Air guide for an aerodynamic actuator latch within a disk drive

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Drum record

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360106, 360109, 360 9702, G11B 554, G11B 2122, G11B 555, G11B 3314

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ABSTRACT:
In a disk drive, a stationary air guide for channeling windage flowing proximate a surface of a single rotating disk toward an air vane of an air vane actuator latch. The air guide has two members, a first member is positioned partially over an upper surface of the disk and a second member is positioned partially over a lower surface of the disk. The air guide members are proximate the respective surfaces in a spaced apart parallel relation thereto. Each air guide member further contains a shrouding member that maintains the air flow near the disk surface and a channeling member that channels the air flow toward the air vane. As such, windage from the rotating disk is channeled to a distal end of the air vane such that sufficient torque is produced by the windage from the single rotating disk to unlatch the latch mechanism.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4249221 (1981-02-01), Cox et al.
patent: 4647997 (1987-03-01), Westwood
patent: 5036416 (1991-06-01), Mastache
patent: 5043834 (1991-08-01), Kubo et al.

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