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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2004
Jen-tai Lin, Fremont, CA (US);
Jin Hui Ou-yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Chiao-ping Ku, Fremont, CA (US);
Robert J. Mcnab, San Jose, CA (US);
Shuo-hao Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lin Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jen-Tai Lin, Fremont, CA (US);
Jin Hui Ou-Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Chiao-Ping Ku, Fremont, CA (US);
Robert J. McNab, San Jose, CA (US);
Shuo-Hao Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lin Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive includes a disk drive base, a disk, and a head stack assembly rotatably coupled to the base adjacent the disk surface of the disk. The disk drive includes an airflow channeling enclosure. The enclosure includes an airflow inlet disposed downstream of the head stack assembly and configured to receive the disk rotation induced airflow therethrough. The enclosure further includes an airflow channel extending along the disk surface from the airflow inlet. The enclosure further includes an outer wall extending along the disk surface from the airflow inlet and defining the airflow channel radially interior to the outer wall. The enclosure further includes an airflow outlet disposed upstream of the head stack assembly extending from the outer wall and the channel opposite the airflow inlet for modifying the disk rotation induced airflow passing from the channel.