US 2010/0147491 A1 · HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE HAVING A FAN HOLDER FOR ATTACHMENT OF A FAN

Abstract

A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink, a fan and a fan holder attaching the fan to the heat sink. The heat sink includes a base and a plurality of fins. The fan includes a frame and four engaging flanges at a periphery thereof. The fan holder includes a supporting board supporting the fan thereon, a plurality of spaced retaining plates extending downwardly from a periphery edge of the supporting board and clasping the fins, two locking sheets extending upwardly from two diagonal corners of the supporting board and two locking poles extending upwardly from another two diagonal corners of the supporting board. The locking sheets abut against lateral sides of two engaging flanges of the fan. The locking poles are engagingly received in another two engaging flanges of the fan.

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Dependent claims

A fan holder adapted for attaching a fan to a heat sink, the fan holder comprising:

a supporting board adapted for supporting the fan thereon;
a plurality of spaced retaining plates extending downwardly from a periphery edge of the supporting board and adapted for clasping the heat sink to fasten the fan holder onto the heat sink;
two locking sheets extending upwardly from two diagonal corners of the supporting board and adapted for abutting against two lateral sides of two corresponding engaging flanges formed at a periphery of the fan;
and
two locking poles extending upwardly from another two diagonal corners of the supporting board and adapted for being engagingly received in another two corresponding engaging flanges formed at the periphery of the fan.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Heat dissipation device having a fan holder for attachment of a fan

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Heat dissipation device having a fan holder for attachment of a fan

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