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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2023
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Yoshiyuki Hirono, Chigasaki, JP;
Andre Chan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A hard disk drive carriage arm includes a top depressed portion or indentation extending from a top surface toward a bottom surface and a bottom depressed portion or indentation extending from the bottom surface toward the top surface and opposing the top depressed portion. As such, a separating structure between the depressed portions partitions a corresponding balance hole, preferably at or near a mid-plane between the top and bottom surfaces. This configuration does not notably increase windage-based power loss while suppressing fluid force fluctuation, thereby stabilizing and balancing the airflow inside of the depressed portions.
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