Disk drive device with structure that enables thinning and increase of recording capacity

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9082449
APP PUB NO 20140355155A1
SERIAL NO

14288050

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A disk drive device includes: a chassis; an annular hub on which a recording disk is to be mounted; a fluid dynamic bearing mechanism that supports the hub freely rotatable relative to the chassis; an annular extended portion extending outwardly in a radial direction from the hub; and an annular recess which is provided in the chassis and where the annular extended portion at least partially enters in the radial direction, in which a gap between the annular recess and the annular extended portion includes a portion that forms a flexed labyrinth in a cross-sectional view.

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SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS JAPAN ADVANCED TECH CO LTD430-1 HANAGURA FUJIEDA CITY SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE

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Kumaki, Mikie Kakegawa, JP 2 1

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