US Patent 7420775 Hard disk drive

A hard disk drive (HDD) and method, with the HDD including a housing, having a base member and a cover member attached to each other, a plurality of disks, rotatably stacked on the base member and spaced apart from one another, an actuator installed on the base member to rotate around a pivot and fixedly supporting, on its leading end, a slider on which a magnetic head for recording or reproducing data to or from the disks is mounted, and a damper, disposed between the stacked disks, wherein a groove is formed on surfaces of the damper facing the disks.