JPH0997470A - Disk device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure a space deeply enough for a chuck pin of chuck mechanism sinking into the lower side of a disk table and also to enable the thickness of a whole spindle motor to be small. SOLUTION: A recessed part 122 is formed on the upper surface of a bearing supporting member 121 of the spindle 111, and a disk table 12 fixed to the upper end of the spindle 111 is arranged in the recessed part 122. In this recessed part 122, the space S for the chuck pin 26 sinking downward is secured on the lower part of the disk table 12, and the uppermost position 4b of a frame 4 is raised to the position almost equivalent to the height of the disk table 12, then the spindle motor 11 is arranged at the lower part thereof.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention has a diameter of, for example, 3.
The present invention relates to a disk device most suitable for application to a floppy disk device for recording and reproducing a 5 inch floppy disk.

[0002]

[Prior art]

[Description of Conventional Floppy Disk Device] A conventional floppy disk device will be described with reference to FIGS.

A floppy disk device 1 which is an example of a disk device records and reproduces a floppy disk 2 which is an example of a disk-shaped recording medium and which is a magnetic disk having a diameter of 3.5 inches. Is used by being rotatably housed in the flat disk cartridge 3. A pair of upper and lower head insertion openings 3a is formed in the disc cartridge 3, and a shutter (not shown) for opening and closing the head insertion opening 3a is attached.

The floppy disk device 1 is composed of a frame 4 which constitutes a chassis made of aluminum or sheet metal, a cover 5 made of thin sheet metal and attached to the upper portion of the frame 4, and synthetic resin. It is formed in a flat box shape by three exterior members including the frame 4 and the front panel 6 attached to the front ends of the cover 5. A cartridge insertion opening 6a is formed in the front panel 6, and a main printed circuit board 7 is screwed to the lower surface of the frame 4.

Inside the floppy disk device 1, the cartridge holder 9 is provided on the upper portion of the frame 4.
The cartridge holder 9 is mounted horizontally so that the cartridge holder 9 can be moved up and down by a parallel movement on the frame 4 by a holder elevating mechanism 10 having a slide plate 10a having a generally U-shaped cross section and having an upward facing cross section. ing. A shutter opening / closing lever 9a is attached to the rear end of the cartridge holder 9, and an eject button 10b attached to the front end of the slide plate 10a.
Is projected to the front of the front panel 6.

The cartridge holder 9 is mounted on the frame center P inside the floppy disk device 1.
A spindle motor 11 which is a DC motor horizontally attached to the chassis 5 is arranged at a lower position of
The disk table 12 is horizontally fixed to the upper end of a vertical spindle 111 of the spindle motor 11.

A head moving device 14 mounted on the frame 4 is arranged at a rear position of the disk table 12 inside the floppy disk device 1.

This head moving device 14 includes a head carriage 15, a head arm 17 rotatably mounted on the head carriage 15 through a leaf spring 16 and the like, and upper and lower ends of the head carriage 15 and the head arm 17. A pair of upper and lower magnetic heads 18 which are heads vertically attached to the facing surface, a horizontal lead screw 20 directly connected to a motor shaft 19a of a stepping motor 19 which is a head moving motor, and its lead screw 20. The guide shaft 21 and the like are parallel and horizontal. Note that a pair of upper and lower magnetic heads 18 are arranged on the frame center P.

A needle 15a formed on one side of the head carriage 15 is engaged with the lead screw 20, and a thrust bearing 15b integrally formed on the other side of the head carriage 15 forms an outer periphery of the guide shaft 21. It is slidably inserted in.

Further, the upper magnetic head 18 has a notch 22 formed at the center of the rear end side of the cartridge holder 9.
A guide rail 9 that is inserted in the head arm 17 and is integrally formed on one side surface of the head arm 17 is formed at one side edge of the notch 22 of the cartridge holder 9.
It is slidably abutted on b.

