公开(公告)号：US06751049B2

公开(公告)日：2004-06-15

申请号：US09895984

申请日：2001-06-29

申请人： Srinivas Tadepalli ,  David Allsup

发明人： Srinivas Tadepalli ,  David Allsup

IPC分类号： G11B3314

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005 ,  G11B33/148

摘要： An airstream conditioning apparatus for a data storage device. The data storage device has an enclosure supporting a spinning data disc and an actuator operably interfacing with the data disc in a data transfer relationship. The apparatus comprises a shroud supportable in the enclosure only downstream of the actuator with respect to air currents generated by the spinning disc. The shroud furthermore comprises a fin extending from the shroud in planar alignment with the disc.

摘要翻译： 一种用于数据存储装置的气流调节装置。 数据存储设备具有支持旋转数据盘的机壳和在数据传输关系中可操作地与数据盘连接的致动器。 该装置包括一个护罩，该护罩可以相对于旋转盘产生的空气流而仅在致动器下游的壳体中。 所述护罩还包括从所述护罩与所述盘平面对准延伸的翅片。

公开(公告)号：US06717768B2

公开(公告)日：2004-04-06

申请号：US09977324

申请日：2001-10-16

申请人： Seonghoon Kim

发明人： Seonghoon Kim

IPC分类号： G11B3314

CPC分类号： G11B33/08 ,  G11B33/142

摘要： An airflow damper is affixed to a top interior wall of a hard disk assembly, so that a specified gap distance between the airflow damper and an upper disk within the hard disk assembly is realized. The gap distance is determined as a function of velocity of the driven disks. The airflow damper is designed to have a thickness so that the determined gap distance is realized for the given velocity. The airflow damper eliminates secondary airflow within the hard disk assembly, to prevent formation of a large vortex above the upper disk and to thus reduce airborne noise.

摘要翻译： 气流阻尼器固定在硬盘组件的顶部内壁上，从而实现气流阻尼器与硬盘组件内的上盘之间的指定间隙距离。 间隙距离被确定为从动盘的速度的函数。 气流阻尼器被设计成具有使得对于给定速度实现所确定的间隙距离的厚度。 气流阻尼器消除硬盘组件内的二次气流，以防止在上盘上方形成大的涡流，从而降低空气中的噪音。

公开(公告)号：US06709498B2

公开(公告)日：2004-03-23

申请号：US09931665

申请日：2001-08-16

申请人： Daniel L. Tuma

发明人： Daniel L. Tuma

IPC分类号： G11B3314

CPC分类号： B01D46/0036 ,  B01D53/02 ,  B01D2267/40 ,  B01D2279/00 ,  B01D2279/45 ,  G11B33/1446

摘要： The filter construction includes a first portion that removes or reduces contaminants entering a disk drive enclosure from the external atmosphere and a second portion that removes or reduces contaminants present within the disk drive enclosure. Air exits the first portion in an area of the disk drive enclosure having a low air pressure. The second portion has an adsorbent filter, such as a recirculation filter, which allows air or gas to flow therethrough with little resistance. The filter construction has an exit positioned approximately parallel to the periphery of a disk in the disk drive enclosure, so that air exiting the filter construction is generally perpendicular to the air currents produced by the spinning disk.

摘要翻译： 过滤器结构包括第一部分，其从外部大气中除去或减少进入盘驱动器外壳的污染物，以及第二部分，其移除或减少存在于盘驱动器外壳内的污染物。 空气在具有低空气压力的盘驱动器外壳的区域中离开第一部分。 第二部分具有吸附过滤器，例如再循环过滤器，其允许空气或气体以很小的阻力流过其中。 过滤器结构具有大致平行于盘驱动器壳体中的盘的周边的出口，使得离开过滤器结构的空气大致垂直于由旋转盘产生的气流。

公开(公告)号：US06700735B2

公开(公告)日：2004-03-02

申请号：US09916857

申请日：2001-07-27

申请人： Thomas A. Gregory ,  Owen Ralph Melroy ,  Timothy Martin Reith ,  Robert James Waltman

发明人： Thomas A. Gregory ,  Owen Ralph Melroy ,  Timothy Martin Reith ,  Robert James Waltman

IPC分类号： G11B3314

CPC分类号： G11B23/021 ,  G11B33/148

摘要： A lubricating perfluoropolyether (PFPE) composition for lubricating one or more disks in a disk drive system may be formed by providing a first component of PFPE molecules having an aggregate vapor pressure in the range of 1×10−6 to 1×10−11 atm and a second component of PFPE molecules comprising at least 5% of the total number of molecules of the first component, wherein the second component includes an aggregate vapor pressure lower than that of the first component. The first and second components are mixed together to form a homogeneous composition, which may be in the liquid form. The composition may be introduced into a reservoir in a vapor phase lubricant reservoir system in a disk drive enclosure.

