Hard disk drive with damping plate

摘要

A hard disk drive with a housing including a base member supporting a spindle motor rotating a data storage disk and an actuator having a read/write head, a cover member coupled to the base member to encompass the spindle motor and the actuator, a damping plate spaced a predetermined distance from an upper surface of the cover member to form an air gap between the damping plate and the cover member, a buffer member arranged between an edge portion of the cover member and an edge portion of the damping plate, and an air channel between the cover member and the damping plate to connect the air gap with the outside.