To prevent air from being trapped inside a bearing and causing the bearing
to have oil film rupture and NRRO to deteriorate. In a hydrodynamic
bearing, a first lubricant reservoir is provided in a gap between a lower
surface of a hub and a sleeve, and a second lubricant reservoir is
provided in a gap between an outer peripheral surface of the sleeve and
an inner peripheral surface of the hub or an inner peripheral surface of
a stopper member fixed to the hub. If air enters inside such a
hydrodynamic bearing, the air has to be discharged. For this purpose, the
relationship in widths of the radial bearing gap, the maximum gap of the
first lubricant reservoir under the lower surface of the hub and the
maximum gap of the second lubricant reservoir on the sleeve outer
peripheral surface, or the relationship in magnitudes of capillary forces
thereof is adjusted. The principle that air tends to move toward the
portion having smaller capillary pressure is utilized to make it
difficult for the air to be trapped inside the bearing and to smoothly
discharge the air from a gas-liquid interface of the second lubricant
reservoir.