CN117762225A - Modularized tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame, cooling fan and server - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a modularized tool-free dismounting fan frame, which comprises a mounting bottom plate, a front panel, a rear panel, side panels and a top cover plate, wherein the mounting bottom plate is arranged on the front panel; the mounting bottom plate is used for supporting a fan body for mounting the fan, and each side edge of the mounting bottom plate is respectively clamped with the bottom edge of the front panel, the bottom edge of the rear panel and the bottom edge of each side panel; the side edges of the front panel and the side edges of the rear panel are respectively clamped with the side edges of the side panels, and the two side edges of the top cover plate are respectively clamped with the top edge of the front panel and the top edge of the rear panel; the inner side of the front panel and the inner side of the rear panel are respectively provided with a plurality of positioning connecting columns, and each positioning connecting column is respectively used for being matched with each reserved positioning hole on the fan body. The invention can conveniently and rapidly realize the assembly operation and tool-free disassembly and assembly operation of the cooling fan, reduce the material cost and optimize the maintainability. The invention also discloses a cooling fan and a server, and the beneficial effects of the cooling fan and the server are as described above.

Description

Modularized tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame, cooling fan and server

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of servers, in particular to a modularized tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame. The invention also relates to a cooling fan and a server.

Background

Servers are an important component in electronic devices, primarily for providing computing services. According to different service types provided by the server, the server is mainly divided into a file server, a database server, an application program server, a webpage server and the like. The main components of the server include a chassis, a motherboard, a CPU (Central Processing Unit ), a GPU (Graphic Processing Unit, graphics processor unit), a hard disk, a memory, a power supply, a heat sink, and the like, similar to a general computer architecture.

As the configuration and performance of electronic devices such as servers become more and more powerful, the demand for heat dissipation performance is also increasing. Particularly, the cpu unit is often used in combination with a heat dissipation assembly in order to keep the cpu unit stably operating during the application process of the cpu unit. The main stream heat dissipation assembly mainly uses air cooling, namely uses a heat dissipation fan to conduct air cooling heat dissipation on heating elements in the server in a forced convection mode.

At present, when a cooling fan in a server is installed, the cooling fan is generally required to be installed through a fan frame, namely, after the fan frame and a fan body are assembled, the fan frame is installed into a server case, so that the positioning installation of the fan body is realized, and meanwhile, vibration influence, noise influence and the like caused by directly installing the fan body into the server case are avoided.

In the prior art, when the fan frame and the fan body are assembled, the fan frame is firstly sleeved on the fan body, then the connection position of the fan frame and the fan body is adjusted to accurately position, and finally a plurality of bolts or 8 conventional rubber fixing seats are used for fixing. However, the assembling method has more procedures and troublesome operation, so that the assembling working hours are often prolonged on a production line, besides two large parts of the fan frame and the fan body, bolts and rubber fixing seats are required to be arranged outwards, more material cost is introduced, meanwhile, the disassembling flow of the cooling fan assembled according to the prior art is troublesome when the cooling fan is in problem and needs to be maintained or replaced, the bolts are usually required to be disassembled by means of tools such as a screwdriver, and the rubber fixing seats are more difficult to disassemble and can not be disassembled without tools; on the other hand, the fan frames in the prior art are all of integral frame structures, when the situation of local damage or deformation and the like needs maintenance, the whole fan frame is detached from the fan body, then a new fan frame is reinstalled, the maintainability is poor, and the maintenance cost is high.

Therefore, how to conveniently and rapidly realize the assembly operation and tool-free disassembly operation of the cooling fan, reduce the material cost, and optimize the maintainability at the same time is a technical problem faced by the person skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a modularized tool-free dismounting fan frame, which can conveniently and rapidly realize the assembly operation and tool-free dismounting operation of a cooling fan, reduce the material cost and optimize the maintainability. Another object of the present invention is to provide a cooling fan and a server.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides a modularized tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame, which comprises a mounting bottom plate, a front panel, a rear panel, side panels and a top cover plate;

the mounting bottom plate is used for supporting a fan body for mounting a fan, and each side edge of the mounting bottom plate is respectively clamped with the bottom edge of the front panel, the bottom edge of the rear panel and the bottom edge of each side panel;

the front panel is used for covering the front end face of the fan body, the rear panel is used for covering the rear end face of the fan body, the side panel is used for covering the side face of the fan body, and the top cover plate is used for covering the top face of the fan body;

the side edges of the front panel and the side edges of the rear panel are respectively clamped with the side edges of the side panels, and the two side edges of the top cover plate are respectively clamped with the top edge of the front panel and the top edge of the rear panel;

The inner side of the front panel and the inner side of the rear panel are respectively provided with a plurality of positioning connecting columns, and each positioning connecting column is respectively used for being matched with each reserved positioning hole on the fan body.

In some embodiments, the front panel includes a plurality of front sub-panels that can be spliced into a whole, and the sides of two adjacent front sub-panels form a clamping connection; the positioning connecting columns are respectively arranged on the front sub-panels.

In some embodiments, the rear panel comprises a plurality of rear sub-panels which can be spliced into a whole, and the side edges of two adjacent rear sub-panels form a clamping joint; the positioning connecting columns are respectively arranged on the rear sub-panels.

In some embodiments, each of the front sub-panels and each of the rear sub-panels are vertically layered and/or horizontally juxtaposed.

In some embodiments, the top cover plate includes a front cover plate and a rear cover plate, a front side of the front cover plate forms a snap-fit with a top edge of the front panel, a rear side of the rear cover plate forms a snap-fit with a top edge of the rear panel, and a rear side of the front cover plate forms a snap-fit with a front side of the rear cover plate.