[Recording and reproducing operation of floppy disk]
The floppy disk device 1 is configured as described above, and the disk cartridge 3 is mounted on the front panel 6.
From the cartridge insertion slot 6a to the cartridge holder 9
When it is inserted horizontally from the direction of the arrow a, the shutter of the disk cartridge 3 is opened by the shutter opening / closing lever 23, and the slide plate 10a of the holder elevating mechanism 10 is slid in the direction of the arrow b to horizontally move the cartridge holder 9. Is lowered to. Then, the disk cartridge 3 is lowered horizontally, and the floppy disk 2 inside the spindle cartridge 111 is moved by the center core 2a.
Also, a pair of upper and lower magnetic heads 18 are chucked from above the disk table 12, and a pair of upper and lower magnetic heads 18 are formed in the disk cartridge 3.
Is inserted into the disk cartridge 3 and is brought into contact with both upper and lower surfaces of the floppy disk 2.

Then, while the floppy disk 2 is rotationally driven by the spindle motor 11 and the head carriage 15 is guided by the guide shaft 21, the head carriage 15 and the head arm 17 are driven by the lead screw 20 which is rotationally driven by the stepping motor 19.
Are integrally moved in the directions of arrows a and b, and recording and reproduction are performed on the upper and lower surfaces of the floppy disk 2 by the pair of upper and lower magnetic heads 18.

After recording and reproducing, the eject button 1
0b in the direction of arrow a, the cartridge lifting mechanism 10
The slide plate 10a is slid in the direction of arrow a, and the cartridge holder 9 is raised horizontally. Then, the disk cartridge 3 is raised horizontally, the internal floppy disk 2 is removed from the spindle 111 and the disk table 12 upward, and the pair of upper and lower magnetic heads 18 is removed from the upper and lower sides of the disk cartridge 3, The disc cartridge 3 is moved to the cartridge insertion opening 7 of the front panel 7 by the shutter opening / closing lever 9a.
It is discharged from a in the direction of arrow b.

[Description of Conventional Planar Opposed Motor] By the way, conventionally, the spindle motor 11 of the floppy disk device 1 includes a plane opposed motor and a peripheral opposed motor. Therefore, referring to FIG. 11, a conventional flat opposed motor 110 will be described.

First, an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the spindle 111 is rotatably supported by the frame 4 vertically via a ball bore ring 112. A rotor 113 is horizontally fixed to the outer periphery of the lower end side of the spindle 111 by press fitting or the like via a rotor hub 113a, and an annular flat rotor magnet 114 is fixed to the lower surface of the rotor 113 by adhesion or the like. ing.

A stator board 115 formed of a printed board is horizontally arranged below the rotor 113, and a plurality of stator coils 11 formed of flat air-core coils are formed on the lower surface or the upper surface of the stator board 115.
6 is fixed by adhesion or the like. These stator coils 116 are opposed to the rotor magnet 114 in the axial direction of the spindle 111 (the vertical direction in FIG. 11). These stator coils 116 are
The shape is almost rice ball-shaped and flat, and is arranged at equal intervals on the outer circumference of the spindle 111.

A stator yoke 117 that covers the stator coil 116 is arranged horizontally from below the spindle 111, and the stator yoke 117 together with the stator substrate 115 is provided at the bottom of the frame 4 with a plurality of screws 11.
It is firmly fixed in the co-fastened state by No. 8.

Then, the conventional plane-opposed motor 11 is used.
In 0, the rotor magnet 114 is made of a ferromagnetic material such as ferrite, the frame 4 is made of a non-magnetic material such as aluminum, the spindle 111 is made of a magnetic material such as iron, and the rotor 113, the rotor hub 113a, and the stator yoke. 117 is made of a magnetic material such as an iron plate or a silicon steel plate, and the stator substrate 115 is made of a non-magnetic material such as an epoxy resin plate containing glass.

By energizing the plurality of stator coils 116, the rotor 113 and the rotor magnet 11 are
4, a closed magnetic circuit φ ₁ is generated between the stator coil 116 and the stator yoke 117, and the rotor 113, the rotor magnet 114, the rotor hub 113a, the spindle 111, and the disk table 12 are integrally rotated by the rotational torque generated in the rotor magnet 114. It is configured.

[Description of the conventional chuck mechanism of the disk table] Next, the chuck mechanism 24 attached to the conventional disk table 12 will be described with reference to FIG.

A chuck mechanism 24 for the disk table 12 fixed horizontally to the upper end of the spindle 111 by press fitting or the like.
Is composed of a chuck magnet 25 fixed to the outer circumference of the spindle 111 on the disk table 12 by adhesion or the like, and a chuck pin 26 arranged at an eccentric position.

