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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
John R. Gustafson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Mukesh Patel, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/1453 (2013.01);
Abstract
A disk drive includes a disk drive enclosure and a disk rotatably mounted to and within the disk drive enclosure. A desiccant canister is in fluid communication with the disk drive enclosure. The desiccant canister includes a canister housing and a desiccant material within the canister housing. The desiccant canister includes a water absorption restriction that limits a steady-state hourly water absorption rate of the desiccant to not exceed 2% of the desiccant's total capacity for water absorption.