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Patent No.:

US 7298571 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2006
Applicants:

Stephen L. Schmidt, Milpitas, CA (US);

Charles L. Taylor, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);

Herman R. Wendt, Vista, CA (US);

Farokh Ziari, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stephen L. Schmidt, Milpitas, CA (US);

Charles L. Taylor, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);

Herman R. Wendt, Vista, CA (US);

Farokh Ziari, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention pertain to maintaining an acceptable level of relative humidity inside of a disk drive. According to one embodiment, clean dry air is blow over a cover of the disk drive. The cover includes an unsealed servo write slot. The amount of clean dry air blown over the cover is regulated while a servo write process is performed so that a portion of the clean dry air is introduced into the disk drive.


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