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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2001
Norman K. Watkins, Morgan Hills, CA (US);
Wayne M. Yamada, San Jose, CA (US);
Frederick J. Hanke, Newark, CA (US);
Gary Griffin, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive includes at least one rotatable disk including a disk edge and a disk drive housing having a breather hole formed through the disk drive housing. The disk drive further includes a breather shroud in mechanical communication with the disk drive housing. The breather shroud includes a shroud portion positioned adjacent the disk. The shroud portion is formed to extend along the disk edge for mitigating airflow adjacent the disk. The breather shroud further includes an air filter housing portion integrated with the shroud portion. The air filter housing portion is disposed adjacent the breather hole for filtering airflow through the breather hole. The air filter housing portion is positioned with the shroud portion between the air filter housing portion and the disk edge for mitigating airflow from the breather hole to adjacent to the disk.