US 11,905,973 B2
Fan assembly
Yi Wen Chen, New Taipei (TW); Yung Ching Huang, New Taipei (TW); and Shang-Chih Yang, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to MICRO-STAR INT'L CO., LTD., New Taipei (TW); and MSI COMPUTER (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by MICRO-STAR INT'L CO., LTD., New Taipei (TW); and MSI COMPUTER (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/846,854.
Claims priority of application No. 111116821 (TW), filed on May 4, 2022; and application No. 111204566 (TW), filed on May 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358254 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F04D 29/66 (2006.01); F04D 29/52 (2006.01); F04D 19/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01)
CPC F04D 29/663 (2013.01) [F04D 19/002 (2013.01); F04D 29/326 (2013.01); F04D 29/522 (2013.01); F04D 29/526 (2013.01); F04D 29/329 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fan assembly, comprising:
a fan frame, comprising a frame body and a first peripheral protruding plate and having an air inlet and an air outlet, wherein the first peripheral protruding plate protrudes from a side of the frame body and forms an air channel together with the frame body, the first peripheral protruding plate is configured to reduce a noise made by the fan assembly, the air inlet is located at a side of the first peripheral protruding plate located farthest away from the frame body, the air outlet is located at a side of the frame body located farthest away from the first peripheral protruding plate, and the air inlet is in fluid communication with the air outlet via the air channel; and
an impeller, rotatably disposed on the frame body and located in the air channel;
wherein, a protruding height of the first peripheral protruding plate relative to the frame body ranges from 50 to 100 percent of an overall axial thickness of the impeller.