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CN206923181U
CN206923181U CN201720604275.5U CN201720604275U CN206923181U CN 206923181 U CN206923181 U CN 206923181U CN 201720604275 U CN201720604275 U CN 201720604275U CN 206923181 U CN206923181 U CN 206923181U
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The utility model discloses a kind of electronic equipment, is related to technical field of electronic equipment, and main purpose is to be used to improve removal efficiency.Main technical schemes of the present utility model are:A kind of electronic equipment, including:Housing, there is construction opening, the construction opening is to outside visible on the housing;Fan component, the fan component have a heat dissipation region, and the fan component is used to be mounted in the housing from outside by the construction opening, the heat dissipation region of the fan component is covered in heater element in the housing.The utility model is mainly used in radiating to heater element.

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Electronic equipment
Technical field
It the utility model is related to technical field of electronic equipment, more particularly to a kind of electronic equipment.
Background technology
With the continuous development of electronic equipment, the life for having come into people of a variety of different types of electronic equipments progressively Among work, such as:The terminal devices such as mobile phone, computer, notebook computer have become indispensable in people's life one Point.
In the course of the work, the electronic component in electronic equipment can all produce heat to electronic equipment, continuous with heat Aggregation will raise the temperature of electronic component, influence the operating efficiency of electronic component, in the prior art, general in electronic equipment Fan is designed with, for being radiated in time to heat caused by heater element, to reduce the temperature of electronic component, ensures electronics The operating efficiency of element, still, fan are typically all disposed within the enclosure interior of electronic equipment, when fan use for a long time is stained with dirt , it is necessary to which professional removes the housing of electronic equipment when dirty, take out after fan is cleaned out and be installed to again in electronic equipment, mistake Journey very trouble is complicated, and user is typically difficult voluntarily to be cleared up.
Utility model content
In view of this, the utility model embodiment provides a kind of electronic equipment, and main purpose is to be used to improve removal efficiency.
To reach above-mentioned purpose, the utility model mainly provides following technical scheme:
The utility model embodiment provides a kind of electronic equipment, including:
Housing, there is construction opening, the construction opening is to outside visible on the housing;
Fan component, the fan component have heat dissipation region, and the fan component is used for from outside by the installation Opening is mounted in the housing, and the heating for making the heat dissipation region of the fan component be covered in the housing is first Part.
Further, the fan component includes mounting shell and fan body, and the fan body is fixed on the installation On shell, the mounting shell is mounted in the construction opening of the housing.
Further, also there is fin, the fin is connected on the heater element, when described in the housing When fan component is plugged in the construction opening, the fin is corresponding with the air outlet of the fan body.
Further, the mounting shell includes flat first cover plate, when the fan component is plugged in the installation When in opening, first cover plate is covered in the construction opening, first cover plate is formed integrative-structure with the housing.
Further, first cover plate is provided with multiple first fresh air inlets, and the housing is provided with multiple first air-out Hole, multiple first air inlets are corresponding with the fan body, and multiple first air outlets are relative with the fin Should.
Further, there is the first opening and the second opening being connected with each other respectively on the two neighboring side of the housing, First opening and the described second opening form the construction opening, and the mounting shell includes the second cover plate that section is L-type, When the fan component is plugged in the construction opening, second cover plate is covered in the construction opening, makes described Two cover plates form integrative-structure with two adjacent sides of the housing respectively.
Further, second cover plate includes orthogonal first panel and second panel, in the first panel Provided with multiple second fresh air inlets, the second panel is provided with multiple second exhaust vents, the position of multiple second air inlets Corresponding with the fan body, multiple second air outlets are corresponding with the position of the fin.
Further, the outer surface of the mounting shell is wave structure.
Further, the fan component is provided with the first interface, and the housing is provided with the second interface, and described Two interfaces are used to connect power supply, when the fan component is plugged in the construction opening, first interface and institute State the second interface grafting.
Further, the fan body has fan hub, and the mounting shell is a part for the fan hub.
The utility model embodiment provides a kind of electronic equipment, for more convenient dismounting fan component, carries High removal efficiency, and in the prior art, the fan component of electronic equipment is all disposed within the enclosure interior of electronic equipment, when needs are torn open When filling fan component, it is necessary to first carry out just taking out fan component after tearing machine open by housing, so result in disassembly process and compare Complexity, removal efficiency is relatively low, and compared with prior art, the technical scheme of present specification provides a kind of electronic equipment, including: Housing and fan component, there is construction opening on housing, fan component can removably be installed from outside by construction opening In in the housing, fan component is set individually to be dismounted, it is no longer necessary to remove housing can and realize fan component Dismounting, improves the disassembly efficiency of fan component, makes disassembly process more simple and convenient.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation when a kind of electronic equipment that a kind of embodiment of the utility model provides is split;
Structural representation when Fig. 2 is a kind of electronic equipment installation that a kind of embodiment of the utility model provides;
Fig. 3 is the structural representation when a kind of electronic equipment that the utility model another kind embodiment provides is split;
Structural representation when Fig. 4 is a kind of electronic equipment installation that the utility model another kind embodiment provides;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation for the fan component that the utility model another kind embodiment provides.
