Patent ID: 8503177

Claim:
A detachable USB fan module mounting structure, comprising: a machine case comprising a horizontal bottom panel, an upright front panel and an upright back panel respectively upwardly extending from first two opposite sides of said horizontal bottom panel, said upright front panel comprising a plurality of slots, first and second upright side panels respectively upwardly extending from second two opposite sides of said horizontal bottom panel and connected between said first upright front panel and said second upright back panel, an accommodation chamber surrounded by said horizontal bottom panel, said upright front panel, said first upright side panel, said second upright side panel and said upright back panel and defining a top opening opposite to said horizontal bottom panel, two guide rails respectively and horizontally located on an inner surface of each of said first upright side panel and said second upright side panel at two opposite lateral sides relative to said top opening; a circuit board accommodated in said accommodation chamber inside said machine case, said circuit board comprising at least one USB connector and a plurality of communication ports respectively inserted into the slots of said upright front panel; a USB fan module, said USB module comprising an electrical fan device and a power cord extended from said electrical fan device and terminating in an electrical plug electrically connectable to one said USB connector of said circuit board; and a cover member covered on said machine case to close said top opening, said cover member comprising a bracket downwardly extended from one end thereof and adapted for supporting said USB fan module, and a coupling structure located on opposite end thereof for fastening to said guide rails to detachably secure said cover member to said machine case.