In some embodiments, the top surface of the front cover plate is provided with a positioning protrusion, and the bottom surface of the rear cover plate is provided with a positioning hole for being matched with the positioning protrusion.

In some specific embodiments, the top surface of the front cover plate is further provided with a first magnetic attraction piece, and the bottom surface of the rear cover plate is further provided with a second magnetic attraction piece for forming magnetic attraction with the first magnetic attraction piece.

In some embodiments, the front side edge of the front cover plate and the rear side edge of the rear cover plate are both provided with clamping posts, and the top edge of the front panel and the top edge of the rear panel are both provided with clamping grooves, and the clamping posts are rotatably arranged in the clamping grooves.

In some embodiments, the clamping groove is provided with a positioning notch, and the clamping column is provided with a positioning patch matched with the positioning notch.

In some embodiments, a disassembly reservation opening is formed in the top of the side panel, and the disassembly reservation opening exposes the bottom surfaces of the front cover plate and the rear cover plate.

In some embodiments, the device further comprises a lifting plate, an operating handle, a rack, a gear, a mounting tube, a return spring, an abutting column, a lock catch, a lock pin and a stop plate;

The lifting plate can be vertically and slidably arranged on the side panel, and the operating handle is connected to the top of the lifting plate;

the rack is arranged on the side edge of the side panel and extends vertically, and the gear is rotatably arranged on the lifting plate and meshed with the rack;

the mounting pipe is arranged on the side panel and extends vertically, and the reset spring can be vertically and elastically arranged in the mounting pipe in a telescopic manner;

the top end of the abutting column is connected to the lifting plate, and the bottom end of the abutting column is slidably inserted into the mounting pipe and abuts against the reset spring;

the lock catch is arranged at the bottom of the side panel, the top end of the lock pin is connected to the lifting plate, and the bottom end of the lock pin is used for being locked or unlocked with the lock catch in a matched mode;

the stop plate is arranged at the top of the side panel and is used for being abutted with the top end of the lifting plate to limit.

In some specific embodiments, the operation handle is connected with the lifting plate through a rotating shaft, at least two limiting protruding points distributed along the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft are arranged on the top side wall of the lifting plate, a limiting groove matched with the limiting protruding points is formed in the bottom side wall of the operation handle, and the limiting protruding points and/or the limiting groove are elastic.

In some specific embodiments, a guide sliding groove extending along the axial direction of the mounting tube is formed in the side wall of the mounting tube, and a guide sliding rod is arranged on the abutting column in a protruding mode along the radial direction of the abutting column, and the guide sliding rod is used for forming sliding connection with the guide sliding groove.

The invention also provides a cooling fan, which comprises a fan body and a fan frame, wherein the fan frame is specifically the modularized tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame.

The invention also provides a server, which comprises a case and a cooling fan arranged in the case, wherein the cooling fan is specifically the cooling fan described in the previous paragraph.

The modularized tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame is mainly designed aiming at the cooling fan body in a server, is of a rectangular frame structure as a whole, but is not limited to a rectangular frame structure, and mainly comprises an installation bottom plate, a front panel, a rear panel, side panels, a top cover plate and a positioning connecting column. The mounting bottom plate is a bottom structure of the fan frame and is mainly used for covering the bottom surface of the fan body so as to support and mount the fan body, the mounting bottom plate is generally rectangular plate-shaped, and each side edge of the mounting bottom plate is respectively clamped with the bottom edge of the front panel, the bottom edge of the rear panel and the bottom edges of the two side panels. The front panel is the front end structure of this fan frame, mainly used covers the preceding terminal surface of fan body (of course, in order to guarantee that the air current normally gets into the fan body, be provided with the ventilation hole on preceding terminal surface) to form the protection to the preceding terminal surface of fan body, generally take the form of rectangle platy, and the both sides side of front panel forms the joint with two side panels respectively. The rear panel is a rear structure of the fan frame and is mainly used for covering the rear end face of the fan body (of course, a vent hole is formed in the rear end face to ensure that air flows normally out of the fan body) so as to form protection on the rear end face of the fan body, the rear panel is generally rectangular plate-shaped, and two side edges of the rear panel are respectively clamped with two side panels. The side panels are of a side surface structure of the fan frame and are simultaneously provided with at least two side surfaces, and are mainly used for respectively covering the side surfaces of the two sides of the fan body so as to form protection on the side surfaces of the two sides of the fan body, the side panels are generally rectangular plate-shaped, and the side edges of the side panels of the two sides are respectively clamped with the corresponding side edges of the front panel and the rear panel. The top cover plate is of a top structure of the fan frame and is mainly used for covering the top of the fan body to form protection on the top surface of the fan body, meanwhile, ash falling can be prevented, the top cover plate is generally rectangular, and the front side edge and the rear side edge of the top cover plate are respectively clamped with the top edge of the front panel and the top edge of the rear panel. The location spliced pole sets up simultaneously on the medial surface of front panel and the medial surface of rear panel, all are provided with many on front panel and rear panel simultaneously generally, and each location spliced pole is used for respectively forming the connection cooperation with each reservation locating hole on the fan body to regard as the combined part of setting element and connecting piece with the location spliced pole, realize simultaneously that front panel and rear panel are fixed with the connection on the fan body, in addition mounting plate, each side board and lamina tecti all form the joint with front panel or rear panel, and then realized the fixed mounting of whole fan frame on the fan body.

