Patent ID: 7874348

Claim:
A fan holder adapted for securing a fan to a base of a heat dissipation device which has two fin assemblies, and the fan being located between the two fin assemblies of the heat dissipation device, the fan holder comprising: a main body for holding the fan thereon; a pair of connecting portions bent inwardly from a pair of two opposite sides of the main body and located above the main body; a pair of blocking wings extending upwardly from free ends of the connecting portions, each blocking wing comprising a locking protrusion adapted for being inserted in the fan to prevent the fan from moving along a vertical direction of the fan holder; and a pair of baffle walls extending upwardly from another pair of two opposite sides of the main body and located between the blocking wings, the baffle walls being adapted for engaging two opposite sides of the fan for preventing the fan from moving along a front-to-rear direction, each baffle wall comprising a pair of blocking flanges extending inwardly from two opposite lateral sides thereof, the blocking flanges being adapted for fittingly received in cutouts defined in lower corners of the fan; wherein the blocking wings and the blocking flanges are adapted for engaging with parallel plates of the fan for preventing the fan from moving laterally.