Patent ID: 8322974

Claim:
A fan module, comprising: a cooling fan; a support rack; and a plurality of fasteners mounting the cooling fan to the support rack, the fasteners comprising vibration-resistant material and disposed between the cooling fan and the support rack, and below the cooling fan; wherein each of the fasteners comprises a main body defining a recess therein, the recess of each of the fasteners facing an interior of the support rack, a portion of the cooling fan received in the recess of each of the fastener; wherein each of the fasteners further comprises two pivots extending from two opposite side surfaces of the main body respectively, the support rack comprising a plurality of support flanges, each defining a pivot hole therein receiving one corresponding pivot; and wherein the support rack comprises a base and two sidewalls extending upward from the base respectively, the support flanges extending upward from the base of the support rack, between the sidewalls of the support rack, the support flanges spaced from the sidewalls of the support rack, the main body of each fastener disposed between the corresponding support flange and the corresponding sidewall of the support rack, the sidewalls of the support rack defining therein a plurality of pivot holes at bottom ends thereof, the pivot holes of the sidewalls aligning respectively with the pivot holes of the support flanges, and the two pivots of each fastener pivotally received in the corresponding pivot hole of the sidewalls and the corresponding pivot hole of the support flanges, respectively.