Therefore, when the modularized tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame is assembled with the fan body, the fan frame can be accurately positioned and connected and fixed on the fan body only by connecting the positioning connecting columns on the front panel and the rear panel with the reserved positioning holes on the fan body, so that the assembly operation of the cooling fan is completed, the operation is simple and convenient, compared with the prior art, the labor hour can be greatly saved, and in addition, the screw or the rubber fixing seat is not required, so that the material cost can be reduced; simultaneously, because mounting plate, front panel, rear panel, each side board are all connected through the joint with the lamina tecti for whole fan frame realizes the modularized design, consequently not only can conveniently dismantle the operation, and when local module appears damaging or warp scheduling problem, only need the local module of individual tear open change can, need not whole fan frame that changes, maintainability is stronger.

In summary, the modularized tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame provided by the invention can conveniently and rapidly realize the assembly operation and tool-free disassembly and assembly operation of the cooling fan, reduce the material cost and optimize the maintainability.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present invention, and that other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of an overall structure of an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a mounting structure of a fan body and a mounting base plate.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a mounting structure of the front sub-panel and the fan body.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a connection structure between a front sub-panel and a mounting base plate.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a splicing structure of two adjacent front sub-panels.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of another mounting structure of the front sub-panel and the fan body.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the front panel.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a connection structure between the front cover plate and the front panel.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view of a specific structure of the front cover plate.

Fig. 10 is a schematic view of a mounting structure of the front cover plate on the fan body.

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a connection structure between the back cover plate and the back panel.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of the front and back sides of the back cover.

Fig. 13 is a schematic view showing a specific structure of the top cover plate.

Fig. 14 is a schematic view of a specific structure of the lifter plate.

Fig. 15 is a partial schematic view of the structure of fig. 14.

Fig. 16 is a schematic view showing a specific structure of the operation handle.

Fig. 17 is a schematic diagram of a connection structure between the operating handle and the lifting plate.

Fig. 18 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the gear on the lifter plate.

Fig. 19 is a schematic view of the rack, mounting tube and mounting structure latched to the side panels.

FIG. 20 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the return spring within the mounting tube.

Fig. 21 is a schematic diagram of the matching structure of the guide chute and the guide slide bar.

Fig. 22 is a schematic view showing a structure in which the operating handle is in a use state.

Fig. 23 is a schematic view showing a structure in which the operation handle is in a housed state.

Fig. 24 is a schematic view showing a process of changing the operating handle from the storage state to the use state.

Fig. 25 is a schematic view of a connection structure of the side panel and the front panel.

FIG. 26 is a schematic view of two angular positions of the operating handle.

Fig. 27 is a schematic view showing a structure in which the top cover plate is detached by detaching the reserved opening.

Fig. 28 is a schematic view of the structure of the operating handle in the first use state.

Fig. 29 is a schematic view of the structure of the operating handle in the second use state.

Wherein, in fig. 1-29:

the fan comprises a fan body-1, a mounting bottom plate-2, a front panel-3, a rear panel-4, a side panel-5, a top cover plate-6, a positioning connecting column-7, a clamping column-8, a clamping groove-9, a lifting plate-10, an operating handle-11, a rack-12, a gear-13, a mounting tube-14, a return spring-15, an abutting column-16, a lock catch-17, a lock pin-18, a stop plate-19, a rotating shaft-20, a limiting bump-21 and a limiting groove-22;

reserving a positioning hole-101;

front sub-panel-31;

a rear sub-panel-41;

disassembling the reserved opening-51;

a front cover plate-61, a rear cover plate-62;

positioning a patch-81;

positioning the notch-91;

a rotating base-111, a rotating hole-112;

a guide chute-141;

a guide slide bar-161;

positioning the protrusion-611, the first magnetic attraction member-612;

positioning the opening 621 and the second magnetic attraction member 622.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as top, bottom, left, right, front, rear, etc.) are involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indications are merely used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement conditions, etc. between the components in a specific posture (shown in the corresponding drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are correspondingly changed. Specifically, in the embodiment of the invention, the air inlet and outlet of the fan body 1 are used as references, the air inlet direction is the front, and the air outlet direction is the rear.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is an exploded view of an overall structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the modular tool-free detachable fan frame is designed mainly for a cooling fan in a server, and is in a rectangular frame structure, but not limited to a rectangular frame structure, and mainly comprises a mounting base plate 2, a front panel 3, a rear panel 4, a side panel 5, a top cover plate 6 and a positioning connection column 7.

As shown in fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic view of a mounting structure of the fan body 1 and the mounting base plate 2.

The mounting base plate 2 is a bottom structure of the fan frame, and is mainly used for covering the bottom surface of the fan body 1 to support and mount the fan body 1, and is generally rectangular, and each side edge of the mounting base plate 2 forms a clamping connection with the bottom edge of the front panel 3, the bottom edge of the rear panel 4, and the bottom edges of the two side panels 5 (i.e., detachable clamping connection, clamping connection or fastening connection, and the same applies below).

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, fig. 3 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the front sub-panel 31 and the fan body 1, and fig. 4 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the front sub-panel 31 and the mounting base plate 2. .

The front panel 3 is a front end structure of the fan frame, and is mainly used for covering a front end surface of the fan body 1 (of course, in order to ensure that air flow normally enters the fan body 1, a vent hole is formed in the front end surface) so as to form protection on the front end surface of the fan body 1, and is generally in a rectangular plate shape, and two side edges of the front panel 3 are respectively clamped with two side panels 5.

The rear panel 4 is a rear structure of the fan frame, and is mainly used for covering a rear end face of the fan body 1 (of course, in order to ensure that air flows normally out of the fan body 1, a vent hole is formed in the rear end face), so as to form protection on the rear end face of the fan body 1, and is generally in a rectangular plate shape, and two side edges of the rear panel 4 are respectively clamped with two side panels 5.

