KR20130044406A - Hydrodynamic bearing assembly and spindle motor comprising thereof - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16C17/00—Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement
- F16C17/10—Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement for both radial and axial load
- F16C17/102—Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement for both radial and axial load with grooves in the bearing surface to generate hydrodynamic pressure
- F16C17/107—Sliding-contact bearings for exclusively rotary movement for both radial and axial load with grooves in the bearing surface to generate hydrodynamic pressure with at least one surface for radial load and at least one surface for axial load
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16C33/00—Parts of bearings; Special methods for making bearings or parts thereof
- F16C33/02—Parts of sliding-contact bearings
- F16C33/04—Brasses; Bushes; Linings
- F16C33/06—Sliding surface mainly made of metal
- F16C33/10—Construction relative to lubrication
- F16C33/1025—Construction relative to lubrication with liquid, e.g. oil, as lubricant
- F16C33/106—Details of distribution or circulation inside the bearings, e.g. details of the bearing surfaces to affect flow or pressure of the liquid
- F16C33/107—Grooves for generating pressure
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16C33/00—Parts of bearings; Special methods for making bearings or parts thereof
- F16C33/72—Sealings
- F16C33/74—Sealings of sliding-contact bearings
- F16C33/741—Sealings of sliding-contact bearings by means of a fluid
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- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B19/00—Driving, starting, stopping record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function ; Driving both disc and head
- G11B19/20—Driving; Starting; Stopping; Control thereof
- G11B19/2009—Turntables, hubs and motors for disk drives; Mounting of motors in the drive
- G11B19/2036—Motors characterized by fluid-dynamic bearings
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- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
- H02K5/00—Casings; Enclosures; Supports
- H02K5/04—Casings or enclosures characterised by the shape, form or construction thereof
- H02K5/16—Means for supporting bearings, e.g. insulating supports or means for fitting bearings in the bearing-shields
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- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
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Abstract
Description
The present invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing assembly and a spindle motor having the same.
A recording disk drive for a server is generally equipped with a so-called shaft fixed spindle motor in which a shaft having high impact resistance is fixed to a box of the recording disk drive.
That is, the spindle motor mounted in the recording disk drive device for the server is fixedly installed in order to prevent the information recorded in the server from being damaged by the external impact and becoming impossible to record / read.
When the fixed shaft is installed as described above, in order to construct an oil-mediated hydrodynamic bearing assembly, a base and a shaft, which are fixed members, are generally required, and a sleeve and a hub, which is a cover and a rotating member, for shielding the fixed member are required. do.
In other words, many components are required to construct a hydrodynamic bearing assembly having a fixed shaft, and the production process time is increased due to many components, and the tolerances of the spindle motor are increased due to the tolerances on many components. There is a problem that can not but increase.
Therefore, in the spindle motor including the fixed shaft, there is an urgent need for a study related to a structure for easily forming an oil interface while improving the productivity by reducing the number of parts.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a spindle motor which reduces the number of parts to improve productivity, minimizes manufacturing tolerances, and at the same time makes processing simple and facilitates the formation of an oil interface.
A hydrodynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a shaft fixed directly or indirectly to a base; Upper and lower sleeves installed up and down as separate members rotatably through oil while maintaining the shaft and bearing gaps; A rotor hub provided to be simultaneously fixed to outer peripheral surfaces of the upper and lower sleeves; And upper and lower thrust parts fixed to the shaft and configured to form an oil interface between the upper and lower sleeves, respectively.
In the hydrodynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, the lower sleeve and the rotor hub may be integrally provided.
In the fluid dynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, one surface of the upper sleeve may be formed to be inclined downward toward the inner side in a radial direction such that the oil interface is formed together with the upper thrust portion.
In the hydrodynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, the upper thrust portion is disposed on an upper surface of the upper sleeve and is coupled to the shaft and extends downward from the coupling portion to be in contact with one surface of the upper sleeve. It may be provided with an extension for forming an oil interface.
In the hydrodynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, the shaft is formed by being recessed from an outer circumferential surface to separate the oil filled in the gap formed by the upper and lower sleeves and the shaft into an upper side and a lower side in an axial direction. It may be provided with a separation groove.
In the hydrodynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, the upper or lower sleeve has a communicating portion disposed opposite to the separating groove so as to communicate the separating groove with the outside, respectively, in the axial direction above and below the communicating portion, respectively. The interface of oil can be formed.
In the fluid dynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit may include a horizontal communication groove formed in an outer diameter direction in the upper or lower sleeve at a portion where the upper and lower sleeves abut; And a vertical communication groove communicating with the horizontal communication groove, the vertical communication groove being formed axially in at least one of the upper sleeve, the lower sleeve and the rotor hub at a portion where the upper or lower sleeve is in contact with the rotor hub.
In the fluid dynamic bearing assembly according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the axial position of the surface where the upper sleeve and the lower sleeve abut may correspond to the axial position of the separation groove provided in the shaft.
The spindle motor according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a fluid dynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.
According to the spindle motor according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the number of parts constituting the spindle motor to improve productivity and to minimize the manufacturing tolerances.
It is also possible to facilitate the injection of oil for fluid dynamic bearings.
In addition, it is possible to reduce the repeatable run out (RRO), thereby minimizing fine vibrations to maximize performance.
