Patent ID: 6876514
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive comprising: a disk drive base and a cover attached to the disk drive base; a rotatable disk including a disk surface extending to an outer periphery; a spindle motor including an axis of rotation, the spindle motor being rotatably coupled to the disk drive base for rotating the disk about the axis of rotation; a disk clamp for engaging the disk to the spindle motor, the disk clamp having a top surface disposed toward the cover; a shroud surface concentrically formed about and adjacent the outer periphery; a cavity formed in the shroud surface, the cavity extending to a cavity opening adjacent the outer periphery; and an airflow diverter element extending from the cover towards the disk surface radially between the cavity opening and the axis of rotation for diverting disk rotation induced airflow adjacent the disk surface, the airflow diverter element extending towards the disk surface at least to the top surface of the disk clamp.