Heat sink fan

A heat sink fan for cooling electric equipment mounted on a printed circuit board comprising:

• a fan motor having a plurality of blades;
• a heat sink having a base plate secured on the electric equipment and a plurality of radiating fins arranged on an upper surface of the base plate;
• a housing including a top wall supporting the fan motor and a pair of side panels vertically depending from the top wall so as to be located outwardly of both sides of the heat sink, the heat sink and the housing having a rectangular configuration, and the side panels depending from the long sides of the rectangle of the top wall and;
• at least one engagement segment made of elastic material and having a connecting means integrally formed on at least one of the side panels;
• wherein the printed circuit board has at least one through hole at the corresponding portion with the engagement segment, the connecting means detachably engages with the bottom surface of the printed circuit board around the through hole by elastic deformation, and the connecting means between the heat sink and the housing is at least one hook projecting laterally from the side panel of the housing and downwardly through at least one through hole formed in the printed circuit board.

A heat sink fan for cooling electric equipment mounted on a printed circuit board comprising:

• a fan motor having a plurality of blades;
• a heat sink having a base plate secured on the electric equipment and a plurality of radiating fins arranged on an upper surface of the base plate;
• a housing including a top wall supporting the fan motor and a pair of side panels vertically depending from the top wall so as to be located outwardly of both sides of the heat sink, the heat sink and the housing having a rectangular configuration, and the side panels depending from the long sides of the rectangle of the top wall and;
• at least one engagement segment made of elastic material and having a connecting means integrally formed on at least one of the side panels;
• wherein the printed circuit board has at least one through hole at the corresponding portion with the engagement segment, the connecting means detachably engages with the bottom surface of the printed circuit board around the through hole by elastic deformation, and the connecting means between the heat sink and the housing is a hinge means including a pin connected to the top wall of the housing and a pair of receiving means disposed on a top portion of one of the radiating fins and a hook projecting laterally from the side panel of the housing and a flange portion extending outwardly from one side of the heat sink.

A heat sink fan for cooling electric equipment mounted on a printed circuit board comprising:

• a fan motor having a plurality of blades;
• a heat sink having a base plate secured on the electric equipment and a plurality of radiating fins arranged on an upper surface of the base plate;
• a housing including a top wall supporting the fan motor and a pair of side panels vertically depending from the top wall so as to be located outwardly of both sides of the heat sink, the heat sink and the housing having a rectangular configuration, and the side panels depending from the long sides of the rectangle of the top wall and;
• at least one engagement segment made of elastic material and having a connecting means integrally formed on at least one of the side panels;
• wherein the printed circuit board has at least one through hole at the corresponding portion with the engagement segment, the connecting means detachably engages with the bottom surface of the printed circuit board around the through hole by elastic deformation, and the connecting means between the heat sink and the housing is a guide groove and a locking hole formed on the outer side of the heat sink and a guide rail and a locking projection formed on the inner side surface of the side panel of the housing.