Patent ID: 7054103

Claim:
An airstream conditioning apparatus for a data storage device for attenuating the aerodynamic excitation of air currents on device components, the data storage device having an enclosure supporting a rotating data storage disc and an actuator operatively interfacing in a data transfer relationship, the apparatus comprising: an airstream stripper downstream of the actuator with respect to the direction of the air currents produced by the rotating disc and extending adjacent a data storage surface of the disc from an outermost radial portion of the data storage surface to an inner radial portion of the data storage surface and thereby noncontactingly disposed beyond a distal end of the actuator along an actuator path of travel; and a shroud upstream of the airstream stripper defining a perimeter surface substantially transverse to the data storage disc and intersecting the airstream stripper, wherein the shroud comprises a fin defining a planar surface extending from the perimeter surface and substantially coextensive with the data storage disc.