Removable fan module
AssigneeQuanta Computer Inc.
InventorsYu-Lin Chen, Sheng-Fu Hsu
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Abstract
A removable fan module is disclosed for integrating a fixing device of a fan unit with a handle of the fan module. The removable fan module is featured in installing an elastic plate having a protrusion body on the inner surface of the handle of the fan module, wherein the fan main body is fixed in the housing of the fan module via the protrusion body of the elastic plate resisting the fan unit. The present invention is to achieve the purpose of rapidly replacing the fan main body by using the application of the elastic plate of the handle and a hand hole located on the bottom of the fan module.
Claims16
A removable fan module, comprising:
- a housing body having two corresponding sides;
- a U-shaped handle having a top side, wherein said U-shaped handle is pivotally connected to said two sides of said housing body in a rotatable way;
- a fan main body, disposed in said housing body adjacent to said U-shaped handle;
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- an elastic plate, installed on a handle inner surface of said top side of said U-shaped handle facing said fan main body, wherein said elastic plate has a protrusion body used to resist said fan main body via a contact point of said fan main body, thereby securing said fan main body in said housing body.
A computer system having a removable fan module, said computer system comprises:
- an outer housing;
- a storage device, installed in said outer housing;
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- a removable fan module, installed on a sidewall of said outer housing, wherein said removable fan module is exposed to the ambiance, said removable fan module comprising:
- a housing body having two corresponding sides;
- a U-shaped handle having a top side, wherein said U-shaped handle is pivotally connected to said two sides of said housing body in a rotatable way;
- a fan main body, disposed in said housing body adjacent to said U-shaped handle;
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- an elastic plate, installed on a handle inner surface of said top side of said U-shaped handle facing said fan main body, wherein said elastic plate has a protrusion body used to resist said fan main body via a contact point of said fan main body, thereby securing said fan main body in said housing body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.