Disk drive including a filter component with coarse and fine sections

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8472131
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11856185

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There is provided a disk drive including a disk drive base, a disk rotatably coupled to the disk drive base, and a spindle motor attached to the disk drive base and configured to support the disk for rotating the disk with respect to the disk drive base. The disk drive further includes a filter component. The filter component includes a filter housing coupled to the disk drive base, and a filter element disposed within the filter housing for filtering disk rotation induced airflow. The filter element includes a coarse section and a fine section. The coarse section has a porosity greater than a porosity of the fine section.

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  • WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Choy, Michael G Mountain View, US 6 313
Griffin, Gary C Boulder Creek, US 7 346
Ku, Chiao-Ping Fremont, US 16 427
Lin, Jen-Tai Cupertino, US 6 362
Ou-Yang, Jin Hui San Jose, US 22 1146
Yang, Lin San Jose, US 950 7819

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