According to the invention, a shaft as a component of a shaft member of a hydrodynamic bearing and a disc member such as a thrust plate are joined to each other by welding by a simple method with high precision. A shaft having a cylindrical outer circumferential surface, in joint surfaces which are joined to each other of the shaft and a disc member having a flat surface facing an end surface of the shaft, a circumferential projection having a diameter smaller than the outside diameter of the shaft and projected in the axial direction and a recess at least of which outer periphery has a diameter smaller than the outside diameter of the shaft and larger than the diameter of the projection and has a circular shape are provided.

 
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