1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a spindle motor according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view of A of FIG. 1,
3 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing major components of a spindle motor according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 4 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the communication unit provided in the spindle motor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described in detail a specific embodiment of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the inventive concept. Other embodiments falling within the scope of the inventive concept may readily be suggested, but are also considered to be within the scope of the present invention.
The same reference numerals are used to designate the same components in the same reference numerals in the drawings of the embodiments.
1 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a spindle motor according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view of A of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a main component of a spindle motor according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing, Figure 4 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the communication unit provided in the spindle motor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
1 to 4, the
First, when defining a term for the direction, the axial direction refers to the up and down direction with respect to the
In addition, the circumferential direction may mean a direction in which the
Here, the
The
Here, the
That is, the
The
Here, the
In addition, the
The cross-sectional shape in the axial direction of the
Details thereof will be described later.
In addition, in FIG. 1, the
The upper and
On the other hand, the upper end of the
In other words, an upper outer diameter is formed at an upper end of the
In addition, the upper and
Furthermore, the upper and
That is, the upper and
Here, the bearing gaps B1 and B2 will be described in detail. The bearing gaps B1 and B2 may include an upper bearing gap B1 and a lower bearing gap B2.
The upper and lower bearing gaps B1 and B2 may be formed in an upper side and a lower side in the axial direction, respectively, based on the separating
In addition, a second oil interface I2, which is an interface between oil O and air filled in the lower bearing gap B2, may be formed at a lower side of the
Here, the upper and lower bearing gaps B1 and B2 may be formed at positions corresponding to the upper and
That is, at least one of the inner circumferential surface of the upper and
That is, at least one of the inner circumferential surface of the upper and
The
Here, in order to form the first oil interface I1 and the second oil interface I2, the oil O filled in the upper bearing gap B1 and the lower bearing gap B2 is in contact with air. .
Therefore, at least one of the
That is, the outside of the
Here, the
That is, in one embodiment of the present invention, rather than forming a hole in a predetermined member to provide the communicating
In the accompanying drawings, a configuration in which the communicating
The
Here, the
Therefore, according to the present invention, since the
In addition, since the repeatable run out (RRO) can be reduced by the
Specifically, the
In addition, the
The
That is, the
Meanwhile, the
The
On the other hand, the
The
On the other hand, the
That is, when power is supplied to the
The
The
That is, the cross-sectional area of the
The
In addition, a thrust dynamic pressure part (not shown) for generating thrust dynamic pressure may be formed on at least one of a bottom surface of the
Here, an interface between oil O and air, that is, a third oil interface I3 may be formed between the inner circumferential surface of the
Therefore, the oil O filled in the upper bearing gap B1 forms the first oil interface I1 and the third oil interface I3.
Specifically, the outer circumferential surface of the
The
On the other hand, the inner circumferential surface of the
That is, the
On the other hand, the outer circumferential surface of the
In addition, a thrust dynamic pressure part (not shown) for generating a thrust dynamic pressure may be formed on at least one of an upper surface of the
Here, an interface between oil O and air, that is, a fourth oil interface I4, may be formed between the inner circumferential surface of the
In detail, the outer circumferential surface of the
Accordingly, the oil O filled in the lower bearing gap B1 forms the second oil interface I2 and the fourth oil interface I4.
Spindle motor according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a fluid dynamic bearing assembly which is provided in two of the upper and lower by the configuration of the
That is, the
According to this, it can be very easy to inject oil into the fluid dynamic bearing assembly of the parshall fill structure.
Through the above embodiment, the
In addition, it is possible to reduce the repeated run out (RRO) due to the reduction of the number of parts can minimize the micro-vibration to maximize the performance.
In addition, by integrating the
While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that such modifications or variations are within the scope of the appended claims.
100: spindle motor 110: shaft
112: separation groove 120: base
130: rotor hub 140: upper thrust portion
150: lower thrust part 180: coil
190: core
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Upper and lower sleeves installed up and down as separate members rotatably through oil while maintaining the shaft and bearing gaps;
A rotor hub provided to be simultaneously fixed to outer peripheral surfaces of the upper and lower sleeves; And
And an upper and lower thrust part fixed to the shaft and configured to respectively form an oil interface between the upper and lower sleeves.
The lower sleeve and the rotor hub are integrally provided with a hydrodynamic bearing assembly.
One surface of the upper sleeve is inclined downward toward the radially inward so that the oil interface is formed with the upper thrust portion.
The upper thrust portion is disposed on the upper surface of the upper sleeve fluid dynamic bearing having a fastening portion coupled to the shaft and an extension portion extending downward from the fastening portion to form an oil interface between one surface of the upper sleeve assembly.
And the shaft has a separation groove formed by being recessed from an outer circumferential surface to separate the oil filled in the gap formed by the upper and lower sleeves and the shaft into an upper side and a lower side in an axial direction.
The upper or lower sleeve has a communication portion disposed to face the separation groove to communicate the separation groove with the outside,
A fluid dynamic bearing assembly having an interface of the oil formed on an upper side and a lower side in the axial direction of the communicating portion, respectively.
A horizontal communication groove formed in an outer diameter direction of the upper or lower sleeve at a portion where the upper and lower sleeves abut; And
And a vertical communication groove communicating with the horizontal communication groove, the vertical communication groove being axially formed in at least one of the upper sleeve, the lower sleeve, and the rotor hub in a portion where the upper or lower sleeve is in contact with the rotor hub.
The axial position of the surface in which the upper sleeve and the lower sleeve abuts corresponds to the axial position of the separation groove provided in the shaft.
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