Patent ID: 6989959
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An assembly comprising: at least one disc; a spindle assembly rotationally supporting the at least one disc to form a flow field along a surface of the at least one disc via rotation of the at least one disc; a head assembly positionable proximate to the surface of the at least one disc, and a flow controller including a flow gate supported in the flow field along the disc surface of the at least one disc having a leading edge having a plurality of rows of radially spaced inlets and a trailing edge including a plurality of rows of radially spaced outlets and the flow gate including a plurality of rows of radially spaced streamline flow passages between the plurality of rows of inlets at the leading edge and the plurality of rows of radially spaced outlets at the trailing edge and wherein the plurality of rows of radially spaced inlets, outlets and streamline flow passages associated with the flow gate in the flow field of the at least one disc are not separated by one or more discs.