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US 2014/0190261 A1Published application
Fan vibration testing apparatus
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorBrandon Scott Satterfield
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Abstract
According to an example, a fan vibration testing apparatus includes a beam. The fan vibration testing apparatus further includes a fan mounting head disposed at a first location on the beam and including a cut-out, and a rod including first and second opposite rod ends. The rod may be attached at the first rod end to the fan mounting head, and the second rod end may be exposed to retain a fan within the cut-out.
Claims15
A fan vibration testing apparatus comprising:
- a beam;
- a fan mounting head disposed at a first location on the beam and including a cut-out;
- and
- a rod including first and second opposite rod ends, the rod being attached at the first rod end to the fan mounting head, and the second rod end being exposed to retain a fan within the cut-out.
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A method for fan vibration testing comprising:
- retaining a fan on a fan vibration testing apparatus comprising:
- a beam;
- a fan mounting head disposed at a first location on the beam and including a cut-out, wherein the fan mounting head includes first and second opposite fan mounting head ends;
- a rod including first and second opposite rod ends, the rod being attached at the first rod end to the fan mounting head, and the second rod end being exposed to retain a fan within the cut-out;
- and
- a clamp mounted to the second fan mounting head end;
- clamping the fan to the fan vibration testing apparatus using the clamp;
- operating the fan clamped to the fan vibration testing apparatus;
- and
- using an accelerometer to measure vibrations of the fan.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.