US 12,207,435 B2
Cooling fan assembly with air guider
Vic Hong Chia, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Yongguo Chen, Shanghai (CN); Yaotsan Tsai, San Jose, CA (US); Hua Yang, Tracy, CA (US); and Xin Mao, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/826,520.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389224 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20172 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20145 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fan assembly comprising:
a fan having a fan intake and a fan exit downstream from the fan intake, wherein the fan is configured to draw air into the fan intake and propel the air downstream through the fan exit;
a housing having a housing inlet configured to be coupled to the fan exit and a housing outlet downstream from the housing inlet;
an air straightener, adjacent to the housing inlet, having an annular array of honeycomb apertures that surround a center cut-out and streamline the air that flows downstream, and a solid cover that plugs the center cut-out and blocks the air; and
an air guider mounted inside the housing adjacent to the housing inlet, the air guider having a conical shape with a base adjacent to the solid cover, and an apex opposite the base that points towards the housing outlet, wherein the air guider has a first diameter that tapers from the base to the apex to define a peripheral volume surrounding the air guider that serves as a tunnel, and wherein the air guider is configured to reduce air turbulence of the air when propelled from the housing inlet to the housing outlet.