Fan assembly
AssigneeCompal Electronics, Inc.
InventorsChi-Wei Tien, Chun-Hung Huang, Chien-Ming Su, Wen-Yu Wu, Min-Yuan Lin
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Abstract
A fan assembly for use in an electronic device is provided. The fan assembly includes a housing, a fan, a throttle valve, and a regulator. The housing has an outlet. The fan is disposed in the housing and adapted to provide an air current. The air current generates an air volume through the outlet. The throttle valve is movably disposed in the housing at the outlet. The regulator is connected to the throttle valve to control the movement of the throttle valve to adjust the size of the outlet.
Claims20
A fan assembly for an electronic device, comprising:
- a housing having an outlet;
- a centrifugal fan comprising a first axle and disposed in the housing to provide an air current, the air current generating an air volume through the outlet, the direction of the air current being perpendicular to the first axle;
- a throttle valve movably disposed in the housing at the outlet;
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- a regulator connected to the throttle valve to control the movement of the throttle valve to adjust the size of the outlet.
A fan assembly for an electronic device, comprising:
- a housing having a first outlet and a second outlet;
- a fan disposed in the housing to provide an air current, the air current generating a first air volume through the first outlet and a second air volume through the second outlet;
- a throttle valve movably disposed in the housing between the first outlet and the second outlet;
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- a regulator connected to the throttle valve to control the movement of the throttle valve thereby adjusting the size of the first outlet and the second outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.