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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2010
Hamid R. Rejae, San Carlos, CA (US);
Joseph T. Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jon E. Jacoby, San Jose, CA (US);
Arman V. Golgolab, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hamid R. Rejae, San Carlos, CA (US);
Joseph T. Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jon E. Jacoby, San Jose, CA (US);
Arman V. Golgolab, Los Altos, CA (US);
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive includes a disk that has a data side and an unread side. A first read head faces and is adjacent the data side. The disk drive also includes a cylindrical shroud wall that is substantially orthogonal to the unread side and that completely encircles the disk outer periphery. A radial spacing between the cylindrical shroud wall and the disk outer periphery nowhere exceeds 1 mm. The disk drive does not include any read head that faces and is disposed adjacent the unread side.