Patent ID: 8371805
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: F04D,G06F

Abstract:
1. A fixing apparatus for a fan, comprising: first and second receiving boxes connected to each other to bound a receiving space to receive the fan, each of the first and second receiving boxes comprising two opposite sidewalls, wherein an outer surface of each sidewall of the first receiving box forms a latch, each latch forms a first latching portion, and an outer surface of each sidewall of the second receiving box forms a second latching portion, to engage with a corresponding first latching portion of the first receiving box; and a plurality of elastic members correspondingly fixed in the first and second receiving boxes to support the fan and separate the fan from the receiving boxes, wherein each of the plurality of elastic members comprises a slanted contacting surface to engage with the fan, each of the first and second receiving boxes comprises a side opposite to the other one of the first and second receiving boxes, the side of each of the first and second receiving boxes forms two pairs of fixing plates, the pairs of fixing plates are correspondingly connected to inner surfaces of the sidewalls of the corresponding receiving box, and the plurality of elastic members are correspondingly fixed to the fixing plates of the first and second receiving boxes.