Patent ID: 6917491

Claim:
A hard disk drive comprising: a housing having a base plate and a cover plate; a spindle motor installed on the base plate; at least one disk to store data installed at the spindle motor and rotated by the spindle motor; an actuator pivotably installed on the base plate and having a magnetic head to record data on the at least one disk and to reproduce the data from the at least one disk; one or more disk protectors protruding to a predetemined height toward a corresponding disk at a position corresponding to an edge portion thereof where data is not recorded; a magnetic head protector protruding to a predetermined height toward a suspension in a parking zone where the magnetic head is parked; and a protruding surface protruding to a predetermined height toward the corresponding disk formed on each of the upper surface of the base plate and the lower surface of the cover plate to reduce a gap between the corresponding disk and each of the base plate and the cover plate, wherein the one or more disk protectors are formed on each of the protruding surfaces, and wherein the one or more disk protectors and the magnetic head protector are provided on the upper surface of the base plate and/or the lower surface of the cover plate.