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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Srinivas Tadepalli, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Cory Bert Welscher, Yukon, OK (US);
Jonathan Pahl Jones, Piedmont, OK (US);
Gregg Jon Severson, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An air current diverting apparatus for a data storage device having a rotating data storage medium in operable relation with an actuator assembly reading data from and writing data to the data storage medium. The air current diverting apparatus has an aerodynamic shroud comprising a base having a first end attachable to the actuator assembly, an upstream surface extending upstream of the actuator assembly, and a downstream surface extending downstream of the actuator assembly and substantially non-parallel to the upstream surface.