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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
Kazuhisa Murakami, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Teruyoshi Higashiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhiko Oguchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masanobu Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhisa Murakami, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Teruyoshi Higashiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhiko Oguchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masanobu Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A disk drive. The disk drive includes a head-slider, an actuator, a ramp and a shroud. The head-slider is configured to fly above the disk. The actuator is configured to support the head-slider and to swing about a pivot shaft to move the head-slider in a radial direction of the disk. The actuator may also be configured to rest on the ramp in a stand-by position. The shroud includes an inner peripheral side surface and an outer peripheral side surface. The shroud is configured to control an air-stream which flows in a direction from the pivot shaft toward the head-slider. The inner peripheral side surface and the outer peripheral side surface are configured to blast the head-slider with the air-stream upon spinning the disk when the head-slider is positioned away from the disk in the stand-by position.