Patent ID: 7787219

Claim:
A disk drive, comprising: an enclosure; a disk rotatably mounted to the enclosure and having a magnetic media; an actuator assembly mounted to the enclosure and having a pivot with an axis for pivotal movement relative to the enclosure, a comb, a coil for a voice coil motor on one side of the comb, and an arm extending from the comb opposite the coil, the arm defining a longitudinal direction that extends radially relative to the axis, and a lateral direction that is transverse to the longitudinal direction; a stiffener secured to the actuator assembly; a flexible cable secured to the stiffener; a suspension mounted to the arm and having a transducer for reading data from the disk; a flexure extending from the transducer to the arm, the flexure having a tail that is secured to the stiffener and coupled to the flexible cable; and a diverter located adjacent the comb and the stiffener, the diverter also extending longitudinally and laterally across portions of the arm for diverting airflow away from the stiffener, and the diverter being pivotally movable with the actuator assembly relative to the enclosure.