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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:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 9702 ;
Abstract
A circulation filter mounting structure in a disk drive including a housing having a base and a cover fixed to the base, a disk as a storage medium rotatably contained in the housing, and a head contained in the housing for recording and reproducing data on the disk. The circulation filter mounting structure includes a wall provided between an outer circumference of the disk and an inner surface of the housing, for partially blocking an air flow generated by rotation of the disk, the wall extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a radial direction of the disk, and a filter mounted between the wall and the inner surface of the housing, for collecting dust.