Patent ID: 9691436
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G11B

Claim:
1. A disk drive apparatus, comprising: a housing in which a disk is accommodated and rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction; a top cover that closes an opening of the housing, the top cover including: a spindle motor that causes the disk to rotate about the central axis; and an access portion that performs at least one of reading and writing of information from or to the disk; wherein the housing supports the spindle motor and the access portion and defines a case together with the top cover; the top cover body is axially opposite to the disk; the flow control member includes a lower surface axially opposite to at least a portion of an upper surface of the disks; the access portion includes a head opposite to the disk; the flow control member is outside of a range over which the head moves in a plan view; at least a portion of the flow control member and at least a portion of the access portion radially or circumferentially overlap with each other; at least a portion of the flow control member and the head circumferentially overlap over the full range of head movement; and an axial distance between the flow control member and the disk decreases with increasing distance from the central axis.