As shown in fig. 25, fig. 25 is a schematic view of the connection structure of the side panel 5 and the front panel 3.

The side panels 5 are side structures of the fan frame, and are provided with at least two side surfaces, and are mainly used for respectively covering two side surfaces of the fan body 1, so that protection is formed on the two side surfaces of the fan body 1, the side panels are generally rectangular plate-shaped, and two side edges of the side panels 5 on the two sides are respectively clamped with corresponding side edges of the front panel 3 and the rear panel 4.

The top cover plate 6 is a top structure of the fan frame, and is mainly used for covering the top of the fan body 1 to form protection for the top surface of the fan body 1, and meanwhile, ash falling can be prevented, the top cover plate 6 is generally rectangular plate-shaped, and the front side and the rear side of the top cover plate 6 are respectively clamped with the top edge of the front panel 3 and the top edge of the rear panel 4.

The location spliced pole 7 sets up simultaneously on the medial surface of front panel 3 and the medial surface of back panel 4, generally all is provided with many simultaneously on front panel 3 and back panel 4, and each location spliced pole 7 is used for respectively forming the cooperation of being connected with each reservation locating hole 101 on the fan body 1 to regard as the combined part of setting element and connecting piece with location spliced pole 7, realize simultaneously that front panel 3 and back panel 4 are fixed with the connection on fan body 1, and installation bottom plate 2, each side board 5 and lamina tecti 6 all form the joint with front panel 3 or back panel 4 in addition, and then realized the fixed mounting of whole fan frame on fan body 1. Specifically, the positioning connecting column 7 and the reserved positioning hole 101 form shaft hole matching with a certain slight interference, and an assembler can realize disassembly and assembly only by slightly forcefully plugging.

Therefore, when the modularized tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame is assembled with the fan body 1, the fan frame can be accurately positioned and connected and fixed on the fan body 1 only by connecting the positioning connecting posts 7 on the front panel 3 and the rear panel 4 with the reserved positioning holes 101 on the fan body 1, so that the assembly operation of the cooling fan is completed, and the operation is simple and convenient; meanwhile, as the mounting bottom plate 2, the front panel 3, the rear panel 4, the side panels 5 and the top cover plate 6 are connected through the clamping connection, the whole fan frame is in modularized design, so that the disassembly operation can be conveniently carried out, and when the local module is damaged or deformed, the local module only needs to be independently disassembled and replaced, the fan frame does not need to be integrally replaced, and the maintainability is strong.

In summary, the modularized tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame provided by the embodiment can conveniently and rapidly realize the assembly operation and tool-free disassembly and assembly operation of the cooling fan, reduce the material cost and optimize the maintainability.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, fig. 5 is a schematic view of a splicing structure of two adjacent front sub-panels 31, and fig. 6 is a schematic view of an installation structure of another front sub-panel 31 and the fan body 1.

In a specific embodiment of the front panel 3, the front panel 3 is a split-type split structure, and includes a plurality of front sub-panels 31 that can be spliced together. Specifically, each front sub-panel 31 is generally rectangular, and has the same or non-uniform length and width, and meanwhile, the side edges of two adjacent front sub-panels 31 are also connected in a clamping manner, so that the front sub-panels can be spliced and disassembled conveniently. Correspondingly, the positioning connection columns 7 are respectively arranged on the front sub-panels 31 to be respectively connected with the reserved positioning holes 101 at corresponding positions on the fan body 1 through the positioning connection columns 7 on the front sub-panels 31. For example, 4 positioning connection posts 7 are provided on the front panel 3, and the front panel 3 is formed by splicing two front sub-panels 31, and two positioning connection posts 7 are provided on the two front sub-panels 31 respectively.

Further, the front sub-panel 31 may be spliced in a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, or both of the vertical and horizontal directions. For example, if the two front sub-panels 31 have the same length dimension but different width (or height) dimensions, the two front sub-panels 31 may be vertically spliced to form a vertical hierarchical distribution; the two front sub-panels 31 have the same width dimension but different length dimensions, so that the two front sub-panels 31 may be horizontally and transversely spliced to form a horizontal parallel distribution. The specific splicing mode can be flexibly adjusted according to actual needs.

As shown in fig. 11, fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a connection structure between the back cover 62 and the back panel 4.

In a specific embodiment concerning the rear panel 4, the rear panel 4 is embodied as a split-splice structure, similar to the front panel 3, including a plurality of rear sub-panels 41 that can be spliced into one body. Specifically, each rear sub-panel 41 is generally rectangular, and has the same or non-uniform length and width, and the side edges of two adjacent rear sub-panels 41 are also connected in a clamping manner, so that the rear sub-panels can be conveniently spliced and disassembled. Correspondingly, the positioning connection columns 7 are also respectively arranged on each rear sub-panel 41 so as to be respectively connected with the reserved positioning holes 101 at corresponding positions on the fan body 1 through the positioning connection columns 7 on each rear sub-panel 41. For example, 4 positioning connection posts 7 are provided on the back panel 4, and the back panel 4 is formed by splicing two back sub-panels 41, and two positioning connection posts 7 are provided on the two back sub-panels 41 respectively.

Further, similar to the front sub-panel 31, the rear sub-panel 41 may be spliced in a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, or both. For example, the two rear sub-panels 41 have the same length dimension but different width (or height) dimensions, so that the two rear sub-panels 41 may be vertically spliced to form a vertical hierarchical distribution; the two rear sub-panels 41 have the same width dimension but different length dimensions, and the two rear sub-panels 41 may be horizontally and transversely spliced to form a horizontal parallel distribution. The specific splicing mode can be flexibly adjusted according to actual needs.

