Patent ID: 7367381

Claim:
A fan motor, which is mounted on a surface of an electronic component to be cooled, said fan motor comprising: a thermally dissipating surface to be mounted to the electronic component; the motor attached to said thermally dissipating surface; and an attaching plate having a leg portion in a peripheral portion thereof for fixing said motor to said thermally dissipating surface, wherein said thermally dissipating surface has a hole portion at least as large as said attaching plate, and a recessed portion that is formed on an attaching surface side of said thermally dissipating surface to said electronic component and that accommodates at least said leg portion of said attaching plate therein, wherein said recessed portion has a depth at least as large as a thickness of said leg portion, and wherein a thickness of said thermally dissipating surface is at least equal to a combined thickness of said leg portion and said recessed portion.