A spindle motor is provided in which an end portion of a winding of a coil maintains insulation from a base and the end portion of the winding of the coil can be easily threaded through a hole of a printed circuit board when the end portion of the winding of the coil is drawn out. For this, the spindle motor includes a base fixed with a stator having a coil, an insulating sheet provided between the stator and the base, and a printed circuit board provided in the base on an outer side of the motor. Holes are formed in the base, insulating sheet and printed circuit board so as to communicate with each other, and an winding end portion of the coil is led out to the outside of the motor. The diameter C of the hole 19 in the printed circuit board and the diameter B of the hole 18 of the insulating sheet are smaller than the diameter A of the hole 17 of the base, and the diameter C of the hole 19 is larger than the diameter B of the hole 18.
1. A spindle motor, comprising:
a body of rotation fixed with a drive magnet,
a stator disposed opposite to the body of rotation and having a coil,
a base fixed with the stator,
an insulating sheet provided at least partly between the stator and the base, and
a printed circuit board located in the base on an outer side of the motor,
the base, insulating sheet and printed circuit board, respectively, having holes therein for communicating with each other,
the coil having a winding end portion passing through the holes and to an outer side of the motor,
wherein the hole in the printed circuit board and the hole in the insulating sheet have diameters, respectively, smaller than that of the hole in the base, and the diameter of the hole in the printed circuit board is larger than that of the hole in the insulating sheet, and
the hole in the base is sealed by an adhesive.
2. The spindle motor according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the hole in the base is not more than 5 mm.
3. The spindle motor according to claim 1 , wherein a relation given by A/T≧0.2 holds, where the diameter of the hole in the base is denoted by A and the thickness of a part of the base formed with the hole is denoted by T.
4. The spindle motor according to claim 3 , wherein the diameter of the hole in the base is not more than 5 mm.
5. A spindle motor, comprising:
a body of rotation fixed with a drive magnet,
a stator disposed opposite to the body of rotation and having a coil,
a base fixed with the stator,
an insulating sheet provided at least partly between the stator and the base, and
a printed circuit board located in the base on an outer side of the motor,
the base, insulating sheet and printed circuit board, respectively, having holes therein for communicating with each other,
the coil having a winding end portion passing through the holes and to an outer side of the motor,
wherein a relation given by B<A 1 <C<A 2 holds, where the diameter of the hole formed in the base on the insulating sheet side is denoted by A 1 , the diameter of the hole formed in the base on the printed circuit board side is denoted by A 2 , the diameter of the hole formed in the insulating sheet is denoted by B, and the diameter of the hole formed in the printed circuit board is denoted by C, and
the hole in the base is sealed by an adhesive.
6. The spindle motor according to claim 5 , wherein a relation given by A 2 /T≧0.2 holds, where the thickness of a part of the base formed with the hole is denoted by T.
7. The spindle motor according to claim 6 , wherein the diameter A 1 of the hole in the base on the insulating sheet side is not more than 5 mm.
8. The spindle motor according to claim 7 , wherein a relation given by 0.1 mm≦T≦5 mm holds, where the thickness of a part of the base formed with the hole is denoted by T.
9. The spindle motor according to claim 6 , wherein a relation given by 0.1 mm≦T≦5 mm holds, where the thickness of a part of the base formed with the hole is denoted by T.
10. The spindle motor according to claim 5 , wherein the diameter A 1 of the hole in the base on the insulating sheet side is not more than 5 mm.
11. The spindle motor according to claim 10 , wherein a relation given by 0.1 mm≦T≦5 mm holds, where the thickness of a part of the base formed with the hole is denoted by T.
12. The spindle motor according to claim 5 , wherein a relation given by 0.1 mm≦T≦5 mm holds, where the thickness of a part of the base formed with the hole is denoted by T.