At this time, one end 27a side of the leaf spring 27 is fixed to the lower surface of the disk table 12, and the other end 2
The chuck pin 26 is fixed to the upper portion on the 7b side. Then, the chuck pin 26 penetrates through the through hole 28 formed in the disc table 12 and
Is projected vertically above.

Then, the center core 2a of the floppy disk 2 is inserted into the outer periphery of the upper end of the spindle 111 through the center hole 2b from above, and is chucked horizontally on the disk table 12 by the chuck magnet 25, and at the same time, the chuck pin. 26 is the center core 2
It is relatively loosely fitted from below into the chuck pin engagement hole 2c of a.

The chuck pin 2 is integrated with the disk table 12 by the operation of the plane-opposed motor 110.
6 is rotated, the center pin 2a is rotationally driven by the chuck pin 26, and the floppy disk 2 is horizontally rotated in the disc cartridge 3 integrally with the center core 2a.

[Description of Conventional Circumferential Opposing Motor] Next, a conventional peripheral opposing motor 130 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, a stator yoke 117 made of a magnetic material such as an iron plate or a silicon steel plate is horizontally fixed to the lower portion of the frame 4 by a plurality of screws 118, and a circular motor housing hole 134 formed in the frame 4. Is closed by the stator yoke 117.

A bearing support member 135 is fixed to the center of the stator yoke 117 by a plurality of screws 136, and the lower end side of the vertical spindle 111 is rotatably mounted in the bearing support member 135 via a ball bearing 112. It is supported.

A rotor 11 made of a magnetic material such as an iron plate or a silicon steel plate is provided on the outer periphery of the upper end of the spindle 111.
3 is fixed by press fitting or the like, and the rotor 113 is rotatably arranged in the motor housing hole 134. An annular rotor magnet 131 is fixed to the inside of the outermost portion of the lowermost portion of the rotor 113 by adhesion or the like.

On the inner circumference of the rotor magnet 131, a plurality of iron cores 132 are arranged radially above the stator yoke 117 at a constant pitch, and on the outer circumference of each of the iron cores 132, the stator coil 13 which is an iron core coil.
3 is wound.

In this circumferentially opposed motor 130,
A circular step is integrally pressed on the uppermost portion of the rotor 113 to form the circular step on the disk table 12. The disk table 12 is shown in FIG.
Chuck magnet 25 and chuck pin 26 similar to 0
A chuck mechanism 24 including a leaf spring 27 is attached.

By energizing the plurality of stator coils 133, the rotor 113 and the rotor magnet 131 are energized.
And a closed magnetic circuit φ ₁ is generated between the stator yoke 117 and the stator yoke 117, and the rotation torque generated in the rotor magnet 131 causes the rotor 113, the spindle 111, and the disk table 12 to rotate.
Are configured to be integrally rotated.

The conventional peripherally opposed motor 130 shown in FIG. 10 is mainly ½ inch (12.7 mm).
The present invention is applied to the spindle motor 11 for the HEIGHT floppy disk device 1, and even if the head carriage 15 and the magnetic head 18 are moved to the innermost peripheral position of the floppy disk 2 in the direction of arrow a, these head carriage 15 and In order to prevent the magnetic head 18 from interfering with the rotor 113, the diameter dimension D _{2 of the} rotor 113 is made small to about 40 mm.

Then, the rotor 11 having the small diameter D ₂
In 3, the torque loss of the rotor 113 needs to be made as small as possible in order to obtain a high rotation torque. Therefore, conventionally, an expensive material such as sintered neodymium was used for the rotor magnet 131, and an expensive ball bearing 112 was also used for the bearing of the spindle 111.

The conventional flat-faced motor 110 shown in FIG. 11 mainly uses 1 inch (25.4 mm) H.
The present invention is applied to the spindle motor 11 for the EIGHT floppy disk device 1. Since the plane-opposed motor 110 is arranged in the lower portion of the frame 4, the head carriage 15 and the magnetic head 18 are located inside the floppy disk 2. Even if the head carriage 15 and the magnetic head 18 are moved to the peripheral position in the direction of the arrow a, there is no concern that the head opposed motor 110 interferes with the head carriage 15.

