Patent ID: 8684661

Claim:
A fan module comprising: a housing having an axial air inlet, a radial air inlet and at least one radial air outlet; and an impeller rotatably disposed in the housing and having a first air-guiding blade, a second air-guiding blade and a partitioning member, wherein the partitioning member separates an interior space of the housing into a first air channel and a second air channel, wherein the first air-guiding blade is located in the first air channel and the second air-guiding blade is located in the second air channel, wherein the axial air inlet communicates with the first air channel, and wherein the radial air inlet communicates with the second air channel wherein the housing further comprises a housing body and a covering plate secured together, wherein the housing body comprises a bottom wall and a lateral wall integrally extending from the bottom wall towards but spaced from the covering plate, wherein the partitioning member comprises a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, wherein the first face faces the bottom wall of the housing body, wherein the second face faces the covering plate, wherein the first air channel is formed between the first face of the partitioning member and the bottom wall of the housing body, wherein the second air channel is formed between the second face of the partitioning member and the covering plate, wherein the axial air inlet extends through the bottom wall of the housing body and is in communication with the first air channel, wherein the radial air inlet is in communication with the second air channel, wherein the first air-guiding blade is located in the first air channel, wherein the second air-guiding blade is located in the second air channel and arranged on the second face of the partitioning member, and wherein the axial air inlet and the radial air inlet are located at different sides of the partitioning member.