Hydrodynamic bearing device, motor, recording and reproducing apparatus, and machining jig

1 . A hydrodynamic bearing device, comprising:

a sleeve in which an insertion hole is formed;

a shaft having a shaft main component that is inserted in the insertion hole, and a flange component provided to one side in the axial direction of the shaft main component;

a thrust plate that is fixed to the sleeve and covers the shaft from the one side in the axial direction;

a radial bearing component including a lubricating fluid that continuously fills in between the sleeve and the shaft and in between the shaft and the thrust plate, and a radial hydrodynamic groove that is formed in the outer peripheral face of the shaft main component and/or in the inner peripheral face of the insertion hole, and that supports the shaft so that the shaft is rotatable relative to the sleeve; and

a thrust bearing component including the lubricating fluid that continuously fills in between the sleeve and the shaft and in between the shaft and the thrust plate, and a thrust hydrodynamic groove that is formed in the end face of the shaft on the one side in the axial direction and/or in the end face of the thrust plate on the other side in the axial direction, and that supports the shaft so that the shaft is rotatable relative to the sleeve,

wherein a bottomed hole that is coaxial with the shaft main component is formed in the shaft main component from the end face on said other side in the axial direction toward said one side in the axial direction, and

an annular concave component that is coaxial with the shaft is formed in the end face on said one side in the axial direction of the shaft.

2 . The hydrodynamic bearing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inner peripheral face on the radial outside of the annular concave component is an inclined face whose diameter increases toward said one side in the axial direction.

3 . The hydrodynamic bearing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a stepped component that is recessed toward said other side in the axial direction is formed to the radial inside of the end face on said one side in the axial direction of the shaft, and

the annular concave component is formed on the radial inner peripheral side of the stepped component.

4 . The hydrodynamic bearing device according to claims 1 ,

wherein a convex component that protrudes to said one side in the axial direction, to the radial outside of the annular concave component, is formed on the end face on said one side in the axial direction of the shaft.

5 . The hydrodynamic bearing device according to claims 1 ,

wherein the bottomed hole is formed in the axial direction in the shaft main component, more toward the end on said one side in the axial direction with respect to a joined portion with the flange component on said one side in the axial direction.

6 . A motor, comprising:

the hydrodynamic bearing device according to claims 1 ;

a base to which the sleeve is fixed;

a stator that is fixed to the base;

a rotor magnet that is disposed across from the stator and constitutes a magnetic circuit along with the stator; and

a hub to which the rotor magnet is fixed, and which is fixed to the shaft.

7 . A recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising:

the motor according to claim 6 ;

a disk-shaped recording medium that is fixed to the hub and allows information to be recorded; and

information access means for writing or reading information to a specific location of the recording medium.

8 . A machining jig for supporting a workpiece during the cylindrical cutting or cylindrical polishing of the workpiece, comprising:

a first-side support component that has an annular convex component that mates with an annular concave component formed in the end face on said one side in the axial direction of the workpiece, and that supports the workpiece from said one side in the axial direction; and

a second-side support component that supports the workpiece from said other side in the axial direction.

9 . The machining jig according to claim 8 ,

wherein the annular concave component has an inner peripheral inclined face whose diameter increases toward said one side in the axial direction,

the annular convex component has an outer peripheral inclined face whose diameter increases toward said one side in the axial direction, and

the outer peripheral inclined face has an opening angle that is larger than that of the inner peripheral inclined face.

10 . A hydrodynamic bearing device, comprising:

a sleeve in which an insertion hole is formed;

a shaft that is inserted into the insertion hole;

a thrust plate that is fixed to the sleeve and covers the shaft from one side in the axial direction;

a radial bearing component including a lubricating fluid that continuously fills in between the sleeve and the shaft and in between the shaft and the thrust plate, and a radial hydrodynamic groove that is formed in the outer peripheral face of the shaft and/or in the inner peripheral face of the insertion hole, and that supports the shaft so that the shaft is rotatable relative to the sleeve; and

a thrust bearing component including the lubricating fluid that continuously fills in between the sleeve and the shaft and in between the shaft and the thrust plate, and a thrust hydrodynamic groove that is formed in the end face of the shaft on the one side in the axial direction and/or in the end face of the thrust plate on the other side in the axial direction, and that supports the shaft so that the shaft is rotatable relative to the sleeve, wherein a bottomed hole that is coaxial with the shaft is formed in the shaft from the end face on said other side in the axial direction toward said one side in the axial direction, and

an annular concave component that is coaxial with the shaft is formed in the end face on said one side in the axial direction of the shaft.