KR20130142343A - Hydrodynamic bearing assembly - Google Patents
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- KR20130142343A KR20130142343A KR1020120065484A KR20120065484A KR20130142343A KR 20130142343 A KR20130142343 A KR 20130142343A KR 1020120065484 A KR1020120065484 A KR 1020120065484A KR 20120065484 A KR20120065484 A KR 20120065484A KR 20130142343 A KR20130142343 A KR 20130142343A
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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
- F16C32/00—Bearings not otherwise provided for
- F16C32/06—Bearings not otherwise provided for with moving member supported by a fluid cushion formed, at least to a large extent, otherwise than by movement of the shaft, e.g. hydrostatic air-cushion bearings
- F16C32/0629—Bearings not otherwise provided for with moving member supported by a fluid cushion formed, at least to a large extent, otherwise than by movement of the shaft, e.g. hydrostatic air-cushion bearings supported by a liquid cushion, e.g. oil cushion
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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
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- G—PHYSICS
- 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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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
- H02K7/00—Arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with dynamo-electric machines, e.g. structural association with mechanical driving motors or auxiliary dynamo-electric machines
- H02K7/08—Structural association with bearings
Abstract
Description
The present invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing assembly.
In general, a compact spindle motor used in a hard disk drive (HDD) is provided with a hydrodynamic bearing assembly, and a bearing clearance is formed in the fluid dynamic bearing assembly so as to fill a lubricating fluid.
When the shaft is rotated, the lubricating oil filled in the gap between the bearings is pumped to form fluid dynamic pressure to support the shaft rotatably.
Meanwhile, the bearing gap may be formed by the shaft and the sleeve, the shaft and the cover member, the sleeve and the rotor hub, and the bearing gap may be connected.
In addition, the lubricating fluid filled in the bearing gap is generally injected at the assembly stage in which the shaft, the sleeve, the rotor hub, and the cover member are assembled. In addition, the assembly is disposed in an inverted state when the lubricating fluid is injected.
However, when the assembly is disposed in an inverted state, the cover member and the sleeve are moved to the lower side of the shaft by their own weight. Accordingly, as the cover member contacts the shaft, the gap between the bearing gap formed by the cover member and the shaft is narrowed or the bearing gap disappears.
When lubricating fluid is injected in this state, there is a problem that the lubricating fluid is not sufficiently injected into the space between the cover member and the shaft.
In this case, since sufficient lubricating fluid is not injected, there is a problem that the rotational characteristics of the shaft are eventually reduced.
In the following, a spindle motor having a shaft having an inclined portion at its bottom is disclosed.
The filling of the lubricating fluid can be made smoothly, and provides a fluid dynamic bearing assembly that can reduce the generation of negative pressure.
A hydrodynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a shaft having a flange portion extending in a radial direction at a lower end thereof, a sleeve rotatably supporting the shaft, and a sleeve disposed to face the bottom of the shaft. It includes a cover member is installed, the upper surface of the cover member may be formed with a flow channel portion for providing a flow path of the lubricating fluid when the lubricating fluid is injected.
The bottom surface of the shaft may be formed with an indentation groove to be indented so that the lubricating fluid can be stored.
One side of the flow channel portion may be disposed radially outward of the flange portion, and the other side may be disposed below the edge of the indentation groove.
The flow channel portion may be composed of a plurality of grooves spaced apart along the circumferential direction.
Thrust dynamic pressure grooves for generating thrust dynamic pressure may be formed on an upper surface of the flange portion and an opposite surface of the sleeve disposed to face the upper surface of the flange portion.
Filling of the lubricating fluid through the flow channel portion has an effect that can be performed more smoothly.
In addition, since the flow channel portion connects the space formed by the indentation groove of the shaft and the bearing gap formed by the flange portion and the sleeve of the shaft, there is an effect of reducing sound pressure generation and / or bubble generation during rotational start of the shaft. .
1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a spindle motor including a hydrodynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an enlarged view showing part A of Fig.
3 is a perspective view showing a cover member provided in the fluid dynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an explanatory view for explaining the operation of the hydrodynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 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 which fall within the scope of the inventive concept may be easily suggested, but are also included within the scope of the present invention.
In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.
1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a spindle motor including a hydrodynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is an enlarged view showing a part A of Figure 1, Figure 3 is an embodiment of the present invention 4 is a perspective view illustrating a cover member provided in the fluid dynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for describing an operation of the fluid dynamic bearing assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.
1 to 4, the fluid dynamic bearing
On the other hand, the
First, the
The
Here, when defining the term for the direction, the axial direction refers to the up, down direction, that is, the direction from the bottom of the
In addition, the circumferential direction means a direction that is rotated along the outer circumferential surfaces of the
The
In addition, a
In addition, the
In addition, a
The
Meanwhile, the
In addition, a
On the other hand, the
Here, when the rotation drive of the
Accordingly, the
On the other hand, the
The inner surface of the
That is, at least one of the outer circumferential surface of the
On the other hand, when both the inner surface of the
Hereinafter will be described with respect to the hydrodynamic bearing
The
The
In addition, the
On the other hand, when the
In addition, an
Accordingly, by reducing the friction between the bottom surface of the
The
In addition, a
Here, the bearing gap will be described.
Lubricating fluid is filled in the bearing gap, and the lubricating fluid may be pumped when the
On the other hand, the bearing gap is formed by the gap formed by the
In addition, the fluid
In addition, the interface between the lubricating fluid and air filled in the bearing gap (ie, the gas-liquid interface) may be disposed in a space formed by the upper end of the outer circumferential surface of the
In addition, an
Meanwhile, upper and lower radial
However, the upper and lower radial
In addition, a thrust
That is, the
Meanwhile, the upper and lower radial
As such, the lubricating fluid flows into the space formed by the bottom surface of the
The
In addition, the
On the other hand, the upper surface of the
That is, the
Here, the operation of the
As shown in FIG. 4, when the lubricating fluid is injected, the coupling parts (hereinafter referred to as 'assemblies') of the
That is, the assembly is positioned so that the
However, when the assembly is reversed, the
Accordingly, when the lubricating fluid is injected, the lubricating fluid can be smoothly introduced into the
That is, when the
In addition, the
That is, the
In other words, when the
Then, the above-mentioned pressure difference is maintained until the
Due to this pressure difference, the negative pressure in the
However, since the
On the other hand, the
On the other hand, the shape of the
As described above, the filling of the lubricating fluid when the lubricating fluid is injected through the
In addition, since the
10: spindle motor
20: base member
40: rotor hub
60: Stator Core
100: hydrodynamic bearing assembly
110: the shaft
120: Sleeve
130: cover member
132: flow channel portion
Claims (5)
A sleeve rotatably supporting the shaft; And
A cover member installed on the sleeve so as to face the bottom surface of the shaft;
Including;
A fluid dynamic bearing assembly having an upper surface of the cover member to form a flow channel portion for providing a flow path of the lubricating fluid when the lubricating fluid is injected.
A fluid dynamic bearing assembly having a recessed groove formed in the bottom of the shaft so that the lubricating fluid can be stored.
One side of the flow channel portion is disposed in the radially outer side of the flange portion, the other side is a hydrodynamic bearing assembly disposed below the edge of the indentation groove.
The fluid channel bearing assembly is composed of a plurality of grooves spaced apart along the circumferential direction.
And a thrust dynamic pressure groove for generating thrust dynamic pressure on an upper surface of the flange portion and an opposite surface of the sleeve disposed to face the upper surface of the flange portion.
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