Patent ID: 6278573
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive for a floppy disk having a recording medium of a high memory capacity, said disk drive comprising:a housing defining an inner room therein and having a front end opening connecting with said inner room for allowing said floppy disk to be loaded into and unloaded from said inner room therethrough, wherein said housing comprises a bottom plate defining a base of said inner room, and said bottom plate comprises a front end portion formed with ventilation holes for allowing air to pass therethrough and exit said inner room such that dust and small rubbish are enable to be expelled from said inner room by means of air flow caused from rotation of said floppy disk, and wherein said bottom plate further comprises at least one through-hole through which an electric cable extends into said inner room;a printed circuit board mounted on said housing outside said bottom plate and connected with said electric cable;a drive unit mounted to said bottom plate and having a driving portion disposed in said inner room on said bottom plate for operatively connecting with and driving said floppy disk loaded into said inner room;a read/write head assembly disposed in said inner room and adapted to operatively engage with said recording medium of said floppy disk for reading/writing data into and from said recording medium; andat least one sealing element provided to close said at least one through-hole so as to block air flow through said through-hole while still allowing said electric cable to extend through said through-hole.