Disk drive breathing filter including an inner tube within a collecting material storing portion of a permeable envelope
US7369356B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 2, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/146
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a case having an almost sealed structure are provided a disk-shaped recording medium, a drive motor, a head which performs information processing, a head actuator which moves the head with respect to the recording medium, and a breathing filter. The breathing filter includes an envelope which has air permeability and in which a storing portion is defined, an inner tube arranged in the storing portion and defining a passage through the storing portion, and a collecting material filled in the storing portion and around the inner tube. The inner tube has one end communicating with a breathing hole of the case and the other end having an outlet.
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