Patent ID: 6961219
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive comprising: a rotatable storage disk having a recording surface; an actuator carrying a head section to be opposed to said recording surface of said storage disk and causing said head section to perform a tracking operation relative to said recording surface; and an air-flow adjusting mechanism for adjusting an air flow generated around said storage disk due to a rotation of said storage disk, said air-flow adjusting mechanism comprising a thin-film member attached to a surface of said actuator to cover a desired contour portion of said actuator, said thin-film member acting to stabilize the air flow along said contour portion wherein said thin-film member includes a tubular heat-shrinkable resinous film layer, said thin-film member being fixedly attached to the surface of said actuator by a heat shrinkage of said heat-shrinkable resinous film layer.