Patent ID: 6882501
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive assembly comprising: a spindle adapted to rotate about a longitudinal axis; data storage disks surrounded by fluid medium, each of the disks having a disk outer edge and a disk inner edge, the disks being mounted on the spindle to rotate therewith about the spindle longitudinal axis, rotation of the disks in a first direction creating a flow of the fluid medium in the first direction, at least one of the disks having approximately concentric tracks disposed at different radial positions between the disk outer edge and the disk inner edge; slider assemblies, each slider assembly including at least one transducer head capable of reading and writing information on one of the disks; an actuator assembly for positioning the slider assemblies over the tracks; a baffle disposed upstream of the actuator assembly, the baffle extending in a direction of the spindle longitudinal axis and having an inner surface disposed at least one millimeter outside of the outer edges of the disks; and combs mounted on the baffle, at least one of the combs: