Disk drive device equipped with a bearing unit relatively rotatably supporting a hub against base member
A disk drive device has a hub so configured as to place and hold recording disks. Where the non-rotating eigenfrequency of resonance in a secondary rocking mode with the recording disks placed on the hub is defined to be F0 (Hz) and the rotational frequency of the hub is defined to be N (Hz), an extending part of the hub and a second cylinder part of the hub are formed such that the radial dimension of the extending part is smaller than the axial dimension of the second external cylinder part to satisfy to a relation F0>N·(3·P+2).
1. A disk drive device comprising:
a base member;
a hub configured such that a double-sided recording disk is placed thereon;
a read/write head configured to read and write in each of sides of the double-sided recording disk;
a bearing unit configured to relatively rotatably support the hub against the base member;
a core, fixed to the base member, configured to contain a circular part and a plurality of salient poles radially extending from the circular part;
a three-phase coil formed in such a manner as to wind around the plurality of salient poles;
a yoke fixed to the hub; and
a magnet fixed onto an inner circumference of the yoke and radially facing the plurality of salient poles, the magnet being magnetized to drive P poles (P being an even number greater than or equal to 2) circumferentially, the hub including:
a first external cylinder part extending axially, the first external cylinder part being fit to a central hole of the double-sided recording disk;
a seating surface on which the double-sided recording disk is placed, the seating surface connecting to the first external cylinder part and extending in a radially outward direction;
a second external cylinder part connecting to the seating surface and extending axially; and
an extending part connecting to the second external cylinder part and extending in a radially outward direction,
wherein when a non-rotating eigenfrequency of resonance in a secondary rocking mode with the double-sided recording disk placed on the hub is defined to be F0(Hz) and a rotational frequency of the hub is defined to be N (Hz), the eigenfrequency F0 satisfies a relation F0>N·(3·P+2), and
wherein the base member includes a concave part surrounding at least a lower part of the second external cylinder part, and the extending part is located axially below an upper end of an inner circumferential end of the concave part.
2. The disk drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the second external cylinder part is configured relative to the double-sided recording disk in such a manner as to ensure a radially movable range of the read/write head for reading and writing data from and to the double-sided recording disk.
3. The disk drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the magnet is provided radially inward of a part of the seating surface in contact with the double-sided recording disk.
4. The disk drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the second external cylinder part is positioned nearer an outer circumferential surface of the yoke than that of the magnet, in a radial direction.
5. The disk drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the second external cylinder part is substantially identical to that of an outer circumferential surface of the yoke.
6. The disk driver device according to claim 1 , wherein the second external cylinder part is configured to be processed continuously from a process of the first external cylinder part in a manner such that the second external cylinder part is substantially concentric with the first external cylinder part.
7. The disk driver device according to claim 1 , wherein an outer circumferential end of the seating surface is provided on a radially inward side of a conic surface circumscribing an outer shape of the hub.
8. The disk drive device according to claim 1 , wherein when the disk drive device is used with a rotational frequency M (Hz) which is greater than the rotational frequency N, the eigenfrequency F0 satisfies a relation F0<M·(3·P−2) so as to constitute a radial dimension of the extending part.
9. The disk drive device according to claim 1 , wherein said hub comprises a circular wall connecting to the extending part and extending axially,
wherein the yoke is fixed onto an inner circumferential surface of the circular wall.
