Maxtor Corporation

A David L Michael

Narayanan Ramakrishnan

Stanislaw Dobosz

Edward George Acciardi

Ed Acciardi

A flow control plate () for a disk drive is disclosed. The flow control plate () includes both a diffuser section () and an air displacement section (). The diffuser section () is contained within a pocket () having a plurality of spaced protuberances or ridges (). The air displacement section () may be located upstream of the diffuser section () and includes a pair of flat primary surfaces () that are disposed in opposing and parallel relation. In one embodiment, the flow control plate () is an integral structure and is fabricated from a resinous material.

Disk drive flow control plate with integrated air management features

A disk drive base plate () that incorporates a plurality of cooling ribs () on its bottom () is disclosed. In the illustrated embodiment, all of these cooling ribs () are disposed in parallel relation, and are oriented parallel to an airflow past the disk drive base plate (). An exposed primary surface () of a printed circuit board () is coplanar with base sections () associated with the cooling ribs ().

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Auburndale, MA, United States of America

A David L Michael