As shown in fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic view of the entire structure of the front panel 3.

So set up, through the components of a whole that can function independently concatenation formula structural design of front panel 3 and rear panel 4, can conveniently change the size of front panel 3 and rear panel 4 through the mode that increases or reduces front sub-panel 31, rear sub-panel 41, and then can be applicable to not unidimensional fan body 1, realize fan frame's commonality. Of course, the mounting base plate 2, the side panels 5 and the top cover plate 6 may also be designed as such, and will not be described here again.

As shown in fig. 8 and 10, fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a connection structure between the front cover 61 and the front panel 3, and fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a mounting structure of the front cover 61 on the fan body 1.

In a specific embodiment of the top cover plate 6, the top cover plate 6 mainly comprises a front cover plate 61 and a rear cover plate 62 for facilitating the disassembly operation by the assembly personnel. Wherein, the front side of the front cover plate 61 is clamped with the top edge of the front panel 3, the rear side of the rear cover plate 62 is clamped with the top edge of the rear panel 4, and the rear side of the front cover plate 61 is clamped with the front side of the rear cover plate 62.

As shown in fig. 9, 12 and 13, fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the front cover 61, fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the front and back sides of the back cover 62, and fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the top cover 6.

In order to facilitate the clamping between the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62, in this embodiment, a positioning protrusion 611 is convexly disposed on the top surface of the front cover plate 61, and a positioning hole 621 is disposed on the bottom surface of the rear cover plate 62. Specifically, the positioning protrusions 611 and the positioning holes 621 may be provided with a plurality of positioning protrusions at the same time, and the positioning protrusions 611 and the positioning holes 621 are matched with each other, so that the positioning protrusions 611 can be inserted into the positioning holes 621 to be clamped and fixed, and the clamping connection is realized. Of course, considering that the heights of the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 are generally the same, in order to facilitate the vertical snap fit of the positioning protrusion 611 and the positioning hole 621, the embodiment is provided with a sinking step on the rear side edge of the top surface of the front cover plate 61, and an upward sinking step on the front side edge of the bottom surface of the rear cover plate 62, and the positioning protrusion 611 and the positioning hole 621 are respectively disposed on the corresponding sinking steps, so that after the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 form a snap fit, the sinking steps of the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 are also connected into a whole, which keeps smooth and clean in appearance, and can help an assembler to determine whether the two are reversely assembled.

Further, in order to improve the closing stability of the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 and prevent dust falling caused by accidental opening, in this embodiment, a first magnetic attraction piece 612 is further disposed on the top surface of the front cover plate 61, and a second magnetic attraction piece 622 is also disposed on the bottom surface of the rear cover plate 62, where the first magnetic attraction piece 612 and the second magnetic attraction piece 622 can generate magnetic attraction when they approach each other, so that after the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 form a clamping connection, the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 can be kept in a closed state stably for a long time by the magnetic attraction effect between the first magnetic attraction piece 612 and the second magnetic attraction piece 622.

In one embodiment for forming the snap-fit, the mounting base plate 2, the front panel 3, the rear panel 4, the side panels 5 and the top cover plate 6 are snap-fitted by the snap-fit posts 8 and the snap-fit grooves 9. Specifically, taking the top cover plate 6 as an example, the front side edge of the front cover plate 61 and the rear side edge of the rear cover plate 62 are both provided with clamping columns 8, the clamping columns 8 are specifically cylindrical, and meanwhile, the top edge of the front panel 3 and the top edge of the rear panel 4 are both provided with clamping grooves 9, and the clamping grooves 9 are specifically arc-shaped. Importantly, the clamping column 8 and the clamping groove 9 form rotatable clamping, namely the clamping column 8 can rotate within a certain angle range in the clamping groove 9. So arranged, the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 can be rotated to a horizontal state in sequence when assembled, and then are mutually positioned and connected with the positioning holes 621 through the positioning protrusions 611, so that a closed state is maintained; when the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 are detached, the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 can be opened by rotating in sequence and are disconnected with each other.

Similarly, the clamping grooves 9 can be arranged on each side edge of the mounting bottom plate 2, and the clamping columns 8 are arranged on the bottom edges of the front panel 3, the rear panel 4 and each side panel 5; a clamping groove 9 is arranged on the side edge of one front sub-panel 31, and a clamping column 8 is arranged on the side edge of the adjacent front sub-panel 31; a clamping groove 9 is provided on the side of the front panel 3, and a clamping post 8 or the like is provided on the side of the side panel 5. The clamping posts 8 and the clamping grooves 9 at the other positions are not limited to the shape, for example, may be rectangular, except that the clamping posts 8 on the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 are required to be cylindrical.

Further, in view of the fact that when the clamping connection is performed between the clamping column 8 and the clamping groove 9, the length dimensions of the clamping column 8 and the clamping groove 9 are obvious, in order to ensure quick and accurate positioning, the clamping groove 9 is further provided with a positioning notch 91, and meanwhile, the clamping column 8 is provided with a positioning patch 81, and the positioning patch 81 is mainly used for being matched with the positioning notch 91. So set up, when being connected joint post 8 and joint groove 9, only need make the location patch 81 on joint post 8 just in the location breach 91 department on joint groove 9, can ensure the location accuracy between the two. For example, when the two front sub-panels 31 are spliced with each other, only the positioning connection post 7 on one front sub-panel 31 is accurately positioned with the reserved positioning hole 101 on the fan body 1, and only the other front sub-panel 31 is accurately positioned with the front sub-panel 31 through the positioning patch 81 and the positioning notch 91, the positioning connection post 7 on the other front sub-panel 31 is also accurately positioned with the reserved positioning hole 101 on the corresponding position on the fan body 1. The same applies to the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62, and the positioning patches 81 on the clamping posts 8 on the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 can also be in different shapes so as to perform fool-proof distinction.

