Patent ID: 11956927
Assignee: WISTRON CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A case, comprising:
a shell, internally provided with a backplane and a motherboard, the motherboard being connected to the backplane along a first axis, the backplane being connected with a plug connector, the plug connector comprising a plug connector body and a plurality of connection terminals, and the plurality of connection terminals being located in the plug connector body;
a fan frame, fixed in the shell and located on one side of the motherboard; and
a fan module, located in the fan frame, the fan module comprising a fan assembly and a matching connector, the matching connector being located on a side edge of the fan assembly and connected to the fan assembly, the matching connector being connected to the plug connector along a second axis, the matching connector comprising a matching connector body and a plurality of matching terminals, the matching connector body further comprises a matching end and an opposite end, the matching end and the opposite end are two ends opposite to each other, the plurality of matching terminals being located in the matching end;
wherein the plug connector further comprises a plurality of sockets and a matching portion, the plurality of connection terminals are disposed in the plurality of sockets, and the matching portion is located in the plug connector body; and the matching connector further comprises a guiding portion, the guiding portion is located in the matching connector body, and the guiding portion is matched to the matching portion;
wherein each of the plurality of sockets includes a first side wall, a second side wall and a bearing surface, the first side wall and the second side wall are surfaces opposite to each other, and the bearing surface is matched to the first side wall and the second side wall respectively;
wherein the fan frame further comprises a support structure, fixed to a bottom side of the fan frame, and the support structure is located between the fan frame and the shell, and located on two sides of the motherboard;
wherein the plug connector body further comprises a fixing end and a connecting end, the fixing end and the connecting end are two ends opposite to each other, and the plurality of sockets and the matching portion are disposed at the connecting end; the fixing end further comprises a plurality of fixing terminals, the plurality of fixing terminals are exposed from the fixing end, and the plug connector is connected to the backplane of the shell through the plurality of fixing terminals; the fan assembly further comprises a bearing piece and a bearing platform, the bearing piece is fixed to the side edge of the fan assembly, the bearing platform protrudes out from one side of the bearing piece, and the matching connector is fixed to the bearing platform; the plurality of matching terminals and the guiding portion are exposed from the matching end, the opposite end is fixed to the bearing platform and connected to the fan assembly; and the fan frame further comprises a plurality of partition plates separating the fan frame into a plurality of accommodation spaces.