Therefore, the diameter D _{1 of the} rotor 113 is about 60.
Although it is possible to obtain a high rotational torque by making the size larger than 10 mm, on the other hand, since the plane facing motor 110 is arranged in the lower part of the frame 4, the total thickness of the spindle motor 11 including the disk table 12 is large. is H ₂ becomes thicker.

Further, in the chuck mechanism 24, when the center core 2a of the floppy disk 2 is attracted to the disk table 12 by the chuck magnet 25 and chucked horizontally, the chuck pin 26 makes the chuck pin engagement of the center core 2a. Until it is inserted into the dowel hole 2c from below, the chuck pin 26 is moved to the leaf spring 27.
The operation of sinking below the disk table 12 is performed against this.

Therefore, in this kind of chuck mechanism 24, it is necessary to form a space S for the chuck pin 26 to sink downward in the lower part of the disk table 12, and in the flat opposed motor 110 shown in FIG. Bearing 1
By utilizing the axial length H ₁ of 12, the space S is formed between the disk table 12 and the frame 4.

The circumferentially opposed motor 13 shown in FIG.
At 0, the space S is formed in the rotor 113 in a very narrow place between the disk table 12 and the stator coil 133.

Therefore, in both the plane-opposed motor 110 and the circumferentially-opposed motor 130, if it is attempted to secure the space S sufficiently deep, the total thicknesses H ₂ and H _{3 of the} spindle motor 11 including the disk table 12 will be described. I had no choice but to thicken it.

[0040]

As described above, in the conventional floppy disk device 1, when it is attempted to secure a sufficiently deep space S for sinking the chuck pins of the chuck mechanism below the disk table, the spindle motor There is a problem that the overall thicknesses H ₂ and H ₃ are increased, which hinders the thinning of the floppy disk device 1.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to secure a sufficiently deep space for the sinking of the chuck pins of the chuck mechanism below the disk table. It is an object of the present invention to provide a disk device capable of reducing the thickness of the entire spindle motor.

[0042]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To achieve the above object, a disk device of the present invention has a recess formed in the upper surface of the outer peripheral position of a bearing of a spindle rotatably attached to a frame, and an upper portion of the frame. To fix the disc table to the outer circumference of the spindle, and let the chuck pins of the chuck mechanism attached to the disc table sink in the recess, so that the uppermost position of the frame is at the outer periphery of the recess. And a spindle motor is arranged below the uppermost position of the frame.

In the disk device of the present invention configured as described above, the sinking space of the chuck pin of the chuck mechanism below the disk table is sufficiently set in the recess formed on the upper surface of the outer peripheral position of the spindle bearing. You can secure deeply. Then, by raising the uppermost position of the frame at the outer peripheral position of the recess to almost the same height as the disc table and disposing the spindle motor below the uppermost position of the frame, the entire spindle motor The thickness can be reduced.

[0044]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a plane facing type motor and a circumferential facing type motor, to which the present invention is applied to a spindle motor of a floppy disk device, will be described below with reference to FIGS. The same structural parts as those in FIGS. 10 to 13 are designated by the same reference numerals to avoid duplication of description.

[First Embodiment] First, referring to FIGS.
A plane opposed motor 110 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

First, a substantially frustoconical projection 4a is formed on the upper portion of a frame 4 made of a magnetic material such as an iron plate or a silicon steel plate.
Are integrally formed by press working or the like.

The inner circumference of the uppermost position 4b of the convex portion 4a is horizontally fixed to the upper surface of a circular bearing support member 121 made of a magnetic material such as iron by caulking.

An oilless metal bearing 120, which is an example of a bearing, is vertically fixed to the center of the bearing support member 121 by press fitting or the like, and the vertical direction of the vertical spindle 111 in the oilless metal bearing 120. The intermediate part of is rotatably supported.

On the upper surface of the bearing support member 121, a circular recess 122 is formed at the outer peripheral position of the oilless metal bearing 120.

Then, the disc table 12 fixed horizontally by press fitting or the like to the outer periphery of the upper end of the spindle 111 is horizontally inserted into the recess 122, and the uppermost position 4b of the frame 4 is almost equal to the disc table 12. It is arranged in a shape raised to the height. As will be described later with reference to FIG. 9, the bearing support member 121 can be omitted by integrally pressing the recess 122 in the frame 4.

Inside the recess 122, the chuck pin 26 of the chuck mechanism 24 is below the disk table 12 in the lower portion of the disk table 12.
Thus, a space S having a sufficient depth to sink in the direction of arrow d is secured.

