RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Application Serial Number 201911136350.X filed Nov. 19, 2019, which is herein incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to fan structures. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to fan structures installed in electric equipment.

Description of Related Art

With the advancement of science and technology today, the demand of people for electronic equipment has been increasing. With regard to the design of electronic equipment, apart from the continuous enhancement of functions and operating efficiency, the durability is also an important point that the consumers concern about.

Therefore, in addition to pay full effort by the manufacturers to extend the working lives of each of the components inside the electronic equipment, how to replace those components inside the electronic equipment in a simple and quick manner is also undoubtedly an important direction of development for the industry.

SUMMARY

A technical aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a fan structure which can allow the user to install the fan body to the fan frame to form the fan structure in a simple and quick manner. The fan structure can also allow the user to install the fan structure to electric equipment or to take the fan structure away from the electric equipment in a simple and quick manner.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a fan structure includes a fan frame and a fan body. The fan frame includes two side plates, a first connecting plate, at least one buckling portion, a power source and signal connecting portion and a second connecting plate. The side plates are opposite to each other. Each of the side plates includes a fan stopping plate, a first protruding portion and two second protruding portions. The first protruding portion is disposed on the fan stopping plate. The second protruding portions are elastically disposed on the fan stopping plate. The first connecting plate is connected with the fan stopping plates. The buckling portion is disposed on the first connecting plate and configured to buckle with electric equipment. The power source and signal connecting portion is disposed on the first connecting plate and configured to connect with a power source and signal device. The second connecting plate is connected with the fan stopping plates and the first connecting plate. The fan body is suitable to be accommodated between the side plates. The fan body has a plurality of first recessed portions and a plurality of second recessed portions. The first recessed portions are configured to accommodate the first protruding portions. The second recessed portions are configured to accommodate the second protruding portions. The side plates, the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate are of an integrally-formed structure.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the first connecting plate has a plurality of first hollow portions. Each of the fan stopping plates has a plurality of second hollow portions. Each of the first hollow portions and the corresponding second hollow portion communicate with each other. The fan frame further includes a plurality of first elastic structures. Each of the first elastic structures includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion connecting with each other. Each of the first connecting portions connects with the first connecting plate and is located at one of the first hollow portions. The corresponding second connecting portion is located at the corresponding second hollow portion. Each of the second protruding portions is disposed on the corresponding second connecting portion.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion connect to form a “L” shape.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, each of the fan stopping plates has a plurality of third hollow portions. Each of the third hollow portions extends along a circular locus to form a fan shape. The third hollow portions are evenly disposed around a center of the circular locus.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the fan body has an entrance and an exit opposite to each other. The entrance and the exit respectively face to the fan stopping plates.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the second connecting plate has a third recessed portion and a fourth recessed portion opposite to each other. The first connecting plate has a fifth recessed portion. The fifth recessed portion and the fourth recessed portion communicate with each other. The fan frame further includes a second elastic structure. The second elastic structure is connected with the first connecting plate and at least partially located at the fifth recessed portion. The buckling portion is disposed on a side of the second elastic structure away from the third recessed portion.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the buckling portion is a hook structure.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the fan stopping plates are substantially parallel with each other. The first connecting plate and the second connecting plate are substantially perpendicular to the fan stopping plates respectively.

In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate are substantially perpendicular with other.

When compared with the prior art, the above-mentioned embodiments of the present disclosure have at least the following advantages:

(1) In the process to install the fan body into the fan frame, the fan body compresses on the second protruding portions such that the first elastic structures elastically deform. After the positions of the second recessed portions of the fan body match with the second protruding portions, the first elastic structures elastically recover such that the second protruding portions are accommodated in the second recessed portions. At this point, the positions of the first recessed portions of the fan body also match with the first protruding portions of the side plates, and the first protruding portions are also accommodated in the first recessed portions. In this way, the process to install the fan body to the fan frame is simple and quick without the usage of any extra component or tool. Thus, it is convenient to the user.

(2) When the user wants to install the fan structure into the electric equipment or to take the fan structure away from the electric equipment, the user can put, for example, the index finger at the position of the first recessed portion, and then press on the second connecting plate as a point of force exertion. The user can also press on the second elastic structure of the fan frame by the thumb, such that the second elastic structure deforms elastically towards the third recessed portion of the second connecting plate. Under this condition, the user can take the fan structure away from the electric equipment, or release the fingers to allow the second elastic structure to elastically recover, such that the buckling portion buckles with the through hole of the electric equipment, in order to complete the installation of the fan structure to the electric equipment. Since the process to install the fan structure to the electric equipment or to take the fan structure away from the electric equipment is simple and quick without the usage of any extra component or tool, it is convenient to the user.

