US 12,405,417 B2
Light emitting multi fan device
Yuan chin Chen, Singapore (SG); and Shiman Xu, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to COOLER MASTER CO., LTD., Taipei (TW)
Filed by Purple Cloud Development Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/898,688.
Claims priority of application No. 202311265107.4 (CN), filed on Sep. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0102726 A1, Mar. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F04D 25/16 (2006.01); F04D 29/64 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01)
CPC G02B 6/0088 (2013.01) [F04D 25/166 (2013.01); F04D 29/646 (2013.01); F21V 23/005 (2013.01); F21V 33/0096 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light emitting multi fan device, comprising:
a mount rack including a rack frame;
a plurality of fans rotatably coupled to the rack frame;
a fan frame coupled to the mount rack, the fan frame respectively surrounding each of the plurality of fans;
a linear light guide plate coupled to the fan frame and the rack frame; and
a plurality of fixing assemblies, each of the plurality of fixing assemblies including a locking element and a receiving through hole, the locking element protruding from the fan frame, the receiving through hole extending through the rack frame,
wherein the plurality of fixing assemblies are configured to enable the fan frame to lock the linear light guide plate between the fan frame and the rack frame via a pushing force;
wherein the fan frame comprises a cover portion, a side wall portion, and a plurality of fan wall portions, the cover portion comprising at least four perimeter edges and a plurality of fan perimeter edges, the side wall portion extending from three of the at least four perimeter edges, the linear light guide plate extending from one of the at least four perimeter edges and being disposed in a vertical position in a thickness direction and extends through out one of the long sides of the fan frame, each of the plurality of fan wall portions extending from each of the plurality of fan perimeter edges, each of the plurality of fan wall portions defining a fan space, each of the plurality of fans disposed in each respective fan space;
wherein the locking element comprises a retaining part, the retaining part protruding from a second end of the locking element opposite from the fan frame, and wherein the rack frame comprises a plurality of lower exterior depressions and the fan frame comprises a plurality of upper exterior depressions, when the fan frame locks the linear light guide plate between the fan frame and the rack frame, each locking element respectively protrudes through each receiving through hole, and each retaining part respectively abuts each plurality of lower exterior depressions.