Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Disk record
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-17
2008-05-27
Miller, Brian E. (Department: 2627)
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head stationary during transducing
Disk record
Reexamination Certificate
active
07379266
ABSTRACT:
There is provided a disk drive including a disk drive base, a disk rotatably coupled to the disk drive base, and a spindle motor attached to the disk drive base and configured to support the disk for rotating the disk with respect to the disk drive base. The disk drive further includes a filter component. The filter component includes a filter housing coupled to the disk drive base, and a pair of filter elements disposed within the filter housing for filtering disk rotation induced airflow. Each filter element includes a coarse section and a fine section, wherein the coarse section is positioned upstream of the fine section relative to a direction of the induced airflow.
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Choy Michael G.
Griffin Gary C.
Ku Chiao-Ping
Lin Jen-Tai
Ou-Yang Jin Hui
Miller Brian E.
Mollohan, Esq. Stacey A.
Western Digital Technologies Inc.
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