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Further to illustrate that the utility model is to reach the technological means and effect that predetermined purpose of utility model taken, Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and preferred embodiment, to according to the utility model proposes electronic equipment its embodiment, structure, spy Sign and its effect, describe in detail as after.
As shown in figure 1, the utility model embodiment provides a kind of electronic equipment, including:Housing 1 and fan component 2, its In, there is construction opening 11, construction opening 11 is to outside visible on housing 1;Fan component 2 has heat dissipation region, fan component 2 For being mounted at from outside by construction opening 11 in housing 1, the heat dissipation region of fan component 2 is set to be covered in housing Heater element in 1.
Wherein, electronic equipment can be polytype, such as:Notebook computer, desktop computer, server, tablet personal computer Deng specifically, electronic equipment can include housing 1 and fan component 2, housing 1 is the shell of electronic equipment, and housing 1 can be by Plastic material or metal material are made, and housing 1 is used to protect the inner member of electronic equipment, below electronic equipment with notebook electricity It is described in detail exemplified by brain, such as:Notebook computer includes screen portions and host machine part, passes through be hinged side between the two Formula connects, and can be provided with above-mentioned construction opening 11 in the bottom of host machine part housing 1, can so avoid its influence attractive in appearance;
Wherein, fan component 2 can be modular construction, and fan component 2 is used for blowing cold air, and cold wind can be by heating member Heat is quickly taken away caused by part, to ensure the temperature of heater element, realizes the function of radiating, alternatively, heater element can Think processor, mainboard, power supply etc.;Dissipated in addition, fan component 2 mainly carries out cooling to heater element by way of blowing Heat, such as:Can be provided with fan component 2 has air outlet, can be with blowing cold air, the cold wind of air outlet blowout by air outlet The region covered can be above-mentioned heat dissipation region, and it is real that heater element is arranged at into can in the heat dissipation region of fan component 2 Now heat generating component heat is distributed.
Illustrate the electronics in the present embodiment below by way of the working process and principle of electronic equipment in the present embodiment and set It is standby:
When installing above-mentioned fan component 2, fan component 2 can directly be opened by the installation on casting of electronic device 1 Mouth 11 is inserted into housing 1, fan component 2 is carried out radiating work to the heater element in housing 1;
When cleaning said fans component 2, fan component 2 can will be passed through into installation in the outside of casting of electronic device 1 Opening 11 is taken out, and fan component 2 is inserted into construction opening 11 again after being cleared up.
By the above-mentioned course of work it is known that the technical scheme that present specification provides, is carrying out cleaning fan group Part 2 or when changing fan component 2, it is not necessary to professional person tears housing 1 open take out fan component 2 after machine after cleared up, but In the case where not removing housing 1, directly fan component 2 is dismounted by construction opening 11, disassembly process is very square Just.
The utility model embodiment provides a kind of electronic equipment, for more convenient dismounting fan component, carries High removal efficiency, and in the prior art, the fan component of electronic equipment is all disposed within the enclosure interior of electronic equipment, when needs are torn open When filling fan component, it is necessary to first carry out just taking out fan component after tearing machine open by housing, so result in disassembly process and compare Complexity, removal efficiency is relatively low, and compared with prior art, the technical scheme of present specification provides a kind of electronic equipment, including: Housing and fan component, there is construction opening on housing, fan component can removably be installed from outside by construction opening In in the housing, fan component is set individually to be dismounted, it is no longer necessary to remove housing can and realize fan component Dismounting, improves the disassembly efficiency of fan component, makes disassembly process more simple and convenient.
In a kind of specific embodiment of the utility model, the structure of said fans component 2 can be a variety of patterns, optional Ground, fan component 2 include mounting shell 22 and fan body 21, and fan body 21 is fixed on mounting shell 22, and mounting shell 22 is removable That unloads is installed in the construction opening 11 of housing 1.In the utility model embodiment, fan body 21 is fixed on mounting shell 22, Make the comprising modules structure of fan component 2, can integrally be dismounted by fan component 2, wherein, mounting shell 22 can be modeling Material material is made, and fan body 21 is fixed on mounting shell 22, can be formed in one between fan body 21 and mounting shell 22 Structure, or Detachable connection structure.In addition, the structural style of mounting shell 22 can also have a variety of, the knot of mounting shell 22 Structure mainly designs according to the shape of construction opening 11, and after mounting shell 22 is installed with clamping in opening, mounting shell 22 is to outside Appear part needs and form one with the outside of housing 1, in order to avoid influence the integrally-built intensity of electronic equipment.
