Reducing air flow exposure to conductive components of a hard disk drive

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8427776
APP PUB NO 20120170148A1
SERIAL NO

12980986

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A hard disk drive including a housing, at least one disk mounted to the housing, an actuator mounted to the housing and being movable relative to the at least one disk, a conductive component support coupled with the actuator and extending the first surface, the conductive component support having a support wall attaching the conductive component support to the actuator, and a boss coupled with a first surface of the actuator and the support wall, the boss having a first end facing a flat coil side of the actuator and a second end facing a head gimbal assembly side of the actuator, wherein the first end extends further toward the flat coil side than the conductive component entrance portion of the conductive component support such that a portion of the boss overlaps a portion of the conductive component support.

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  • HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V.;WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chawanya, Takeshi Kanagawa, JP 14 98
Deguchi, Takaaki Kanagawa, JP 27 314
Kouno, Takashi Ibaraki, JP 41 530
Suzuki, Kenji Kanagawa, JP 1000 10872

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