Disk drive unit having gas-liquid interface between fixed body and rotor

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PATENT NO 9019656
APP PUB NO 20140254046A1
SERIAL NO

14196036

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A disk drive unit includes a rotor configured to rotate a disk accommodated within a disk accommodating space and set thereon, a fixed body configured to rotatably support the rotor, a fluid dynamic pressure generating part provided between the fixed body and the rotor, and a plurality of ring-shaped members, provided in an overlapping manner along a direction of a rotational axis of the rotor within a space that communicates the disk accommodating space and a gas-liquid interface of the lubricant, and covering a gap between the rotor and the fixed body.

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SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS JAPAN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CO LTD430-1 HANAGURA FUJIEDA-SHI SHIZUOKA 426-0292

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kodama, Mitsuo Shizuoka, JP 70 364
Sugiki, Ryusuke Shizuoka, JP 28 89

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