# US 2010/0166574 A1 · Heat dissipation device and fan assembly thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0166574 A1 - Document ID: US20100166574A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/482,459 - Filed: 2009-06-11 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-31 - Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd.; Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: XIN-XIANG ZHA; YE-FEI YU; JUN DING; JER-HUAR KUO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100166574A1 ## CPC - H10W 40/43: by flowing gases, e.g. forced air cooling - F28D 15/0275: {Arrangements for coupling heat-pipes together or with other structures, e.g. with base blocks; Heat pipe cores} - H10W 40/611: {Bolts or screws} - H10W 40/73: for cooling by change of state - F28D 15/0266: {with separate evaporating and condensing chambers connected by at least one conduit; Loop-type heat pipes; with multiple or common evaporating or condensing chambers (F28D15/043 takes precedence)} - F28F 1/32: the means having portions engaging further tubular elements - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 - F28D: HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means F24H; furnaces F27; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general) - F28F: DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION (water and air traps, air venting F16) ## Abstract A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink, a cooling fan, an electric motor and a belt. The cooling fan includes a fan housing and an impeller. The impeller includes a hub, a plurality of fan blades and a shaft extending from the hub and having a distal end protruded out of the fan housing. A fan pulley is fixed to the distal end of the shaft. The electric motor includes a driving pulley. The belt has one end engaging with the driving pulley of the electric motor and an opposite end engaging with the fan pulley of the cooling fan. Rotation of the driving pulley of the electric motor is transferred to the fan pulley via the belt to cause the impeller to rotate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A heat dissipation device comprising: a heat sink; a cooling fan mounted on the heat sink for providing a forced airflow towards the heat sink, the cooling fan comprising a fan housing and an impeller received in the fan housing, the impeller comprising a hub and a plurality of fan blades extending radially from the hub, a shaft extending from the hub and having a distal end protruded out of the fan housing, a fan pulley arranged around the distal end of the shaft; an electric motor comprising a driving pulley corresponding to the fan pulley of the cooling fan; and a belt having one end engaging with the driving pulley of the electric motor and an opposite end engaging with the fan pulley of the cooling fan for associating the electric motor with the shaft of the impeller of the cooling fan, rotation of the driving pulley of the electric motor being transferred to the fan pulley via the belt to cause the impeller of the cooling fan to rotate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The heat dissipation device as described in claim 1, further comprising another cooling fan and another belt, the another cooling fan being provided with a fan pulley, the another belt associating the fan pulley of the cooling fan with the fan pulley of the another cooling fan. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The heat dissipation device as described in claim 2, wherein the cooling fans are arranged laterally side by side, the belt being perpendicular to the another belt. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The heat dissipation device as described in claim 2, wherein the cooling fans are arranged vertically side by side, the belt and the another belt cooperatively forming a substantially vertically extended straight line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The heat dissipation device as described in claim 1, wherein the heat sink comprises a heat absorbing plate and a fin unit arranged on a top surface of the heat absorbing plate, the fan housing defining an air inlet at one side and an air outlet at opposite side, the cooling fan being arranged on the top surface of the heat absorbing plate with the air outlet facing and adjacent to the fin unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The heat dissipation device as described in claim 5, wherein a bearing bracket is formed in the air outlet, the bearing bracket comprising a cylindrical shaft tube on a central portion of the air outlet and a plurality of ribs connecting the shaft tube with the fan housing, the distal end of the shaft extending through the shaft tube and being rotatably received in the shaft tube. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The heat dissipation device as described in claim 5, further comprising a fixing frame sandwiched between the cooling fan and the fin unit for connecting the cooling fan and the heat sink together, the fixing frame comprising an elongated top wall and two sidewalls extending perpendicularly from two opposite ends of the top wall, the two sidewalls abutting against the fins located at foremost and rearmost positions of the fin unit, respectively. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The heat dissipation device as described in claim 7, wherein a fastening wall extends downwardly from a lateral side of the top wall, a slot being defined through a top end of the fin unit for receiving the fastening wall therein. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The heat dissipation device as described in claim 7, wherein a plurality of mounting holes are defined in the fan housing, two securing walls extending inwardly from the sidewalls of the fixing frame, respectively, a plurality of screwing holes corresponding to the mounting holes of the fan housing being defined in the securing walls, fasteners respectively traversing through the mounting holes of the fan housing and the screwing holes of the securing plates for connecting the cooling fan with the fixing frame. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The heat dissipation device as described in claim 7, wherein a cutout is defined in the top wall, the electric motor being mounted on the top wall, the driving pulley of the electric motor being located just above the cutout, the fan pulley of the cooling fan being located just under the cutout. ### Claim 11 A fan assembly comprising: a fan housing defining an air inlet at one side and an air outlet at an opposite side; an impeller received in the fan housing, the impeller comprising a hub and a plurality of fan blades extending radially from the hub, a shaft extending from the hub and having a distal end protruded out of the fan housing, a fan pulley arranged around the distal end of the shaft; an electric motor comprising a driving pulley corresponding to the fan pulley of the cooling fan; and a belt having one end engaging with the driving pulley of the electric motor and an opposite end engaging with the fan pulley of the cooling fan for associating the electric motor with the shaft of the impeller of the cooling fan, rotation of the driving pulley of the electric motor being transferred to the fan pulley of the cooling fan via the belt to cause the impeller of the cooling fan to rotate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The fan assembly as described in claim 11, wherein a bearing bracket is formed at the air outlet, the bearing bracket comprising a cylindrical shaft tube at a central portion of the air outlet and a plurality of ribs connecting the shaft tube with the fan housing, the distal end of the shaft extending through the shaft tube and being rotatably received in the shaft tube.