Fan attachment structure and fan
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorKazuyuki Sasaki
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Abstract
A fan attachment structure for attaching a fan to a casing is provided. The casing includes an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the fan, and an engaged portion formed on a side surface of the accommodation portion. The fan includes an engagement portion formed in a housing, and configured to engage with the engaged portion to restrict movement of the fan in a direction from an interior of the accommodation portion to an opening portion, and a rattling suppressing mechanism formed on a surface of the housing facing toward the side surface of the accommodation portion and configured to bias the fan in a direction apart from the side surface of the accommodation portion.
Claims9
An attachment structure of a fan for attaching to a casing the fan configured to cool an electronic part accommodated in the casing, wherein the casing includes:
- an accommodation portion including an opening portion in which the fan is inserted, and being configured to accommodate the fan;
- and
- an engaged portion formed on a side surface of the accommodation portion, and
- wherein the fan includes:
- an impeller including a blade;
- a housing configured to rotatably support the impeller;
- an engagement portion formed in the housing and configured to engage with the engaged portion to restrict movement of the fan in a direction from an interior of the accommodation portion toward the opening portion;
- and
- a biasing portion formed on a surface of the housing facing toward a side surface of the accommodation portion, and configured to bias the fan in a direction apart from the side surface of the accommodation portion.
A fan for cooling an electronic part accommodated in a casing, and the fan inserted from an opening portion formed in an accommodation portion of the casing and accommodated in the accommodation portion, the fan comprising:
- an impeller including a blade;
- a housing configured to rotatably support the impeller;
- an engagement portion formed in the housing, and configured to engage with the engaged portion formed on a side surface of the accommodation portion to restrict movement of the fan in a direction from an interior of the accommodation portion toward the opening portion;
- and
- a biasing portion formed on a surface of the housing facing toward a side surface of the accommodation portion, and configured to bias the fan in a direction apart from the side surface of the accommodation portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.