Fan assembly
AssigneesHONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsPo-Wen Chiu, Wen-Hu Lu, Zhan-Yang Li
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Abstract
A fan assembly used in an electronic device is disclosed. The fan assembly includes a fan and the casing securing the fan. The casing includes a top plate, a front plate, a rear plate and two side plates. The top plate comprises a plurality of mounting pieces and a mounting portion located on each mounting piece. The front plate is secured to the fan. The rear plate is secured to the fan and opposite to the front plate. The two side plates are secured to the front plate and the rear plate. Each side plate comprises two positioning pieces, and each positioning piece defines a positioning hole. The plurality of mounting pieces abuts the two positioning pieces of the two side plates, and the mounting piece is engaged in the positioning hole.
Claims20
A fan assembly comprising:
- a fan;
- and
- a casing receiving the fan therein and comprising:
- a top plate comprising two mounting portions;
- two side plates, and each of the two side plates comprising two first positioning portions and defining a positioning hole;
- a front plate secured to a front surface of the fan, and each of a first side of the front plate and a second side of the front plate defining a first receiving hole;
- and
- a rear plate secured to a rear surface of the fan opposite to the front surface, and each of a first side of the rear plate and a second side of the rear plate defining a second receiving hole;
- wherein the two first positioning portions of one of the two side plates are engaged in the first receiving hole of the first side of the front plate and the second receiving hole of the first side of the rear plate;
- the two first positioning portions of another of the two side plates are engaged in the first receiving hole of the second side of the front plate and the second receiving hole of the second side of the rear plate;
- and each of the two mounting portions is engaged in the positioning hole of each of the two side plates.
A fan assembly comprising:
- a fan;
- and
- a casing securing the fan therein and comprising:
- a top plate comprising a plurality of mounting pieces and a mounting portion located on each of the plurality of mounting pieces;
- a front plate secured to a front surface of the fan;
- a rear plate secured to a rear surface of the fan opposite to the front surface;
- and
- two side plates secured to the front plate and the rear plate, each of the two side plates comprising two positioning pieces, and each of the two positioning pieces defining a positioning hole;
- wherein the plurality of mounting pieces abut the two positioning pieces of the two side plates, and the mounting portion of each of the plurality of the mounting pieces is engaged in the positioning hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.