Low profile disk drive unit
AssigneeSAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
InventorsTakehiro Kamigama, Masahiko Fujioka, YiuSing Ho, Yi Wan
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Abstract
A low profile disk drive unit includes a disk; a HSA cooperating with the disk; a base plate comprising a bottom portion for supporting the disk and the head stack assembly thereon and a base plate sidewall extending from circumference of the bottom portion; and a top cover comprising a top portion and a top cover sidewall extending from circumference of the top portion and assembled with the base plate; wherein the top cover sidewall is thinner than the base plate sidewall, and the base plate sidewall is lower than the disk with the bottom portion as a reference datum so as to define an airflow channel between a periphery of the disk and the top cover sidewall of the top cover.
Claims11
A low profile disk drive unit, comprising:
- a disk;
- a head stack assembly cooperating with the disk;
- a base plate comprising a bottom portion for supporting the disk and the head stack assembly thereon and a base plate sidewall extending from circumference of the bottom portion;
- and
- a top cover comprising a top portion and a top cover sidewall extending from circumference of the top portion and assembled with the base plate;
- wherein
- the top cover sidewall is thinner than the base plate sidewall, and the base plate sidewall is lower than the disk with the bottom portion as a reference datum so as to define an airflow channel between a periphery of the disk and the top cover sidewall of the top cover.
A low profile disk drive unit, comprising:
- a disk;
- a head stack assembly cooperating with the disk;
- and
- an enclosure comprising a first half portion and a second half portion for enclosing the disk and the head stack assembly therein;
- wherein
- one of the first and the second half portions is thinner than the other, and an airflow channel is defined between a periphery of the disk and an inner surface of the thinner half portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.