At the outer peripheral position of the bearing support member 121, a plane opposed motor 110 constituting the spindle motor 11 is arranged below the uppermost position 4b of the frame 4, and the plane opposed motor 110 is a frame opposed type motor. It is completely housed in the fourth convex portions 4a height H _4.

The plane-opposed motor 110 is
The stator substrate 115 is inserted into the outer periphery of the bearing support member 121 and horizontally fixed to the lower surface of the uppermost position 4b of the frame 4 by screwing or the like, and the bearing support member 121 mounted on the lower surface of the stator substrate 115. A plurality of flat stator coils 116 arranged at equal intervals along the outer circumference, and a rotor 113 fixed horizontally to the outer circumference of the lower end of the spindle 111 at the lower part of the bearing support member 121 by press fitting or the like via a rotor hub 113a. And an annular rotor magnet 114 fixed to the upper surface of the rotor 113 by adhesion or the like and facing the plurality of stator coils 116 in the axial direction of the spindle 111. The rotor magnet 114 is made of ferrite or the like.

The stator substrate 115 is made of a non-magnetic material such as an epoxy resin plate containing glass, and the rotor 113
Is made of a magnetic material such as an iron plate or a silicon steel plate.

A rotor case 119 for closing the lowermost position of the convex portion 4a of the frame 4 is fixed to the lower surface of the frame 4 by a plurality of screws 118 and the like, and the rotor case 119 is made of a non-magnetic stainless plate or the like. It is composed of a magnetic material.

On the frame center P, and
On the head carriage 15 and the magnetic head 15 side above the head carriage 15, a head entry notch 123 is formed in a part of the outer periphery of the convex portion 4a of the frame 4.

The head notch 123 is
It is formed so as to straddle the stator substrate 115 and the stator coil 116 together with the convex portion 4a of the frame 4.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the plurality of stator coils 116 are substantially C-shaped with a constant pitch P ₁ on the side opposite to the open portion of the predetermined angle θ ₁ which overlaps the head entry notch 123. It is located in.

According to the plane-opposed motor 110 configured as described above, the chuck pin 26 in the chuck mechanism 24 is moved downward (in the direction of arrow d) against the leaf spring 27, as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. It is possible to secure a space S having a sufficient depth for sinking into the recess 122 of the bearing support member 121.

Therefore, the chuck pin 26 with respect to the disc table 12 is located below (in the direction of arrow d) and above (arrow c) the chuck pin 26.
The vertical movement of the center core 2a can be smoothly performed with a sufficiently large stroke, and mischucking at the time of chucking the center core 2a onto the disk table 2 is reduced, resulting in an extremely reliable chuck. Can perform king operation.

Still, the uppermost position 4b of the frame 4
Is lifted to a position substantially the same as the disc table 12, and the plane-opposed motor 11 is placed below the uppermost position 4b.
Since 0 is arranged, the total thickness H ₄ of the spindle motor 11 including the disk table 12 can be significantly reduced, and the entire floppy disk device 1 can be significantly thinned.

On the other hand, a part of the outer circumference of the convex portion 4a of the frame 4, the stator substrate 115 and the plurality of stator coils 11 are formed.
Since the head-entry notch 123 is formed in a part of the outer circumference of 6, the head carriage 15 and the magnetic head 18 are moved in the direction of arrow a to the innermost peripheral position of the floppy disk 2 as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. When the head carriage 15 and the magnetic head 18 are moved, the head carriage 15 and the magnetic head 18 are moved into the head entrance notch 123 from the direction of the arrow a at the upper position of the rotor 113.
5 and the magnetic head 18 can be prevented from interfering with the rotor 113.

Since the rotor 113 can be arranged close to the lower part of the horizontal movement space of the head carriage 15 and the magnetic head 18 in the directions of arrows a and b, the diameter D _{3 of the} rotor 113 can be sufficiently expanded to, for example, 60 mm or more. It becomes possible to do.

By sufficiently expanding the diameter D ₃ of the rotor 113, the rotational torque of the rotor 113 can be remarkably increased, the current efficiency can be increased, and the floppy disk drive 1 consuming less power is provided. can do.

