Windage stripper for an actuator and rotating disc
US7274537B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2004 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/148
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An actuator with a moveable block and supporting a cantilevered arm has a windage stripper supported for movement in unison with the block and spanning a cantilevered length of the arm. The actuator has a load member connected to the arm and supports a data head at a cantilevered end, wherein the stripper comprises a vane terminating at a distal end beyond the cantilevered end. A method including moving a data storage medium creating windage adjacent to an actuator supporting a data head at a cantilevered end, and supporting a windage stripper comprising a vane at the cantilevered end for movement in unison with the actuator in shielding the cantilevered end from windage-induced excitation.
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