Patent ID: 7133249
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording disk drive comprising: an enclosure; a recording disk incorporated in the enclosure; a head slider opposed to a surface of the recording disk; a head actuator coupled to a support shaft for relative rotation so as to support the head slider at a tip end of the head actuator; an attachment base fixed on the enclosure at a location outside the recording disk; a rectifier plate supported on the attachment base and arranged at a location outside an arc defined along a movement path of the tip end of the head actuator, the rectifier plate having an edge extending on an arc equidistant from the support shaft; an airflow guiding surface defined on the attachment base so as to face the recording disk at a location outside a shroud surface, said airflow guiding surface designed to guide airflow generated based on rotation of the recording disk; and a dust catcher located in a space defined between the airflow guiding surface and the recording disk.