Since the rotating torque of the rotor 113 can be increased, inexpensive ferrite or the like can be used for the rotor magnet 114, and inexpensive bearings such as the oilless metal bearing 120 can be used for the bearing of the spindle 111. Thus, cost reduction can be achieved.

Further, since the rotational torque of the rotor 113 can be increased, the number of stator coils 116 can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.

Since the stator coil mounting pattern surface 115a, which is the lower surface of the stator substrate 115, can be directed downward, it becomes easy to pick up signals from this stator substrate 115, and a high-performance and highly-efficient spindle motor 11 can be obtained. You can

[Second Embodiment] Next, a circumferentially opposed motor 130 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 7 and 8.

This circumferentially opposed motor 130 has a plurality of iron cores 132 radially mounted on the lower surface of the stator substrate 115.
A plurality of stator coils 133 which are iron core coils on the outer periphery of
A plurality of iron cores 1 each having a circular ring-shaped rotor magnet 131 wound around the rotor
It is arranged to face the outer circumference of 32, and the other structure is the same as that of the first embodiment.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of iron cores 1
The reference numeral 32 indicates substantially C at a constant pitch P ₂ on the side opposite to the open portion having a predetermined angle θ ₁ which overlaps with the head entry notch 123.
Are arranged in a mold.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, the tips 132a of the plurality of iron cores 132 are inclined obliquely downward toward the rotor magnet 131, and the magnetizing direction of the rotor magnet 131 is indicated by an arrow e. The tip 1
By slanting upward toward 32a, the magnetic flux between the tips 132a of the plurality of iron cores 132 and the rotor magnet 131 can be improved, and the rotation efficiency of the rotor 113 can be improved.

Also, in the second embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained.

[Description of Modification of Second Embodiment] Next, FIG. 3 shows a circumferentially opposed motor 1 according to the second embodiment.
30 shows a modified example of 30. In this case, a plurality of iron cores 132 and stator coils 133 can be arranged even in the lower part of the head entrance notch 123 so as not to interfere with the head carriage 18. It was done.

That is, with respect to the plurality of stator coils 133 arranged in the lower portion of the head entry notch 123, the winding width W ₁ of the plurality of stator coils 133 is set to the other portion.
33 is sufficiently smaller than the winding width W _{2 of} the core, and the length L ₁ of the tip 132a of the iron core 132 is made sufficiently longer than the length L ₂ of the tip 132a of the iron core 132 arranged in another portion,
The long tip 132a extends from the far position on the inner circumference side of the rotor magnet 131 toward the inner circumference of the rotor magnet 131 obliquely downwardly for a long time.

Therefore, according to the modified example of the circumferentially opposed motor 130, the head entry notch 123 is provided without interfering with the head carriage 15 or the like which is moved to the innermost circumferential position of the floppy disk 2 in the direction of arrow a. Since a plurality of iron cores 132 and stator coils 133 can be arranged in the lower part of the core, it is possible to arrange these iron cores 132 and stator coils 133 at a constant pitch P ₂ over the entire inner circumference of the rotor magnet 131. Become.

Therefore, the rotor 113 can be rotationally driven in a stable manner without generating vibrations or the like in the rotor 113.

[Third Embodiment] Next, referring to FIG. 9, a description will be given of a frame structure applied to both the flat opposed motor 110 and the peripheral opposed motor 130 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. To do.

In this case, the frame 4 is integrally pressed with the convex portion 4a having a substantially truncated cone shape, and the chuck mechanism 2 is provided substantially at the center of the uppermost position 4b of the convex portion 4a.
The circular concave portion 4c, which wraps around the lower side of the chuck mechanism 24 from the outer peripheral position of 4, is simultaneously integrally processed by press working. An oilless metal bearing 120, which is an example of a bearing, is vertically fixed to the center of the recess 4c by press fitting or the like, and a recess 122 is formed on the upper surface of the recess 4c at the outer peripheral position of the oilless metal bearing 120. It was formed.

