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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2004
Yaling Fan, Shakopee, MN (US);
Brent Melvin Weichelt, Burnsville, MN (US);
Colin Presly, Bloomington, MN (US);
Yaling Fan, Shakopee, MN (US);
Brent Melvin Weichelt, Burnsville, MN (US);
Colin Presly, Bloomington, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An actuator with a moveable block and supporting a cantilevered arm has a windage stripper supported for movement in unison with the block and spanning a cantilevered length of the arm. The actuator has a load member connected to the arm and supports a data head at a cantilevered end, wherein the stripper comprises a vane terminating at a distal end beyond the cantilevered end. A method including moving a data storage medium creating windage adjacent to an actuator supporting a data head at a cantilevered end, and supporting a windage stripper comprising a vane at the cantilevered end for movement in unison with the actuator in shielding the cantilevered end from windage-induced excitation.