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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2004
Carl Fred Adams, Lakeville, MN (US);
Steve Scott Eckerd, Savage, MN (US);
Cory Bert Welscher, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Alan Hing-bun Tsang, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jackson Wagner Nichols, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Carl Fred Adams, Lakeville, MN (US);
Steve Scott Eckerd, Savage, MN (US);
Cory Bert Welscher, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Alan Hing-Bun Tsang, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jackson Wagner Nichols, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A limit stop filter support apparatus for use in controlling fluidic currents and limiting movement of an actuator within a housing, such as in a data storage device. First and second filter retention members extend from a filter support base to confine opposing ends of a filter used to filter fluidic currents within the housing, and a cantilevered limit stop extends from the base to contactingly limit movement of an actuator moveable within the housing. The limit stop preferably comprises a spring member supporting a latch member, the latch member selectively confining the actuator in a parked position. The first and second retention members each preferably include a shroud surface adjacent an outer peripheral edge of a rotatable storage medium to direct the fluidic currents established by rotation of the medium.