Therefore, also in the third embodiment, as in the first and second embodiments, a sufficient depth for the chuck pin 26 of the chuck mechanism 24 to sink in the downward arrow d direction. In addition to ensuring the space S, the concave portion 4c is integrally pressed on the frame 4, so that it is not necessary to use the expensive bearing supporting member 122 shown in the first and second embodiments, and the number of parts and The cost can be reduced by reducing the number of assembling steps. Moreover, the convex portion 4a having a substantially truncated cone shape and the concave portion 4c having a circular shape can be simultaneously pressed on the frame 4, and the processing is simple, and the strength of the frame 4 is increased by the convex portion 4a and the concave portion 4c. Can be sufficiently raised to prevent vibration of the frame.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments shown in the drawings, and various modifications can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention. .

[0081]

The disk device of the present invention configured as described above can achieve the following effects.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the space for sinking the chuck pin of the chuck mechanism below the disk table can be secured sufficiently deep in the recess formed on the upper surface of the outer peripheral position of the spindle bearing. Therefore, mischucking of the disc-shaped recording medium on the disc table can be reduced, and high reliability of the chucking operation can be obtained.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, the uppermost position of the frame is raised to the same height as the disc table at the outer peripheral position of the recess, and the spindle motor is arranged below the uppermost position of the frame. By making it possible to reduce the thickness of the entire spindle motor, it is possible to reduce the thickness of the entire disk device, and it is possible to apply the disk device to a wide range of thin devices such as notebook computers. .

According to the present invention, since the recess is formed in the upper surface of the bearing support member of the spindle and the frame is fixed to the uppermost outer peripheral surface of the bearing support member, it is easy to make the entire spindle motor including the disk table thinner. Can be realized.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a recess is formed integrally at the uppermost position of the frame from the outer peripheral position of the chuck mechanism to the lower side of the chuck mechanism. Since the upper surface side is formed as a recess, it is possible to reduce the cost by reducing the number of parts and the number of assembly steps, increase the strength of the frame, and prevent vibration of the frame.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional side view illustrating a plane facing type motor that is a first embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a spindle motor of a floppy disk device.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional side view illustrating a circumferentially opposed type motor according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view illustrating a modified example of the circumferentially opposed motor according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a substantially frustoconical convex portion and a head-entry notch of the frame shown in FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional side view illustrating a recess on the upper surface of the bearing support member shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view illustrating the arrangement of a plurality of stator coils of the flat facing motor shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a plan view illustrating the arrangement of a plurality of iron cores and stator coils of the circumferentially opposed motor shown in FIG.

8 is a cross-sectional side view illustrating the relationship between the iron core and the rotor magnet of the circumferentially opposed motor shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a sectional side view of a frame for explaining a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sectional side view for explaining a conventional circumferentially opposed motor.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional side view illustrating a conventional plane-opposed motor.

FIG. 12 is a schematic plan view of the entire floppy disk device with an upper cover removed.

FIG. 13 is a schematic cross-sectional side view of the entire floppy disk device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a floppy disk device (disk device), 2 is a floppy disk (disk-shaped recording medium), 4 is a frame, 4a is a convex portion of the frame, 4b is the uppermost position of the frame, 4c is a concave portion of the frame, and 11 is a spindle motor. ,
12 is a disk table, 24 is a chuck mechanism, 25 is a chuck magnet, 26 is a chuck pin, 27 is a leaf spring, 111 is a spindle, 120 is an oilless metal bearing (bearing), 121 is a bearing support member, and 122 is a recess. is there.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A spindle rotatably attached to a frame, a spindle motor attached to the outer periphery of the spindle at the lower portion of the frame, and a disk table fixed to the outer periphery of the spindle at the upper portion of the frame. And a chuck mechanism attached to the disc table and having a chuck pin for mounting a disc-shaped recording medium on the disc table. The chuck pin of the chuck mechanism is provided on the upper surface of the outer peripheral position of the bearing of the spindle. A recess is formed for sinking downward, and the uppermost position of the frame is raised to a height almost equal to that of the disc table at the outer peripheral position of the recess, and the spindle motor is moved to the uppermost position of the frame. A disk device, which is arranged at the bottom of the disk. 2. The bearing is formed in the upper surface of a bearing support member having the bearing of the spindle attached to the center thereof, and the frame is fixed to the outermost upper surface of the bearing support member. Item 1. The disk device according to item 1. 3. A recess formed around the outermost position of the chuck mechanism around the bottom of the chuck mechanism is integrally machined at the uppermost position of the frame, and the bearing is attached to the center of the recess to form the recess. 2. The disk device according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface side of the disk is formed in the recess.