US 12,495,514 B2
Fan assembly and electronic device
Ying-Feng Su, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., Nanning (CN)
Filed by Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., Nanning (CN)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/384,526.
Prior Publication US 2025/0142766 A1, May 1, 2025
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); F04D 29/60 (2006.01); F04D 29/64 (2006.01); F04D 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20172 (2013.01) [F04D 29/601 (2013.01); F04D 29/644 (2013.01); H05K 7/20727 (2013.01); F04D 19/002 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fan assembly for mounting in a housing of an electronic device, the housing is provided with a receiving chamber, a first opening, and a second opening, the first opening is oriented towards a first direction, the second opening is oriented towards a second direction, the first opening is communicated to the receiving chamber, the second opening is communicated to the receiving chamber, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction,
the fan assembly comprising:
a plurality of brackets, wherein the plurality of brackets is spaced in a third direction, the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, each of the plurality of brackets is slidably connected to the housing along the second direction and each of the plurality of brackets is configured to slide in or out of the receiving chamber through the second opening, each of the plurality of brackets is provided with a fan mounting chamber, the fan mounting chamber is oriented towards the first opening;
a fan unit comprising a mounting plate and a plurality of fan sections, wherein the mounting plate is removably connected to the housing and the mounting plate covers the first opening, the plurality of fan sections is spaced from each other along the third direction and each of the plurality of fan sections is slidably connected to the mounting plate along the second direction, each of the plurality of fan sections is received in a corresponding fan mounting chamber along the first direction, and has an air inlet and an air outlet opposite the air inlet along the second direction, the fan unit is configured for being rotated integrally to switch between a first state and a second state, in the first state, the air inlet is faced towards the second opening, and in the second state, the air outlet is faced towards the second opening; and
a plurality of locking mechanisms, wherein each of the plurality of locking mechanisms is configured for locking each of the plurality of fan sections to a corresponding bracket, each of the plurality of fan sections locked to each of the plurality of brackets is slidable out of the receiving chamber with the corresponding bracket, and each of the plurality of fan sections sliding out of the receiving chamber with the corresponding bracket is configured for being taken away from the corresponding brackets after each of the plurality of fan sections is unlocked and the fan section unlocked is switchable to the first state or the second state.