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AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorsNorman K. Watkins, Wayne M. Yamada, Frederick J. Hanke, Gary Griffin
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A disk drive includes at least one rotatable disk including a disk edge and a disk drive housing having a breather hole formed through the disk drive housing. The disk drive further includes a breather shroud in mechanical communication with the disk drive housing. The breather shroud includes a shroud portion positioned adjacent the disk. The shroud portion is formed to extend along the disk edge for mitigating airflow adjacent the disk. The breather shroud further includes an air filter housing portion integrated with the shroud portion. The air filter housing portion is disposed adjacent the breather hole for filtering airflow through the breather hole. The air filter housing portion is positioned with the shroud portion between the air filter housing portion and the disk edge for mitigating airflow from the breather hole to adjacent to the disk.
A disk drive comprising:
A breather shroud for use in a disk drive, the disk drive including at least one rotatable disk including a disk edge and a disk drive housing having a breather hole formed through the disk drive housing, the breather shroud comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.