Fan module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9938987-B2
Application number	US-201514726097-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2015
Priority date	Apr 20, 2015
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

A fan module comprises a frame and at least one filling component. The frame comprises a base plate and a plurality of partition plates. A plurality of air flow channels are formed by the base plate and the plurality of partition plates. Each partition plate has a first fixing slot, a second fixing slot, a third fixing slot and a fourth fixing slot that are located at a side away from the base plate in sequence. The first fixing slot has a first width. The second fixing slot has a second width. The third fixing slot has a third width, and the fourth fixing slot has a fourth width. The filling component is filled in the air flow channels. The first width is the same as the third width. The first width, the second width and the fourth width are different from one another.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fan module, comprises:
a frame comprising a base plate and a plurality of partition plates, the plurality of partition plates arranged at intervals and connected to the base plate, the frame further including a plurality of air flow channels formed by the base plate and the plurality of partition plates, each of the plurality of partition plates having a first fixing slot, a second fixing slot, a third fixing slot and a fourth fixing slot that are located at a side away from the base plate in sequence, the first fixing slot having a first width, the second fixing slot having a second width, the third fixing slot having a third width and the fourth fixing slot having a fourth width; and
two filling components filled in one of the plurality of air flow channels, each of the two filling components having a middle plane, an extending direction of the middle plane intercepting with the plurality of partition plates, a first distance being between the first fixing slot and the middle plane which is located between the first fixing slot and the second fixing slot, a second distance being between the second fixing slot and the middle plane which is located between the first fixing slot and the second fixing slot, a third distance being between the third fixing slot and the middle plane which is located between the third fixing slot and the fourth fixing slot, and a fourth distance being between the fourth fixing slot and the middle plane which is located between the third fixing slot and the fourth fixing slot;
wherein, the first width is the same as the third width, and the first width, the second width and the fourth width are different from one another, and/or the first distance is the same as the third distance, the distance of the first distance, the second distance and the fourth distance are different from one another.

2. The fan module of claim 1 , wherein the frame further has a plurality of air inlets, a plurality of air outlets and a plurality of installing openings, the plurality of air inlets and the plurality of air outlets are formed by the base plate and the plurality of partition plates, the plurality of installing openings are formed by the plurality of partition plates, the plurality of air inlets is located at a plurality of inlet ends of the plurality of air flow channels near the plurality of first fixing slots, respectively, the plurality of air outlets are located at a plurality of outlet ends of the plurality of air flow channels near the plurality of fourth fixing slots, respectively, and the plurality of installing openings are located at a plurality of sides of the plurality of partition plates away from the base plate, respectively.

3. The fan module of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the two filling components is a fan component, the fan component has a first fixing tab, the fan component is detachably installed in one of the plurality of air flow channels by the first fixing tab being detachably fixed to the first fixing slot or the third fixing slot.

4. The fan module of claim 3 , wherein the fan component further comprises an upper plate and two side plates, the two side plates are connected to two sides of the upper plate that are opposite to each other, respectively, the first fixing tab protrudes outward from one of the two side plates, the fan component further includes an accommodating channel formed by the two side plates and the upper plate, the accommodating channel communicates with the air inlet, and a fan is disposed in the accommodating channel.

5. The fan module of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the two filling components is an air guiding component, the air guiding component has a first fixing tab and a second fixing tab, the air guiding component is detachably installed in one of the plurality of air flow channels by the first fixing tab and the second fixing tab being detachably fixed to the first fixing slot and the second fixing slot, respectively.

6. The fan module of claim 5 , wherein the air guiding component further has an upper plate and two side plates, the two side plates are connected to two sides of the upper plate that are opposite to each other, respectively, the first fixing tab and the second fixing tab protrude outward from one of the two side plates, the air guiding component further has an air guiding channel formed by the two side plates and the upper plate, and the air guiding channel communicates with the air inlet.

7. The fan module of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the two filling components is an air guiding component, the air guiding component has a first fixing tab, the air guiding component is detachably installed in one of the plurality of air flow channels with the first fixing tab detachably fixed to the second fixing slot.

8. The fan module of claim 7 , wherein the air guiding component further has an upper plate and two side plates, the two side plates are connected to two sides of the upper plate that are opposite to each other, respectively, the first fixing tab protrudes outward from one of the two side plates, the air guiding component further has an air guiding channel formed by the two side plates and the upper plate, and the air guiding channel communicates with the air inlet.

9. The fan module of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the two filling components is an air blocking component, the air blocking component has a first fixing tab and a second fixing tab, the air blocking component is detachably installed in one of the plurality of air flow channels by the first fixing tab and the second fixing tab being detachably fixed to the third fixing slot and the fourth fixing slot, respectively.

10. The fan module of claim 9 , wherein the air blocking component further has an upper plate, two side plates and an air blocking plate, the two side plates are connected to two sides of the upper plate that are opposite to each other, respectively, the first fixing tab and the second fixing tab protrude outward from one of the two side plates, the air blocking plate is connected to the upper plate and located between the two side plates, and the air inlet is covered by the air blocking plate.

11. The fan module of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the two filling components is an air blocking component, the air blocking component has a first fixing tab, the air blocking component is detachably installed in one of the plurality of air flow channels by the first fixing tab detachably fixed to the fourth fixing slot.

12. The fan module of claim 11 , wherein the air blocking component further has an upper plate, two side plates and an air blocking plate, the two side plates are connected to two sides of the upper plate that are opposite to each other, respectively, the first fixing tab protrudes outward from one of the two side plates, the air blocking plate is connected to the upper plate and located between the two side plates, and the air inlet is covered by the air blocking plate.

13. The fan module of claim 1 , wherein the each of the two filling components further has a fixing tab and an elastic fastening tab, each of the plurality of partition plates further has a fastening hole, when the filling component is installed on the frame, the fixing tab is fixed to the first fixing slot, the second fixing slot, the third fixing slot or the fourth fixing slot, and the elastic fastening tab is fastened to the fastening hole.

14. The fan module of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two filling components is a fan component, the fan component has an upper plate, a bottom plate, two side plates and a connector, the upper plate is opposite to the bottom plate, the t

Assignees

• Inventec Pudong Tech Corp
• Inventec Corp

Inventors

• Huang wen-long

Classifications

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