Patent ID: 7337451
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive reducing noise, comprising: a disk tray sliding in and out of the disk drive and on which a disk is placed; a disk driving portion rotating the disk at a predetermined speed; a data recording/reproducing unit recording data on the disk or reproducing data from the disk; and an air guide plate installed between an upper surface of the disk tray and an upper cover plate of the disk drive, parallel to the disk tray, and separating an air flow area, the air flow above the disk generated by rotation of the disk being divided into turbulence under the air guide plate and turbulence above the air guide plate, wherein the air guide plate comprises an end portion having a wedge shape that is inclined in a direction in which the air flow above the disk proceeds to move the air flow above the disk up along the air guide plate, and wherein the air guide plate is installed above and at least partially overtop of the disk.