As shown in fig. 27, fig. 27 is a schematic view showing a structure in which the head plate 6 is detached by detaching the reserved opening 51.

In order to facilitate the disassembly operation of the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 by the assembly personnel, in this embodiment, a disassembly reservation opening 51 is provided at the top of the side panel 5 so that the bottom surfaces of the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 are exposed through the disassembly reservation opening 51. Specifically, the disassembly reserved opening 51 is in a circular arc groove shape or a groove structure with other shapes, so that the top of the side panel 5 forms a non-closed structure through the disassembly reserved opening 51, and further hands or fingers of an assembler can extend into the top of the fan body 1 from the disassembly reserved opening 51, and the front cover plate 61 and the rear cover plate 62 are turned upwards to be opened, and then the disassembly of the front panel 3, the rear panel 4 and other parts can be continued conveniently.

In another embodiment of the present invention, in order to facilitate handling and moving operations of the fan body 1, the modular tool-less detachable fan frame includes a lifting plate 10, an operation handle 11, a rack 12, a gear 13, a mounting tube 14, a return spring 15, an abutment post 16, a latch 17, a lock pin 18, and a stop plate 19, in addition to the mounting base plate 2, the front panel 3, the rear panel 4, the side panels 5, the top cover plate 6, and the positioning connection post 7.

As shown in fig. 14, fig. 14 is a schematic view of a specific structure of the lifter plate 10.

The lifting plate 10 is disposed on the side panel 5, is generally rectangular plate-shaped or has a shape of a remaining part, is disposed on an inner side surface of the side panel 5, and is slidably connected with the side panel 5, and is capable of sliding along a height direction of the side panel 5, i.e., capable of vertical lifting movement.

As shown in fig. 16, fig. 16 is a specific structural schematic view of the operation handle 11.

The operating handle 11 is disposed on the lifting plate 10, and the bottom of the operating handle 11 is connected to the top of the lifting plate 10, and is mainly used for an assembler to operate, so as to grasp the operating handle 11 and then lift or press the lifting plate 10 upwards. Generally, a cavity is provided at the top of the operating handle 11 to form a grip, which is convenient for an assembler to grasp. Meanwhile, in order to avoid the interference of the operation handle 11, an arc-shaped groove or a groove-shaped structure with other shapes is further formed on the grab handle of the operation handle 11, considering that the hands or fingers of the assembler need to extend into the disassembly reserved opening 51 at the top of the side panel 5 during disassembly.

As shown in fig. 18, fig. 18 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the gear 13 on the lifter plate 10.

The rack 12 is disposed on the side panel 5, specifically at the side edge of the side panel 5, and may be disposed only on the left side edge or the right side edge of the side panel 5, or may be disposed on both side edges of the side panel 5. The rack 12 extends entirely in the height direction or vertically of the side panels 5, with the teeth on the rack 12 facing inwards. The gear 13 is provided on the lifter plate 10 and is rotatably connected to the lifter plate 10, and has a degree of freedom of rotational movement, and is capable of rotational movement on the lifter plate 10. Meanwhile, the gear 13 is meshed with the rack 12, and when the lifting plate 10 is driven by the operating handle 11 to perform lifting motion, the gear 13 is also synchronously meshed with the rack 12 for transmission, so that motion guidance is formed for vertical lifting motion of the lifting plate 10 on the side panel 5, and the stability and accuracy of the motion are ensured; in addition, when the lifting plate 10 is sprung up and lifted up by the elastic force of the subsequent return spring 15, the lifting plate 10 and the operating handle 11 can be prevented from suddenly lifting up to collide with the outside through the engagement of the gear 13 and the rack 12, and the lifting plate 10 and the operating handle 11 can be ensured to gradually lift up at a uniform speed.

As shown in fig. 19 and 20, fig. 19 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the rack 12, the mounting tube 14, and the latch 17 on the side panel 5, and fig. 20 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the return spring 15 in the mounting tube 14.

The mounting tubes 14 are provided on the side panels 5, generally on the inner side of the side panels 5, and are distributed on the same side as the lifter plate 10. The mounting tube 14 may be provided with two or more at the same time, or may be provided with only a single one. Meanwhile, the mounting tubes 14 are distributed along the height direction or vertical direction of the side panels 5, and are mainly used for mounting the return springs 15 and limiting the elastic deformation direction of the return springs 15 to be vertical. The return spring 15 is disposed in the mounting tube 14, extends in a vertical direction, has elasticity in a vertical direction, and is mainly used for generating elasticity to the lifting plate 10, so that the lifting plate 10 can be reset and lifted by the elasticity after being lowered to the extreme position.

The abutment post 16 is disposed on the lifting plate 10, and the top end of the abutment post 16 is connected to the lifting plate 10, such as at the bottom of the lifting plate 10, while the bottom end of the abutment post 16 extends downward vertically for a predetermined length, which may be equal to the axial length of the mounting tube 14. The abutment post 16 is disposed at a specific position on the lifter plate 10, and corresponds to the mounting tube 14 in the vertical direction, and is mainly used to simultaneously descend and insert into the mounting tube 14 when the lifter plate 10 descends, so as to slide in the mounting tube 14, thereby compressing the return spring 15, or to release the return spring 15 when the lifter plate 10 ascends.