10. A disk drive device comprising:
a base member;
a hub configured such that a double-sided recording disk is placed thereon;
a read/write head configured to read and write in each of sides of the double-sided recording disk;
a bearing unit configured to relatively rotatably support the hub against the base member;
a core, fixed to the base member, configured to contain a circular part and a plurality of salient poles radially extending from the circular part;
a three-phase coil formed in such a manner as to wind around the plurality of salient poles;
a yoke fixed to the hub; and
a magnet fixed onto an inner circumference of the yoke and radially facing the plurality of salient poles, the magnet being magnetized to drive P poles (P being an even number greater than or equal to 2) circumferentially,
the hub including:
a first external cylinder part extending axially, the first external cylinder part being fit to a central hole of the double-sided recording disk;
a seating surface on which the double-sided recording disk is placed, the seating surface connecting to the first external cylinder part and extending in a radially outward direction;
a second external cylinder part connecting to the seating surface and extending axially; and
an extending part connecting to the second external cylinder part and extending in a radially outward direction,
wherein an outer circumferential end of the seating surface is provided on a radially inward side of a conic surface circumscribing an outer shape of the hub, and
wherein the base member includes a concave part surrounding at least a lower part of the second external cylinder part, and the extending part is located axially below an upper end of an inner circumferential end of the concave part.
11. The disk drive device according to claim 10 , wherein the extending part is formed such that a radial dimension of the extending part is smaller than an axial dimension of the second external cylinder part.
12. The disk drive device according to claim 10 , wherein when a non-rotating eigenfrequency of resonance in a secondary rocking mode with the double-sided recording disk placed on the hub is defined to be F0(Hz) and a rotational frequency of the hub is defined to be N (Hz), the disk drive device is configured in a manner such that the eigenfrequency F0 satisfies a relation F0>N·(3·P+2).
13. The disk drive device according to claim 10 , wherein the second external cylinder part is configured relative to the double-sided recording disk in such a manner as to ensure a radially movable range of the read/write head for reading and writing data from and to the double-sided recording disk.
14. The disk drive device according to claim 10 , wherein the second external cylinder part is positioned nearer an outer circumferential surface of the yoke than that of the magnet, in a radial direction.
15. The disk drive device according to claim 10 , wherein the diameter of the second external cylinder part is substantially identical to that of an outer circumferential surface of the yoke.
16. A disk drive device comprising:
a base member;
a hub configured such that a double-sided recording disk is placed thereon;
a read/write head configured to read and write in each of sides of the double-sided recording disk;
a bearing unit configured to relatively rotatably support the hub against the base member;
a core, fixed to the base member, configured to contain a circular part and a plurality of salient poles radially extending from the circular part;
a three-phase coil formed in such a manner as to wind around the plurality of salient poles;
a yoke fixed to the hub; and
a magnet fixed onto an inner circumference of the yoke and radially facing the plurality of salient poles, the magnet being magnetized to drive P poles (P being an even number greater than or equal to 2) circumferentially,
the hub including:
a first external cylinder part extending axially, the first external cylinder part being fit to a central hole of the double-sided recording disk;
a seating surface on which the double-sided recording disk is placed, the seating surface connecting to the first external cylinder part and extending in a radially outward direction;
a second external cylinder part connecting to the seating surface and extending axially; and
an extending part connecting to the second external cylinder part and extending in a radially outward direction,
wherein the base member includes a concave part surrounding at least a lower part of the second external cylinder part, and the extending part is located axially below an upper end of an inner circumferential end of the concave part.
17. The disk drive device according to claim 16 , wherein the extending part is formed such that a radial dimension of the extending part is smaller than an axial dimension of the second external cylinder part.
18. The disk drive device according to claim 16 , wherein when a non-rotating eigenfrequency of resonance in a secondary rocking mode with the double-sided recording disk placed on the hub is defined to be F0(Hz) and a rotational frequency of the hub is defined to be N (Hz), the disk drive device is configured in a manner such that the eigenfrequency F0 satisfies a relation F0>N·(3·P+2).
19. The disk drive device according to claim 16 , wherein the second external cylinder part is configured relative to the double-sided recording disk in such a manner as to ensure a radially movable range of the read/write head for reading and writing data from and to the double-sided recording disk.
20. The disk drive device according to claim 16 , wherein the second external cylinder part is positioned nearer an outer circumferential surface of the yoke than that of the magnet, in a radial direction.