Downstream finned shroud airstream conditioning apparatus for a data storage device
US6751049B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/148
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An airstream conditioning apparatus for a data storage device. The data storage device has an enclosure supporting a spinning data disc and an actuator operably interfacing with the data disc in a data transfer relationship. The apparatus comprises a shroud supportable in the enclosure only downstream of the actuator with respect to air currents generated by the spinning disc. The shroud furthermore comprises a fin extending from the shroud in planar alignment with the disc.
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