The lock catch 17 is arranged on the side panel 5, generally on the inner side of the side panel 5, and is distributed on the same side as the lifting plate 10, in particular at the bottom of the side panel 5, for example in the middle of two mounting tubes 14. The shackle 17 is a lock that enables clamping self-locking and pressing unlocking, with its opening kept vertically upwards. The locking pin 18 is provided on the lifter plate 10, and the top of the locking pin 18 is connected to the lifter plate 10, such as at the bottom of the lifter plate 10. Meanwhile, the bottom end of the lock pin 18 extends downwards vertically for a preset length and is mainly used for being matched with the lock catch 17 so as to be inserted into the lock catch 17 for locking, or the lock catch 17 is continuously pressed for unlocking during locking.

The stop plate 19 is disposed on the side panel 5, specifically located at the top of the side panel 5, and is mainly used for forming an abutment with the top end of the lifting plate 10, so as to perform an abutment limit on the lifting plate 10 when the lifting plate 10 performs a lifting motion, and prevent the lifting plate 10 from being directly separated from the side panel 5 under the action of the elastic force of the return spring 15.

As shown in fig. 22, 23 and 24, fig. 22 is a schematic structural view of the operating handle 11 in the use state, fig. 23 is a schematic structural view of the operating handle 11 in the storage state, and fig. 24 is a schematic process of the operating handle 11 being changed from the storage state to the use state.

When the fan body 1 is required to be carried or transferred, the operation handle 11 is only required to be pressed in a locking state, so that the lock catch 17 unlocks the lock pin 18, and then the abutting column 16 is jacked up under the elastic force of the reset spring 15, so that the lifting plate 10 is vertically lifted, and finally the operation handle 11 is jacked up, so that the fan body is convenient for an assembler to grasp; when the operation handle 11 is not needed, the operation handle 11 is only pressed into the side panel 5, so that the abutting column 16 recompresses the reset spring 15 until the lock pin 18 is reinserted into the lock catch 17 to form locking, thereby fixing the lifting plate 10 in the descending position, and meanwhile, the operation handle 11 is not embedded into the inner panel, so that hidden storage is realized.

As shown in fig. 15, 17 and 26, fig. 15 is a schematic view of a partial structure of fig. 14, fig. 17 is a schematic view of a connection structure of the operating handle 11 and the lifter plate 10, and fig. 26 is a schematic view of two angular positions of the operating handle 11.

In addition, in view of the small size of the part of the assembly personnel, it is difficult to grasp the operating handles 11 on the two side panels 5 with both hands, and in this embodiment, the operating handles 11 are connected to the lifting plate 10 specifically through the rotating shaft 20, i.e., the rotational connection is achieved. Meanwhile, a rotating seat 111 is provided at the bottom of the operating handle 11, a rotating hole 112 is provided on the rotating seat 111, and a U-shaped seat structure is formed at the top of the lifting plate 10 to mount the rotating seat 111, so that the rotating movement of the operating handle 11 can be realized after the rotating shaft 20 is inserted into the U-shaped seat and the rotating hole 112 on the rotating seat 111. In addition, in this embodiment, at least two limit protruding points 21 are further disposed on the inner side wall of the U-shaped seat of the lifting plate 10, and each limit protruding point 21 is distributed along the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft 20 or the rotating hole 112, for example, two limit protruding points 21 are spaced by 30 ° of central angle.

As shown in fig. 28 and 29, fig. 28 is a schematic structural view of the operation handle 11 in the first use state, and fig. 29 is a schematic structural view of the operation handle 11 in the second use state.

Correspondingly, in this embodiment, the side wall of the rotating seat 111 of the operating handle 11 is further provided with a limit groove 22, so that the limit groove 22 is matched with the limit protruding point 21 on the lifting plate 10, and the limit protruding point 21 and/or the limit groove 22 have elasticity, so that when the operating handle 11 rotates, the operating handle 11 can be stopped at a preset rotation position, such as an upward position or a position after being turned 30 degrees, by matching the limit groove 22 and the limit protruding point 21, and different turning personnel can be adapted to grasp.

As shown in fig. 21, fig. 21 is a schematic diagram of the cooperation structure of the guide chute 141 and the guide slide bar 161.

In order to realize stable sliding of the abutment post 16 in the mounting tube 14, the present embodiment further provides a guide chute 141 on the side wall of the mounting tube 14, and a guide slide bar 161 protruding from the abutment post 16. Specifically, the guide sliding groove 141 extends along the axial direction of the mounting tube 14, and the guide sliding bar 161 extends along the radial direction of the abutment post 16, and is mainly used for matching the guide sliding groove 141, so that when the abutment post 16 slides in the mounting tube 14, the guide sliding bar 161 and the guide sliding groove 141 form sliding connection at the same time to form a guiding effect on the sliding movement of the abutment post 16.

The embodiment also provides a cooling fan, which mainly comprises a fan body 1 and a fan frame, wherein the fan frame adopts the whole technical scheme of the embodiment of the modularized tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame, so the cooling fan provided by the embodiment also has the whole technical effects brought by the technical scheme of the embodiment, and the details are not repeated here.

The embodiment also provides a server, which mainly includes a chassis and a cooling fan disposed in the chassis, where the cooling fan is the same as the related content and is not described herein again.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims (15)

1. The modularized tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame is characterized by comprising a mounting bottom plate (2), a front panel (3), a rear panel (4), side panels (5) and a top cover plate (6);

The mounting base plate (2) is used for supporting a fan body (1) for mounting a fan, and each side edge of the mounting base plate (2) is respectively clamped with the bottom edge of the front panel (3), the bottom edge of the rear panel (4) and the bottom edge of each side panel (5);

the front panel (3) is used for covering the front end face of the fan body (1), the rear panel (4) is used for covering the rear end face of the fan body (1), the side panel (5) is used for covering the side face of the fan body (1), and the top cover plate (6) is used for covering the top face of the fan body (1);

the side edges of the front panel (3) and the side edges of the rear panel (4) are respectively clamped with the side edges of the side panels (5), and the two side edges of the top cover plate (6) are respectively clamped with the top edge of the front panel (3) and the top edge of the rear panel (4);

the inner side of the front panel (3) and the inner side of the rear panel (4) are respectively provided with a plurality of positioning connecting columns (7), and each positioning connecting column (7) is respectively used for being matched with each reserved positioning hole (101) on the fan body (1).

