A bearing having a conical hydrodynamic bearing section and a pivot bearing section.
The bearing can be used with a spindle motor. The conical hydrodynamic bearing
section is formed by the conical portion of the shaft and a correspondingly shaped
cavity of the bearing sleeve. The pivot bearing section is located adjacently to
the conical bearing section and is formed by the curved end face of the shaft and
an endplate inserted into the cavity of the bearing sleeve.
