Fan module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9194396-B2
Application number	US-201313784577-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2013
Priority date	Oct 31, 2012
Publication date	Nov 24, 2015
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015

Abstract

A fan module, disposed inside a case of an electronic device, includes a case body, a blade assembly, a stopping plate and an adjusting element. The case body, including a first case unit, a sidewall and a second case unit, forms an accommodating space. The first case unit or/and the second case unit has an air inlet. The sidewall has an air outlet and an adjusting opening. The blade assembly is disposed inside the accommodating space. The stopping plate, disposed on the sidewall, is for opening or closing the adjusting opening. The adjusting element is movably disposed on the stopping plate and for pressing against the stopping plate. When the adjusting element moves from a first position toward a second position, the adjusting element pushes against and makes the stopping plate to be offset toward the blade assembly, and produces a gap between the stopping plate and the sidewall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fan module for being disposed inside a case of an electronic device, the fan module comprising:
a case body comprising a first case unit, a sidewall and a second case unit, the sidewall being connected between the first case unit and the second case unit to form an accommodating space together, at least one of the first case unit or the second case unit having an air inlet, and the sidewall having an air outlet and an adjusting opening;
a blade assembly disposed inside the accommodating space;
a stopping plate disposed on the sidewall and being used for opening or closing the adjusting opening;
an adjusting element movably disposed on a side of the stopping plate and being used for pressing against the stopping plate, the adjusting element being used for moving between a first position and a second position; and
a socket disposed on the sidewall or the case of the electronic device, the socket extending from the first case unit toward the second case unit, the adjusting element being movably inserted into the socket, the adjusting element being used for moving between the first position and the second position inside the socket,
wherein the adjusting element is a tapered object, and an outer diameter of the adjusting element is decreased toward a direction of inserting into the socket; and
wherein when the adjusting element moves from the first position toward the second position, the adjusting element pushes against the stopping plate and makes an end of the stopping plate to be offset toward the blade assembly, and produces a gap between the stopping plate and the sidewall.

2. The fan module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the adjusting element is at the first position, the adjusting element is not yet inserted into the socket, when the adjusting element moves from the first position toward the second position, the adjusting element is inserted into the socket gradually.

3. The fan module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the socket has an opening, the opening faces toward the blade assembly, when the adjusting element is disposed inside the socket, a part of the adjusting element is protruded outside the opening and pressed against the stopping plate.

4. The fan module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjusting opening has a first end and a second end disposed oppositely to each other, the stopping plate has a fixed end and a free end disposed oppositely to each other, the fixed end is affixed to the sidewall and is adjacent to the first end, and the free end extends to the second end.

5. The fan module as claimed in claim 4 , wherein when the adjusting element moves from the first position toward the second position, the adjusting element pushes against the stopping plate and makes the free end of the stopping plate to be offset toward the blade assembly.

6. The fan module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the adjusting element is at the first position, the stopping plate covers the adjusting opening.

7. The fan module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stopping plate is disposed between the adjusting opening and the blade assembly, and the blade assembly is a centrifugal blade.

8. The fan module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjusting element has an inclined pressing side for pressing against an edge of the stopping plate.

Assignees

• Inventec Pudong Tech Corp
• Inventec Corp

Inventors

• Chiang Meng-Lung

Classifications

• F04D17/105 Primary

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• F04D25/0613

  the electric motor being of the inside-out type, i.e. the rotor is arranged radially outside a central stator · CPC title

• F04D29/424

  Double entry casings · CPC title

• F04D27/002

  by varying geometry within the pumps, e.g. by adjusting vanes · CPC title

• F04D17/162

  Double suction pumps · CPC title