Casing structure for electronic equipment
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsKazuhiko Hirano, Kazuyuki Sasaki
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Abstract
A fan motor is mounted on the upper wall of the casing. The lower surface of this upper wall is formed into an inclined surface in which inclination is formed from the front wall side of the casing toward a back wall across from the front wall. When the fan motor is driven, oil mist or moisture contained in the air are condensed into water droplets or oil droplets. These water droplets or oil droplets fall and flow to the inner wall surface of the upper wall of the casing along the inner peripheral wall of a vent hole. Then the water droplets or oil droplets flow along the profile line of a vent hole smoothly (without stopping) and roll down the side wall of the casing.
Claims1
A casing structure for electronic equipment in which a fan motor is attached, comprising:
- an upper wall having a vent hole formed therein, wherein the fan motor is attached to an upper part of the vent hole and an inner wall surface of the upper wall of a casing in which the vent hole is formed is formed into a inclined surface in which one side wall of the casing is lowered and the other side wall or an opening across therefrom is raised,
- the vent hole is formed on the upper wall such that a profile line of the vent hole on the inclined surface is not raised in mid-course but only descends at least between a point of the highest position thereof and a point in which the profile line intersects with a line which passes through substantially the center of the vent hole and is perpendicular to the inclination direction of the inclined surface, and
- in order to form the inner wall surface of the upper wall of the casing into the inclined surface, the board thickness of the upper wall is changed continuously or stepwise in one direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.