Patent ID: 6490124
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information signals on a disk-shaped recording medium, which is stored rotatably within a disk cartridge comprising:a case having a cartridge storing space in which said disk cartridge is inserted; rotatable driving means for holding the disk-shaped recording medium, which is stored within said disk cartridge, which is inserted in said cartridge storing space and for rotatably driving the disk-shaped recording medium wherein said rotatable driving means includes a spindle motor for rotatably driving the disk-shaped recording medium; shielding means for defining a shielded space by covering a surrounding area of said rotatable driving means for holding said disk-shaped recording medium wherein said shielding means is provided on said case as a wall formed in approximately a circular shape to cover and surround the outer circumference of said spindle motor so that the shielded space communicates with the inside of both the spindle motor and the cartridge storing space; a filler space portion including a filter for removing foreign particles inside of said cartridge storing space; and wherein said shielded space and said filter space portion communicate with one another.