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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Nidec Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsuo Kodama, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Abe, Kyoto, JP;
Katsuya Takahashi, Kyoto, JP;
Yuya Saito, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiro Shiraishi, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshinobu Arao, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
NIDEC CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/14 (2006.01); G11B 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/148 (2013.01); G11B 25/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A case of a disk drive apparatus includes a housing in which a disk is accommodated, and a top cover arranged to close an opening of the housing. The top cover includes a top cover body and a flow control member. The top cover body is a plate-shaped member arranged to extend perpendicularly to a central axis. The flow control member is fixed to a lower surface of the top cover body. The flow control member includes a lower surface arranged axially opposite to at least a portion of an upper surface of the disk.