IP Library Granted Patent US 8,607,256
Granted Patent B2
US 8,607,256 · App. 13/233,526 · Granted Dec 10, 2013

Spindle motor

Inventor: Yongjoo Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,607,256
App. No.
13/233,526
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a spindle motor, the spindle motor including a rotating shaft, a turntable including a body into which a through hole is formed for coupling with the rotating shaft and which supports an optical disk and rotates along with the rotating shaft, and a centering unit which is fitted over the rotating shall, moves in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, and aligns a rotating center of the optical disk with a rotating center of the rotating shaft, wherein the turntable includes a reinforcing part that protrudes from the body along a periphery of the rotating shaft.

Claims (38)

1. A spindle motor, comprising:

a base plate;

a bearing housing coupled to the base plate;

a rotating shaft connected to the bearing housing;

a rotor coupled to the rotating shaft;

a stator mounted on an outer surface of the bearing housing to rotate the rotor;

a turntable including a body into which a through hole is formed for coupling with the rotating shaft, the body supporting an optical disk and rotating along with the rotating shaft; and

a centering unit fitted over the rotating shaft, moving in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, and aligning a rotating center of the optical disk with a rotating center of the rotating shaft;

wherein the turntable comprises a reinforcing part that protrudes from the body along a periphery of the rotating shaft;

wherein the bearing housing includes a bearing to rotate the rotor;

wherein the stator includes a core coupled to an outer circumference of the bearing housing, and a coil wound around the core; and

wherein the rotor includes a yoke having a burring part coupled to the rotating shaft, and a magnet attached to an inner surface of the yoke where the magnet faces the core.

2. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing part protrudes from an upper surface of a bottom plate of the body of the turntable that faces the centering unit.

3. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the reinforcing part is shaped such that thickness thereof is continuously increased in a direction from the periphery of the rotating shaft to an outer circumference of the rotating shaft.

4. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing part has a ring shape, when viewed on a plane.

5. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 4 , wherein the reinforcing part has a triangular shape or a rectangular shape, when viewed on a cross-section.

6. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a receiving part is provided in a bottom plate of the centering unit that faces the turntable, the receiving part being shaped like a recess to receive the reinforcing part.

7. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 6 , wherein a total thickness of the body of the turntable and the reinforcing part brought into contact with the outer circumference of the rotating shaft is equal to or greater than a thickness of a portion of the bottom plate in which the receiving part is formed.

8. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 1 , wherein an interval between the centering unit and the turntable with respect to the rotating shaft is equal to or greater than length of the burring part.

9. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 8 , wherein thickness of the turntable is equal to or greater than thickness of the centering unit with respect to the rotating shaft.

10. A spindle motor, comprising:

a base plate;

a bearing housing coupled to the base plate;

a rotating shaft connected to the bearing housing;

a rotor coupled to the rotating shaft;

a stator mounted on an outer surface of the bearing housing to rotate the rotor;

a turntable including a body into which a through hole is formed for coupling with the rotating shaft, the body supporting an optical disk and rotating along with the rotating shaft; and

a centering unit fitted over the rotating shaft, moving in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, and aligning a rotating center of the optical disk with a rotating center of the rotating shaft;

wherein the turntable comprises a plurality of reinforcing parts that protrudes from the body along a periphery of the rotating shaft and are intermittently formed when viewed on a plane;

wherein the bearing housing includes a bearing to rotate the rotor;

wherein the stator includes a core coupled to an outer circumference of the bearing housing, and a coil wound around the core; and

wherein the rotor includes a yoke having a burring part coupled to the rotating shaft, and a magnet attached to an inner surface of the yoke where the magnet faces the core.

11. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 10 , wherein the plurality of reinforcing parts protrudes from an upper surface of a bottom plate of the body of the turntable that faces the centering unit.

12. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 11 , wherein the plurality of reinforcing parts is shaped such that thickness thereof is continuously increased in a direction from the periphery of the rotating shaft to an outer circumference of the rotating shaft.

13. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 10 , wherein the plurality of reinforcing parts has a ring shape, when viewed on a plane.

14. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 13 , wherein each of the reinforcing parts has a triangular shape or a rectangular shape, when viewed on a cross-section.

15. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 10 , wherein a receiving part is provided in a bottom plate of the centering unit that faces the turntable, the receiving part being shaped like a recess to receive the plurality of reinforcing parts.

16. The spindle motor as set forth in claim 15 , wherein a total thickness of the body of the turntable and the plurality of reinforcing parts brought into contact with the outer circumference of the rotating shaft is equal to or greater than thickness of a portion of the bottom plate in which the receiving part is formed.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2015
From: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE KOREA, INC.
Reel/Frame 037128/0110 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2011
From: KIM, YONGJOO
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026917/0439 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0090341 · Sep 15, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120066701A1 · Mar 15, 2012