IP Library Granted Patent US 8,782,678
Granted Patent B2
US 8,782,678 · App. 13/499,192 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Disk clamping mechanism and disk rotating motor provided with same

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Patent No.
US 8,782,678
App. No.
13/499,192
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a disk clamping mechanism that supports a disk on a turntable unit under pressure by an attractive force produced between a clamping magnet and a damper constituted in a rotor unit, wherein the clamping magnet is directly fixed at the upper surface of a rotor frame including the turntable unit, and further, the upper surface of the clamping magnet is covered with a centering member for centering the disk.

Claims (4)

1. A disk clamping mechanism that supports a disk on a turntable unit under pressure by an attractive force produced between a clamping magnet and a clamper constituted in a rotor unit,

wherein the rotor unit includes a rotor magnet disposed opposite to a stator core, and a rotor frame having an inner circumference, the rotor magnet secured to the inner circumference of the rotor frame, and

said clamping magnet is directly fixed at the upper surface of the rotor frame including the turntable unit, and further, the upper surface of said clamping magnet is covered with a centering member for centering the disk, the centering member being securely press-fitted to a center projection of the turntable unit.

2. A disk rotating motor comprising the disk clamping mechanism according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 051803/0293 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 19, 2013
From: MINEBEA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030668/0593 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2012
From: NISHIKATA, TOSHIYUKI; MASUDA, KUMIO
To: MINEBEA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION,
Reel/Frame 027977/0672 →