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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Yiren Hong, Singapore, SG;
Choonkiat Lim, Singapore, SG;
James H. Smith, Woodside, CA (US);
Walter Wong, Boulder, CO (US);
Yiren Hong, Singapore, SG;
ChoonKiat Lim, Singapore, SG;
James H. Smith, Woodside, CA (US);
Walter Wong, Boulder, CO (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A disc drive includes a housing enclosing a spindle motor that is able to spin a disc. A filter within the housing is positioned so that a filter stream of moving gas created by a spinning motion of the disc flows through the filter. Additionally, a flow divider is secured to a portion of the housing and positioned within the filter stream upstream of the filter, splitting the filter stream into a first branch and a second branch. Both branches flow through the filter.