Patent ID: 6697216
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk drive, comprising:1) at least one disk that spins, thereby inducing a flow that rotates substantially with the disk; and 2) at least one head-carrying assembly, each head-carrying assembly being deployable adjacent to the at least one disk, each head-carrying assembly having: A) an actuator arm; B) a suspension attached to the actuator arm, the suspension having an attached slider having a leading portion and a trailing portion, the leading portion being disposed upstream of the trailing portion in the presence of the flow, wherein the slider supports the head; C) a head carried by the suspension; wherein each head-carrying assembly is oriented such that, relative to the flow, the head is disposed upstream of the actuator arm, and wherein the head supported by the slider of each head-carrying assembly communicates with one of the at least one disk, the one of the at least one disk that communicates with the head being designated an associated disk, and wherein in the presence of the flow, a minimum distance from the leading portion of the slider to the associated disk is less than a minimum distance from the trailing portion of the slider to the associated disk.