Patent ID: 7940525
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of securing a motorized fan to a frame of an electronic device, comprising: providing a fan housing having a first mounting hole at a front first surface and having an opposite and parallel rear second surface spaced from the first surface; forming a support structure secured to the frame of the electronic device, including forming a first hook projection portion of the support structure capable of engaging with the first mounting hole, and forming an abutment portion of the support structure shaped and dimensioned so that, when the fan housing is at a given installing position, the first hook projection portion engages the first mounting hole and the abutment portion is spaced from the rear second surface of the fan housing and, when the fan housing is at a given securing position, the abutment portion abuts the second surface on only one side of the second surface of the fan housing to maintain the first hook projection portion engaged with the first mounting hole, to secure the fan housing to the support structure without the second surface extending past the abutment portion; initially engaging the first hook projection portion into the first mounting hole, said initially engaging including positioning the fan housing into the given installing position; and securing the fan housing to the support structure, said securing including repositioning the fan housing from the given installing position to the given securing position.