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20090064212 | CHUCKING DEVICE, BRUSHLESS MOTOR WITH THE CHUCKING DEVICE AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS WITH THE BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A chucking device for removably holding a disk with a central opening, includes a shaft coaxially arranged with a specified center axis; a turntable fixed to the shaft, the turntable having a disk support surface for supporting the disk; and a resin-made cone arranged axially above the turntable, the cone including a shaft-fixed portion fixed to the shaft, a disk holding portion having an annular disk holding surface inclined radially outwardly and axially downwardly, and an arm portion for radially interconnecting the shaft-fixed portion and the disk holding portion. Herein, the arm portion includes a support portion extending radially outwardly from the shaft-fixed portion and an elastically deformable portion joined to the support portion for being elastically deformed to axially downwardly move the disk holding portion as the disk comes into contact with the disk holding portion. | 03-05-2009 |
20110035764 | CHUCKING DEVICE, BRUSHLESS MOTOR, DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE CHUCKING DEVICE - A chucking device includes a turntable fixed to a shaft having a central axis and a cone arranged axially above the turntable. An annular yoke is arranged above a sliding portion of the cone and fixed to the shaft, and a clamp magnet is fixed to the yoke through an adhesive agent. The yoke includes an upper surface having an annular recess defined in a concentric relationship with the central axis, the adhesive agent being applied on a region of the upper surface existing radially inwards of the recess. The recess includes a radial outer wall parallel to the central axis and a radial inner wall inclined radially inwards and axially upwards. The angle between the radial outer wall and a lower surface of the clamp magnet is greater than the angle between the radial inner wall and the lower surface of the clamp magnet. | 02-10-2011 |
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20090079985 | STIRRING STATE DETECTING METHOD - A stirring state detecting method of the present invention is a method for detecting a stirring state of a test solution by using: a sample cell ( | 03-26-2009 |
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20120215078 | METHOD FOR MEASURING A CONCENTRATION OF A BIOGENIC SUBSTANCE CONTAINED IN A LIVING BODY - One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a biogenic substance concentration measuring method with improved measuring accuracy. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for measuring a concentration of a biogenic substance contained in a living body, the method comprises steps of preparing a measuring device, wherein the measuring device comprises a light source, an optical filter, and a light receiver; irradiating a substantially-parallel light from the light source onto a particle chip implanted in a skin though a position on the surface of the skin to generate a reflected light; inclining the light source and calculating the concentration of the biogenic substance on the basis of the difference of signals before and after the inclination. | 08-23-2012 |
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