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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
F Eugene Dion, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Maxtor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 9702 ;
Abstract
A filter system for a hard disk drive which has a venturi that is actuated by rotation of the magnetic disk and which pumps internal air through a recirculation filter located within the disk drive. The drive unit also has a diffusion tube, desiccant and breather filter coupled to the ambient by a breather port in the housing of the disk drive.