The mode of heater element generally use fin in above-mentioned electronic equipment radiates, in order to improve the radiating of fin Speed, fin can be arranged in the heat dissipation region of fan component 2, specifically, also having fin 12 in housing 1, radiated Piece 12 is connected on heater element, and when fan component 2 is plugged in construction opening 11, fin 12 goes out with fan body 21 Air port is corresponding.In the utility model embodiment, fin 12 can include the fin that multiple photographs be arranged in parallel, each fin It can be made up of aluminum alloy material, general fin 12 will coat one in electronic component and the contact surface of fin 12 in use Layer heat-conducting silicone grease, makes the heat that electronic component is sent more effectively be transmitted on fin 12, then be dispersed into week through fin 12 Enclose in air, but the heat that fin 12 comes out still is concentrated in housing 1, can not be dispersed into air, in order to Solve the problem, steam vent is generally provided with housing 1, the hot-air in housing 1 can be passed through by row by fan component 2 Stomata is blown in the air of outside, and then plays the effect of radiating, in order to further improve radiating effect, said fans component 2 Air outlet and the distance between fin 12 can be 2mm between 3mm, in this distance range, pass through the experiment surface Preferable radiating effect can be reached.
Above-mentioned mounting shell 22 can have various structures pattern, as shown in figure 1, alternatively, mounting shell 22 includes flat First cover plate, when fan component 2 is plugged in construction opening 11, the first cover plate is covered in construction opening 11, makes the first cover plate Integrative-structure is formed with housing 1.In the present embodiment, the material pattern of the first cover plate is unified pattern with the material pattern of housing 1, Fan body 21 can be fixed on the first cover plate, and when in the grafting of fan component 2 and construction opening 11, fan body 21 is placed in Inside housing 1, for being radiated to heater element, and the first cover plate is then covered on construction opening 11 and is emerging in outside, The first cover plate and housing 1 so are can only see from outside, fan body 21 is then hidden in housing 1, makes it more attractive in appearance, its In, the overall size of the first cover plate is closed with the matching size of construction opening 11, as shown in Fig. 2 when the first cover plate is covered in installation Be open 11 when, the first cover plate can become one structure with housing 1.
Fan component 2 needs to absorb cold air from outside at work, and blows chilled air into fin 12, absorbs After heat caused by fin 12, cold air becomes hot-air, and hot-air then is discharged into housing 1, can thus be realized Cooling to the internal heat generation element of housing 1, in order to preferably realize the entrance of cold air and the discharge of hot-air, alternatively, First cover plate is provided with multiple first fresh air inlets 23, and housing 1 is provided with multiple first exhaust vents, the position of multiple first air inlets Corresponding with the fan body 21, multiple first air outlets are corresponding with the position of fin 12.In the present embodiment, the first lid Multiple first fresh air inlets 23, the fan that outside cold air can be entered in housing 1 from the first air inlet can be provided with plate In body 21, cold air is blown out by fan body 21, can be from the first exhaust vent on housing 1 after band cold air heating Housing 1 is discharged, in the process to, the heat in housing 1 can be taken to the outside of housing 1, so as to realize the effect of cooling, its In, the first fresh air inlet 23 is positioned against in the air inlet of fan body 21, and so outside cold air is by can after fresh air inlet Entering in fan body 21 between, improve air intake efficiency;The position of first exhaust vent is arranged at the side of fin 12, Fin 12 is placed between the first exhaust vent and the air outlet of fan body 21, the cold wind that air outlet is discharged is passed through fin 12 After can be discharged from exhaust vent, improve air-out efficiency.
In the utility model another kind specific embodiment, mounting shell 22 can also be it in addition to it can be tabular His shape, as shown in figure 3, alternatively, on 1 two neighboring side of housing having the first opening and second being connected with each other respectively Opening, the first opening and the second opening form construction opening 11, and mounting shell 22 includes the second cover plate of L-type, as shown in figure 4, working as When fan component 2 is plugged in construction opening 11, the second cover plate is covered in construction opening 11, make the second cover plate respectively with housing 1 Two adjacent sides formed integrative-structure.In the present embodiment, electronic equipment is described in detail by taking notebook computer as an example, pen The construction opening 11 of L-type can be provided with by remembering the host machine part of this computer, and construction opening 11 can extend in the bottom surface of host machine part On side, and the shape of the second cover plate and the shape of construction opening 11 match, when the second cover plate is arranged on construction opening 11 When upper, the second cover plate is covered each by bottom surface and side with host machine part, and is become one structure with housing 1;Above-mentioned Construction opening 11 extends to two sides of housing 1, expands the area of construction opening 11, can be more easily to fan group Part 2 is dismounted, while the fin 12 in housing 1 can also be cleaned by construction opening 11.
