US 2010/0143150 A1Published application

Fan mounting assembly

AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

InventorZHENG-HENG SUN

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Abstract

A fan mounting assembly includes a fan, a supporting device, two fixing devices, and two magnetic units. The fan includes a frame having two spaced walls, and at least two spaced fixing holes are defined in each of the walls. The fixing devices are oppositely mounted to the supporting device and sandwich the fan therebetween. Each of the fixing devices includes a fixing plate and two fixing arms perpendicular to the fixing plate. The fixing arms of the fixing devices are made of ferromagnetic material and align with the fixing holes of the fan respectively. Each of the magnetic units includes two magnets. Each magnet of the magnetic units engages in a corresponding one of the at least two fixing holes of a corresponding wall of the fan and attracts a corresponding fixing arm, to make the fixing arms clamp the fan.

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Dependent claims

A fan mounting assembly comprising:

a fan comprising a frame, the frame comprising two spaced walls, wherein two pairs of fixing holes are defined in the walls, two fixing holes of each pair of fixing holes are aligned with each other;
and
a supporting device comprising a top wall for supporting the fan, and two sidewalls extending from opposite sides of the top wall;
two fixing devices each comprising a fixing plate, and two fixing arms extending from upper portions of two opposite ends of the fixing plate, the fixing plates mounted to the sidewalls of the supporting device respectively with the fixing arms located above or on the top wall of the supporting wall, the fixing arms being made of ferromagnetic material and aligning with the fixing holes of the fan respectively, wherein the fixing plates sandwich the fan therebetween, and the fixing arms sandwich the fan therebetween;
and
two magnetic units each comprising two magnets, wherein the magnets of the magnetic units are fixed to the fixing holes of the fan to attract the fixing arms to clamp the fan.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.