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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Qinghua Zeng, Fremont, CA (US);
Toshiki Hirano, San Jose, CA (US);
Tzong-Shii S. Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Francis C. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/012 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/012 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards a disk drive that comprises at least one head carrying assembly that includes an actuator arm, a suspension attached to the actuator arm, and a head carried by the suspension. Each head is positioned upstream of its actuator arm. This reversed-flow orientation reduces head vibration and disk power requirements.