AIR FILTER AND CIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR A HARD DISK DRIVE

摘要

A filter system (10) for a hard disk drive which has a venturi (24) that is actuated by rotation of the magnetic disk (46) and which pumps internal air through a recirculation filter (34) located within the disk drive. The drive unit also has a diffusion tube (16), dessicant (20), and breather filter (22) coupled to the ambient by a breather port (14) in the housing of the disk drive.