Disk drive including a filter element disposed along a disk surface for filtering disk rotation induced airflow
AssigneeGeneral Electric Capital Corporation
InventorsJohn E. Scura, Richard G. Krum
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Abstract
A disk drive including a disk drive base. The disk drive further includes at least one rotatable disk including a disk surface extending to an outer disk edge. The disk drive further includes a head stack assembly rotatably attached to the disk drive base in operable communication with the disk. The disk drive further includes a filter coupled to the disk drive base. The filter includes a filter support disposed adjacent to the outer disk edge, and at least one filter element attached to the filter support disposed along the disk surface for filtering disk rotation induced airflow.
Claims11
A disk drive comprising:
- a disk drive base;
- at least one rotatable disk including a disk surface extending to an outer disk edge;
- a head stack assembly rotatably attached to the disk drive base in operable communication with the disk;
- and
- a filter coupled to the disk drive base, the filter comprising:
- a filter support disposed adjacent to the outer disk edge, the filter support including a support arm extending radially inward along the disk surface from the outer disk edge;
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- at least one filter element attached to the filter support disposed along the disk surface for filtering disk rotation induced airflow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.