摘要翻译： 用于润滑盘驱动系统中的一个或多个盘的润滑全氟聚醚（PFPE）组合物可以通过提供具有1×10 -6至1×10 11 atm范围内的聚集蒸汽压的PFPE分子的第一组分来形成 和PFPE分子的第二组分，其包含第一组分的总分子数的至少5％，其中第二组分包括低于第一组分的总蒸气压。 将第一和第二组分混合在一起以形成均匀的组合物，其可以是液体形式。 组合物可以被引入到磁盘驱动器外壳中的气相润滑剂储存器系统中的储存器中。

公开(公告)号：US06674609B2

公开(公告)日：2004-01-06

申请号：US09822816

申请日：2001-03-30

申请人： Zine Eddine Boutaghou

发明人： Zine Eddine Boutaghou

IPC分类号： G11B3314

CPC分类号： G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/08

摘要： A disc drive system includes a base plate, a spindle attached to the base plate, and at least one disc attached to the spindle. A cover is also included for attaching to the base plate. The cover and the base plate form a disc enclosure which encloses the at least one disc, a portion of the spindle, and the actuator assembly. The disc drive system also includes a mechanism for attenuating acoustical emissions produced by the spindle, the at least one disc, and the actuator assembly. The mechanism includes anechoic features formed on the interior of the disc enclosure, using a liner formed with the anechoic features or having the anechoic features formed integral on one or both of the cover and base plate.

摘要翻译： 盘驱动系统包括基板，附接到基板的主轴和附接到主轴的至少一个盘。 还包括用于附接到基板的盖。 盖和基板形成包围至少一个盘，主轴的一部分和致动器组件的盘盒。 盘驱动系统还包括用于衰减由主轴，至少一个盘和致动器组件产生的声发射的机构。 该机构包括形成在盘形外壳内部的消音特征，使用形成有消音特征的衬垫或具有整体形成在盖板和底板之一或两者上的消声特征。

公开(公告)号：US06657812B2

公开(公告)日：2003-12-02

申请号：US09956183

申请日：2001-09-19

申请人： Kohji Serizawa ,  Yoshihiro Hirasaka

发明人： Kohji Serizawa ,  Yoshihiro Hirasaka

IPC分类号： G11B3314

CPC分类号： G11B33/121 ,  G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/14

摘要： A hard disk drive contains a disk assembly and a cylindrical disk container. The drive also includes a base around which a peripheral wall extends, a catching chamber including a partition wall partitioning the base into the catching chamber and a disk container, and a top cover functioning as a lid of the base. In addition, the hard disk drive has a first gasket as a first gasket section existing between the top cover and a peripheral wall of the base, and a second gasket as a second gasket section existing between the top cover and the partition wall of the catching chamber.

摘要翻译： 硬盘驱动器包含磁盘组件和圆柱形磁盘容器。 该驱动器还包括一个周边壁延伸的基座，一个捕获室，包括将基座分隔成捕获室的分隔壁和一个盘容器，以及用作底座盖的顶盖。 此外，硬盘驱动器具有第一衬垫，作为存在于顶盖和基座的周壁之间的第一衬垫部分，第二衬垫作为第二垫圈部分，存在于顶盖和分隔壁之间， 房间。

公开(公告)号：US06639886B1

公开(公告)日：2003-10-28

申请号：US09616547

申请日：2000-07-14

申请人： Robert D. Cook ,  George A. Garfinkel ,  Lakhi N. Goenka

发明人： Robert D. Cook ,  George A. Garfinkel ,  Lakhi N. Goenka

IPC分类号： G11B3314

CPC分类号： G11B33/142

摘要： A apparatus and method for dissipating heat from the disk portion of a multimedia radio. The apparatus and method uses the Von Karman Viscous Pump Principle to strategically introduce holes in the housings and brackets of the multimedia radio to improve the air flow across at least one of the surfaces of an installed and operational disk. The amount, size, and configuration of these holes are a function of the type and size of disk used and the rotational speed of the disk in operation. This reduces the possibility of hot media and reduces the possibility of heat shutdown of disk components.

