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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Su Xia, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Yu-Li Chang, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Kent J. Forbord, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A shroud mounted to the housing of a disc drive blocks wind to the arm and suspension that positions a slider adjacent a recording surface of a disc. A first wall has a windward surface facing into the direction of rotation of the first disc. A second wall extends downwind from the windward surface between the arm and the disc to from a low-wind region with the first wall. The region is open at the leeward side so that the arm in the low-wind region positions the slider adjacent the disc. In some embodiments, a third wall is parallel to the second wall so that the low-wind region is a slot.