2. The modular tool-less removable fan frame of claim 1, wherein the front panel (3) comprises a plurality of front sub-panels (31) that can be spliced together, and the sides of two adjacent front sub-panels (31) form a snap-fit connection; the positioning connection columns (7) are respectively arranged on the front sub-panels (31).

3. The modular tool-less removable fan frame of claim 2, wherein the rear panel (4) comprises a plurality of rear sub-panels (41) that can be spliced together, and the sides of two adjacent rear sub-panels (41) form a snap fit; the positioning connection posts (7) are respectively arranged on the rear sub-panels (41).

4. A modular tool-less disassembly and assembly fan frame according to claim 3, wherein each of said front sub-panels (31) and each of said rear sub-panels (41) are vertically layered and/or horizontally juxtaposed.

5. The modular tool-less disassembly and assembly fan frame according to claim 1, wherein the top cover plate (6) comprises a front cover plate (61) and a rear cover plate (62), wherein a front side edge of the front cover plate (61) forms a clamping connection with a top edge of the front panel (3), a rear side edge of the rear cover plate (62) forms a clamping connection with a top edge of the rear panel (4), and a rear side edge of the front cover plate (61) forms a clamping connection with a front side edge of the rear cover plate (62).

6. The modular tool-less disassembly and assembly fan frame according to claim 5, wherein the top surface of the front cover plate (61) is provided with a positioning protrusion (611), and the bottom surface of the rear cover plate (62) is provided with a positioning aperture (621) for mating with the positioning protrusion (611).

7. The modular tool-less disassembly and assembly fan frame of claim 6, wherein the top surface of the front cover plate (61) is further provided with a first magnetic attraction piece (612), and the bottom surface of the rear cover plate (62) is further provided with a second magnetic attraction piece (622) for forming a magnetic attraction with the first magnetic attraction piece (612).

8. The modular tool-less disassembly and assembly fan frame according to claim 5, wherein the front side edge of the front cover plate (61) and the rear side edge of the rear cover plate (62) are provided with clamping posts (8), the top edge of the front panel (3) and the top edge of the rear panel (4) are provided with clamping grooves (9), and the clamping posts (8) are rotatably arranged in the clamping grooves (9).

9. The modular tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame according to claim 8, wherein the clamping groove (9) is provided with a positioning notch (91), and the clamping column (8) is provided with a positioning patch (81) matched with the positioning notch (91).

10. The modular tool-less disassembly and assembly fan frame according to claim 8, wherein a disassembly reservation opening (51) is provided at the top of the side panel (5), the disassembly reservation opening (51) exposing the bottom surfaces of the front cover plate (61) and the rear cover plate (62).

11. The modular tool-less removable fan frame of any of claims 1-10, further comprising a lifter plate (10), an operating handle (11), a rack (12), a gear (13), a mounting tube (14), a return spring (15), an abutment post (16), a latch (17), a lock pin (18), a stop plate (19);

the lifting plate (10) is vertically and slidably arranged on the side panel (5), and the operating handle (11) is connected to the top of the lifting plate (10);

the rack (12) is arranged at the side edge of the side panel (5) and extends vertically, and the gear (13) is rotatably arranged on the lifting plate (10) and meshed with the rack (12);

the mounting pipe (14) is arranged on the side panel (5) and extends vertically, and the return spring (15) can be vertically and elastically arranged in the mounting pipe (14) in a telescopic manner;

the top end of the abutting column (16) is connected to the lifting plate (10), and the bottom end of the abutting column (16) is slidably inserted into the mounting tube (14) and abuts against the return spring (15);

the lock catch (17) is arranged at the bottom of the side panel (5), the top end of the lock pin (18) is connected to the lifting plate (10), and the bottom end of the lock pin (18) is used for being matched with the lock catch (17) to lock or unlock;

The stop plate (19) is arranged at the top of the side panel (5) and is used for being abutted with the top end of the lifting plate (10) to limit.

12. The modular tool-free disassembly and assembly fan frame according to claim 11, wherein the operation handle (11) is connected with the lifting plate (10) through a rotating shaft (20), at least two limit protruding points (21) distributed along the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft (20) are arranged on the top side wall of the lifting plate (10), limit grooves (22) matched with the limit protruding points (21) are arranged on the bottom side wall of the operation handle (11), and the limit protruding points (21) and/or the limit grooves (22) are elastic.

13. The modular tool-less disassembly and assembly fan frame according to claim 11, wherein a guiding chute (141) extending along the axial direction of the mounting tube (14) is formed in the side wall of the mounting tube, a guiding slide bar (161) is protruding on the abutting column (16) along the radial direction of the abutting column, and the guiding slide bar (161) is used for being in sliding connection with the guiding chute (141).

14. A radiator fan comprising a fan body (1) and a fan frame, characterized in that the fan frame is in particular a modular tool-free dismounting fan frame as claimed in any one of claims 1-13.

15. A server comprising a chassis and a cooling fan disposed in the chassis, wherein the cooling fan is specifically a cooling fan as claimed in claim 14.