[n: By Detection, Control, Regulation Of The Temperature] [n0211] {g11b 33/14b8} Patents (Class G9B/33.041)
  • TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A HARD DISK DRIVE AND A METHOD OF VARYING THE TEMPERATURE OF A HARD DISK DRIVE
    Publication number: 20120120524
    Abstract: A temperature control apparatus for a hard disk drive includes: a thermal chamber for receiving a hard disk drive; and an oscillatory air movement generator for generating air movement within a region between the thermal chamber and the hard disk drive when received in the thermal chamber, thereby to facilitate heat transfer between the thermal chamber and the hard disk drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: David Ronald Bain Farquhar, David John Orriss