Fan fastening structure for computer housing

• US 7,532,471 B2
• Filed: 05/01/2007
• Issued: 05/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Enermax Technology Corporation (Enermax)
• Original Assignee: Enermax Technology Corporation (Enermax)
• Inventors: Su, Yen-Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson; Gregory D
• Application Number:
  US11/797,104
• Publication Number:
  US 20080273304A1
• Time in Patent Office: 742 Days
• Field of Search: 361/687, 361/694, 361/695, 454/184
• US Class Current: 361/695
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20181 Filters; Louvers

Abstract

A fan fastening structure for a computer housing includes a computer housing, an air-guiding mask, and a cooling fan. The computer housing has a front board and a backboard. An opening is located outside of the backboard that links into the interior of the computer housing. One front end of the air-guiding mask is located at the opening of the backboard, and the rear end is installed with the cooling fan. One front end of the air-guiding mask forms an air inlet, and the rear end forms an air outlet. There is a channel that links the air inlet with the air outlet. The cooling fan has an air-entering surface and an air-exhausting surface. The air-entering surface corresponds to the air outlet. By cooperating with the air-guiding mask and the cooling fan, heat is exhausted to the outside of the computer housing quietly, rapidly, and efficiently. Costs are thereby reduced.

Claims

1. A fan fastening structure for a computer housing having a front board, a backboard that is opposite to the front board, and an opening in the backboard communicating with an interior of the computer housing, wherein the fan fastening structure comprises:

an air-guiding mask installed externally on said computer housing, wherein one end of the air-guiding mask is mounted on the opening of the backboard and forms an air inlet that corresponds to the opening, a second end of the air-guiding mask forms an air outlet, and there is a channel in the interior of the air-guiding mask that communicates the air inlet with the air outlet; and

a cooling fan installed at the second end of the air-guiding mask, wherein the cooling fan has an air-entering surface and an air-exhausting surface that is opposite to the air-entering surface, and the air-entering surface corresponds to the air outlet of the air-guiding mask, wherein the cooling fan has a fan leaf, said fan leaf having a diameter larger than the width of said computer housing.

2. The fan fastening structure for a computer housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interior of the computer housing has a power supply, and the power supply is close to an inner side of the front board.

3. The fan fastening structure for a computer housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the opening is located on the backboard and is close to a top of the computer housing.

4. The fan fastening structure for a computer housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein a diameter of the channel becomes larger and larger from the air inlet to the air outlet.

5. The fan fastening structure for a computer housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the diameter of the fan leaf is larger than 16 cm.