Inventors:
Hany Michael Gross - Eden Prairie MN, US
Yimin Niu - Eden Prairie MN, US
Jess Brandon Pool - Lakeville MN, US
Fei Peter Wang - Savage MN, US
Michael Allen Mewes - Belle Plaine MN, US
Jason Daniel Graham - White Bear Lake MN, US
Ning Yu - Eden Prairie MN, US
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC - Scotts Valley CA
International Classification:
G11B 33/14
Abstract:
Devices are provided herein in a variety of examples that inhibit particle pickup and transport and mechanical vibrations and provide other advantages. In one illustrative example, an actuator assembly includes a base, an actuator disposed on the base, and a shroud disposed on the base around the actuator. The shroud includes one or more shroud walls disposed between the actuator and a flow channel exterior to the shroud. The shroud walls may include shielding walls that partially surround the actuator, radially curved shroud wall segments, fastener well shields that substantially separate an interior thereof from the actuator, and other aspects. A data storage device may have a flow path defined therein, and the shroud may be disposed around an actuator within the data storage device, providing a streamlined surface between the flow path and the actuator.