within limits of the outer rotor; and the hub having an outer surface of non-magnetic material, said outer surface having an axially extending section and a radially-extending planar section for mounting the one information disk or the plurality of information disks.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
200 words
A drive motor for a disk storage device including an outer rotor which directly drives a hub for mounting one or a plurality of information disks, comprising: a mounting flange around an axis, the flange having a base and an annular portion extending axially from the base to form a tank about the axis, the flange including a mounting rim outside the annular portion with a radial projection for mounting and with a raised rim; a shaft mounted centrally in said flange; the hub mounted for rotation about said shaft and having an axial underside; the outer rotor including a rotor cup of magnetic material facing into the tank of the flange, having a backplane with a substantial radial length, and being fixed to the axial underside of the hub throughout a portion of the backplane; said raised rim of said mounting flange being aligned essentially in the backplane of the rotor cup; a stator within the tank and within limits of the outer rotor; and the hub having an outer surface of non-magnetic material, said outer surface having an axially extending section and a radially-extending planar section for mounting the one information disk or the plurality of information disks.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The drive motor of claim 1, in which: the outer rotor includes permanent magnetic elements mounted in the rotor cup surrounding the stator and separated therefrom by a cylindrical air gap, said rotor cup of magnetic material and permanent magnet elements effectively shielding the annular portion of the flange from the stator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
The drive motor of claim 1, in which the shaft is fixedly mounted to the flange, the hub being mounted on the shaft by a plurality of bearings; the hub including a central cover plate rotating therewith for sealing the bearings from the outer load-bearing surface; and further comprising a labyrinth seal between the bearings and the stator.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The drive motor of claim 3, in which the labyrinth seal includes elements radially inside of the stator and axially offset from a nearer one of the bearings toward the flange.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The drive motor of claim 4, in which the hub is of aluminum, the backplane of said rotor cup of magnetic material being held firmly to the axial underside of the aluminum hub.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
82 words
The drive motor of claim 4, in which the shaft has first and second approximately comparable axial length comprising substantially its whole length, the first axial length being a length of a portion of the shaft mounted in the flange and said second axial length being a length of the shaft upon which the bearings are mounted and which is substantially occupied thereby, the flange having a second portion adjacent the shaft extending from the base axially throughout the first axial length.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The drive motor of claim 1, including a plurality of bearings, and a labyrinth seal between the bearings and the stator.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The drive motor of claim 1, in which the hub is of aluminum, the backplane of said rotor cup of magnetic material being held firmly to the axial underside of the aluminum hub.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
The drive motor of claim 2, in which the hub is of aluminum, said rotor cup of magnetic material being held firmly to the axial underside of the aluminum hub, which axial underside is aligned essentially with the raised rim.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
The drive motor of claim 3, in which the hub is of aluminum, said rotor cup of magnetic material being held firmly to the axial underside of the aluminum hub, which axially underside is aligned essentially with the raised rim.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
80 words
The drive motor of claim 3, in which the shaft has approximately comparable first axial length and second axial length comprising substantially its whole length, the first axial length being a length of the shaft mounted in the flange and said second axial length being the length of the shaft upon which the bearings are mounted and which is substantially occupied thereby, the flange having a portion adjacent the shaft extending from the base axially throughout the first axial length.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
The drive motor of claim 7, in which the hub is of aluminum.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
74 words
The drive motor of claim 7, in which the shaft has first and second approximately comparable axial lengths, the first axial length being a length of the shaft mounted in the flange and said second axial length being a length of the shaft upon which the bearings are mounted and which is substantially occupied thereby, the flange having a second portion adjacent the shaft extending from the base axially throughout the first axial length.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
The drive motor of claim 2, in which the hub of aluminum and the rotor cup is of deep-drawn soft iron sheet.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
40 words
The drive motor of claim 1, wherein the rotor cup is fixed to the hub throughout the portion of the backplane, which portion has a radial length that is a major fraction of the substantial radial length of the backplane.
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