Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cooling fan assembly and guidance track for installing and removing a cooling fan
-
Application No.: US15183477Application Date: 2016-06-15
-
Publication No.: US10349559B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Brian A. Trumbo , David J. Jensen , Alvin G. Davis , Mark S. Bohannon , Paul A. Wormsbecher
- Applicant: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agent Jeffrey L. Streets
- Main IPC: H05K7/20
- IPC: H05K7/20 ; F04D25/06 ; F04D29/60 ; G11B33/00

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a fan having a fan housing with guidance members extending from opposing sides of the housing, wherein the fan housing has a depth that is less than a height and width. A handle is pivotably coupled to the fan housing, and guidance tracks are positioned on opposing sides of an open channel. Each of the guidance tracks has a first track portion extending from a first face of a chassis in a first direction into the chassis and a second track portion extending from the first track portion in a second direction. The guidance members move along the corresponding guidance tracks, wherein the fan housing moves along the first track portion in a sideways orientation and reaches an operating orientation in the second track portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170363105A1 COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY AND GUIDANCE TRACK FOR INSTALLING AND REMOVING A COOLING FAN Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
Information query