摘要翻译： 一种从多媒体广播的磁盘部分散热的装置和方法。 该装置和方法使用Von Karman粘性泵原理来策略性地在多媒体无线电的壳体和支架中引入孔，以改善穿过安装和操作盘的至少一个表面的气流。 这些孔的数量，尺寸和构造是所使用的盘的类型和尺寸以及盘的旋转速度的函数。 这减少了热介质的可能性，并降低了磁盘组件热关断的可能性。

公开(公告)号：US06636379B2

公开(公告)日：2003-10-21

申请号：US09896729

申请日：2001-06-28

申请人： Randy K Rannow ,  Walter Wong

发明人： Randy K Rannow ,  Walter Wong

IPC分类号： G11B3314

CPC分类号： G11B33/08 ,  G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/1446

摘要： A particulate filter for a disc drive also functions as an acoustic noise filter and a mechanical vibration filter. The impaction filter covers substantial portions of the interior of the disc drive housing, thus reducing particulates in both radial and tangential airflow currents. The impaction filter is constructed of a soft material, such as polypropylene and modified acrylic fibers, so that particulates are bound to the surface of the impaction filter upon impact. The textured surface of the filter and the static caused by the operation of the discs in close proximity with the filter cause the particulates to tend to remain bound to the filter. Because the impaction filter covers substantial portions of the interior of the disc drive housing, rather than specific locations within the housing, the particulates in the tangential airflow currents are reduced. Moreover, the fabrication and coverage area of the impaction filter reduces acoustic noise and mechanical vibrations.

摘要翻译： 用于磁盘驱动器的微粒过滤器还用作声学噪声滤波器和机械振动滤波器。 冲击过滤器覆盖盘驱动器壳体的内部的大部分，从而减少径向和切向气流中的微粒。 冲击过滤器由诸如聚丙烯和改性丙烯酸纤维的软质材料构成，使得颗粒在冲击时结合到冲击过滤器的表面。 过滤器的纹理表面和由过滤器附近的盘的操作引起的静电导致颗粒倾向于保持与过滤器的结合。 因为冲击过滤器覆盖盘驱动器壳体的内部的大部分，而不是壳体内的特定位置，所以切向气流中的微粒减小。 此外，冲击滤波器的制造和覆盖区域减少了声学噪声和机械振动。

公开(公告)号：US06628474B1

公开(公告)日：2003-09-30

申请号：US09590509

申请日：2000-06-09

申请人： Jeffery D. Penman ,  Todd R. Shelton

发明人： Jeffery D. Penman ,  Todd R. Shelton

IPC分类号： G11B3314

CPC分类号： G11B23/03 ,  G11B17/04 ,  G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/1493

摘要： An information storage device (10, 510, 610, 710) includes a cradle (12, 512, 612, 712) which can removably receive a cartridge (11, 411, 511, 611, 711) that contains a rotatable hard disk (91, 326-327). The cartridge contains a pivotal actuator arm (101), which supports a read/write head (107, 331-334) for movement adjacent the disk. Circuitry is provided within the sealed housing (59), including a preamplifier (111) for the head. A connector (71) is provided on the exterior of the housing, and is coupled to electrical components within the cartridge, including the head and preamplifier. Structure is provided to prevent static electricity from damaging electrical components when the cartridge is not installed in a cradle. One approach is to provide an electrostatic discharge buffer (112) between the connector and electrical components within the cartridge. An alternative approach is to provide a cover (73) which has a conductive layer (76) that shorts out terminals of the connector when the cartridge is not inserted in the cradle.

摘要翻译： 一种信息存储装置（10,510,610,710）包括一个支架（12,512,612,712），它可移除地容纳包含可旋转硬盘（91,411,611,711）的盒（11,411,511,611,711） ，326-327）。 所述盒包含枢转的致动器臂（101），其支撑用于在所述盘附近移动的读/写头（107,331-334）。 电路设置在密封壳体（59）内，包括用于头部的前置放大器（111）。 连接器（71）设置在壳体的外部，并且连接到盒内的电气部件，包括头部和前置放大器。 提供结构，以防止当磁带未安装在通讯座中时静电损坏电气部件。 一种方法是在连接器和盒内的电气部件之间提供静电放电缓冲器（112）。 一种替代方法是提供一种具有导电层（76）的盖（73），当盒未插入到支架中时，导电层（76）使连接器的端子短路。

公开(公告)号：US06618221B2

公开(公告)日：2003-09-09

申请号：US09850653

申请日：2001-05-07

申请人： Donald Ray Gillis ,  Kris Victor Schouterden

发明人： Donald Ray Gillis ,  Kris Victor Schouterden

IPC分类号： G11B3314

CPC分类号： G11B5/5521 ,  G11B33/1486

摘要： A disk drive having an actuator-activated pumping mechanism is disclosed. The pumping mechanism creates a low pressure operating environment for the disk drive in order to enhance the performance of the drive at higher rotational operating speeds. Through the use of an engaging element, the actuator motor acts to drive a pumping element. This design does not use a separate electrical motor to evacuate the disk drive housing. Instead, the natural motion of the actuator provides the necessary power to drive the pumping element.