Modular fan array
AssigneeCoil Master Corporation
InventorMarco Giglio
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Abstract
A modular fan array includes a fan assembly having a fan wheel, a fan motor, and a mounting bracket. The fan wheel has a diameter. The assembly includes a frame having at least a pair of vertical members having a spacing therebetween. The spacing is greater than the fan wheel diameter. The mounting bracket includes a motor mount portion and a pair of rearwardly and outwardly extending legs. The motor mount portion includes an opening in which the motor is mounted. The rearwardly and outwardly extending legs each have a first angled section angled relative to the motor mount portion and second frame mount portion. The frame mount portions extend outwardly from the angled portions and parallel to the motor mount portion. The frame mount portions are removably secured to the frame.
Claims13
A modular fan array, comprising:
- a plurality of fan assemblies including at least a first fan assembly having a fan wheel, a fan motor, and a mounting bracket;
- a frame having at least a pair of vertical members having a spacing therebetween, the spacing being greater than a diameter of the fan wheel, and wherein at least two of the plurality of fan assemblies are mounted to a single pair of vertical members;
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- a housing in which the frame and the plurality of fan assemblies are mounted,
- wherein the mounting bracket includes a motor mount portion and a pair of rearwardly and outwardly extending legs, the motor mount portion including an opening in which the motor is mounted, the rearwardly and outwardly extending legs each having an angled section angled relative to the motor mount portion and a frame mount portion, the frame mount portions extending outwardly from the angled portions and parallel to the motor mount portion, and
- wherein the frame mount portions are removably secured to the frame, and
- wherein the housing comprises an open rear side via which the plurality of fan assemblies are configured to be inserted and removably secured to the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.