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US 12,129,785 B2Granted
Fan shroud
AssigneeHoffman Enclosures, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Thibedeau, Seng Chang, Michael Koehler
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Abstract
A shroud assembly can include a support frame with a locking slot and a hinge slot, and a shroud with a first pin and a second pin. The locking slot can receive the first pin to secure the shroud in a closed configuration. The hinge slot can receive the second pin to support the shroud in the closed configuration, in an open configuration, and during hinging of the shroud between the closed and open configurations. A tab can engage a notch to support the shroud at a predetermined angle relative to the support frame when the shroud is in the open configuration.
Claims20
A shroud assembly comprising:
- a support frame that is configured to be secured to an enclosure at a fan opening with the support frame in an installed orientation in which an interior surface of the support frame is mounted to and faces the enclosure and an exterior surface of the support frame faces in an opposite direction from the interior face, away from the enclosure, the support frame comprising:
- a first support frame side wall;
- a first hinge slot extending into the first support frame side wall from the exterior surface of the support frame toward the interior surface of the support frame;
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- a second hinge slot extending into the support frame from the exterior surface of the support frame toward the interior surface of the support frame;
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- a shroud with a shroud body including a first hinge pin that is received in the first hinge slot of the support frame, whereby the shroud is pivotable about the first hinge pin in the first hinge slot between a closed configuration and an open configuration,
- in the open configuration, with the first hinge pin in the first hinge slot, the shroud contacting the exterior surface of the support frame outside of the first hinge slot and outside of the second hinge slot to support the shroud body at a predetermined open angle relative to the support frame.
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A shroud assembly comprising:
- a support frame that is configured to be secured to an enclosure in an installed orientation in which an interior side of support frame is adjacent the enclosure and an exterior side of the support frame faces away from the enclosure, the support frame comprising:
- a first support frame side wall and a second support frame side wall opposite the first support frame side wall;
- a first locking slot directed into the first support frame side wall;
- a first hinge slot directed into the first support frame side wall and positioned below the first locking slot relative to the installed orientation, with the first locking slot extending downwardly toward the first hinge slot;
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- a shroud that is pivotally coupled to the support frame, the shroud comprising:
- a shroud body including a first shroud body side wall and a second shroud body side wall opposite the first shroud body side wall;
- a first hinge pin and a first locking pin coupled to the first shroud body side wall of the shroud body, the first hinge pin being positioned below the first locking pin relative to the installed orientation of the support frame with the shroud in a closed configuration;
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- a first protrusion coupled to the first shroud body side wall;
- wherein the shroud is pivotable, about the first hinge pin in the first hinge slot, between the closed configuration and an open configuration,
- wherein, in the closed configuration, the first hinge pin is positioned within the first hinge slot, and the first locking pin is positioned within a portion of the first locking slot that extends towards the hinge slot, to secure the shroud in the closed configuration, and
- wherein, in the open configuration, with the first hinge pin in the first hinge slot, the first protrusion of the shroud contacts the exterior side of the support frame outside of the first hinge slot to support the shroud at an open angle relative to the support frame.
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A shroud assembly comprising:
- a support frame that is configured to be secured to an enclosure at a fan opening with the support frame in an installed orientation in which an interior side of support frame is adjacent the enclosure and an exterior side of the support frame faces away from the enclosure, the support frame comprising:
- a first support frame side wall;
- a second support frame side wall opposite the first support frame side wall;
- a first hinge slot extending into the first support frame side wall;
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- a first locking slot extending into the first support frame side wall, the first locking slot being positioned above the first hinge slot and extending downward towards the first hinge slot at a blind end of the first locking slot relative to the installed orientation;
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- a shroud comprising;
- a shroud body;
- a first locking pin coupled to the shroud body;
- a first hinge pin coupled to the shroud body, the first hinge pin being positioned below the first locking pin with the shroud in a closed configuration,
- wherein, the first hinge pin is removably positioned within the first hinge slot so that the shroud is pivotable relative to the support frame about the first hinge pin between the closed configuration and an open configuration, whereby, in the closed configuration, with the first hinge pin in the first hinge slot and the first locking pin in the first locking slot, the shroud body is configured to be lifted upwardly relative to the installed orientation so that the first locking pin moves from the blind end of the first locking slot along the first locking slot away from the first hinge slot, to be removed from the first locking slot and thereby release the shroud to pivot about the first hinge pin, within the first hinge slot, to move to the open configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.