Multiple fresh air inlets and exhaust vent can be provided with above-mentioned second cover plate, as shown in figure 3, specifically, the second cover plate bag Orthogonal first panel 221 and second panel 222 are included, first panel 221 is provided with multiple second fresh air inlets 24, the second face Plate 222 is provided with multiple second exhaust vents 25, and the position of multiple second air inlets is corresponding with fan body 21, and multiple second go out Air port is corresponding with the position of fin 12.In the present embodiment, multiple first exhaust vents and multiple second fresh air inlets 24 are all integrated On the second cover plate, the number of openings of housing 1 is reduced, improves the bulk strength of housing 1, reduces processing cost, wherein, fan sheet Body 21 can be fixed in first panel 221, and multiple second fresh air inlets 24 are corresponding with fan body 21, and fin 12 is fixed on In housing 1, and fin 12 is arranged between fan body 21 and second panel 222, makes fin 12 and multiple second air-out Hole 25 is corresponding, allows more easily to discharge from multiple second exhaust vents 25 by the hot blast of fin 12, improves radiating Efficiency.
In order to further improve the operating efficiency of fresh air inlet and exhaust vent, alternatively, the outer surface of mounting shell 22 is ripple Shape structure.In the present embodiment, fresh air inlet and exhaust vent may be located on mounting shell 22, because the outer surface of mounting shell 22 is Corrugated, it is possible to improve the flow of fresh air inlet and exhaust vent, improve the effect of air intake or air-out, improve radiating efficiency.
Generally connected in the prior art by wire between fan body 21 and power supply, in order to improve said fans component 2 Disassembly efficiency, as shown in figure 5, alternatively, fan component 2 is provided with the first interface 3, housing 1 is provided with the second interface, Second interface is used to connect power supply, when fan component 2 is plugged in construction opening 11, the first interface 3 and the second grafting Mouth grafting.In the present embodiment, the first interface 3 and the second interface can be mutually inserted, and be opened when fan component 2 is installed to installation During mouth 11, the first interface 3 can be plugged in together with the second interface, fan body 21 is passed through the first interface 3, second Interface is connected to the power supply in housing 1, is powered for fan body 21, improves the disassembly efficiency of fan component 2.
In order to reduce the weight of fan component 2, further, fan body 21 has fan hub, and the mounting shell 22 is A part for the fan hub.In the prior art, fan body 21 is all individualism, and it has the fan hub completed, when When fan body 21 is fixed on mounting shell 22, the lap of part, the present embodiment will occur with fan hub for mounting shell 22 In, a part of shell of the shell as fan body 21 will be filled, avoids mounting shell 22 from lap occur with fan hub, alleviates wind The weight of body 21 is fanned, reduces processing cost.
The utility model embodiment provides a kind of electronic equipment, for more convenient dismounting fan component, carries High removal efficiency, and in the prior art, the fan component of electronic equipment is all disposed within the enclosure interior of electronic equipment, when needs are torn open When filling fan component, it is necessary to first carry out just taking out fan component after tearing machine open by housing, so result in disassembly process and compare Complexity, removal efficiency is relatively low, and compared with prior art, the technical scheme of present specification provides a kind of electronic equipment, including: Housing and fan component, there is construction opening on housing, fan component can removably be installed from outside by construction opening In in the housing, fan component is set individually to be dismounted, it is no longer necessary to remove housing can and realize fan component Dismounting, improves the disassembly efficiency of fan component, makes disassembly process more simple and convenient.
It is described above, only specific embodiment of the present utility model, but the scope of protection of the utility model is not limited to In this, any one skilled in the art can readily occur in change in the technical scope that the utility model discloses Or replace, it should all cover within the scope of protection of the utility model.Therefore, the scope of protection of the utility model should be with the power The protection domain that profit requires is defined.

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1. a kind of electronic equipment, it is characterised in that including:
Housing, there is construction opening, the construction opening is to outside visible on the housing;
Fan component, the fan component have heat dissipation region, and the fan component is used for from outside by the construction opening It is mounted in the housing, the heat dissipation region of the fan component is covered in heater element in the housing.
2. electronic equipment according to claim 1, it is characterised in that
The fan component includes mounting shell and fan body, and the fan body is fixed on the mounting shell, the installation Shell is mounted in the construction opening of the housing.
3. electronic equipment according to claim 2, it is characterised in that
Also there is fin, the fin is connected on the heater element, when the fan component inserts in the housing When in the construction opening, the fin is corresponding with the air outlet of the fan body.
4. electronic equipment according to claim 3, it is characterised in that
The mounting shell includes flat first cover plate, described when the fan component is plugged in the construction opening First cover plate is covered in the construction opening, first cover plate is formed integrative-structure with the housing.
5. electronic equipment according to claim 4, it is characterised in that
First cover plate is provided with multiple first fresh air inlets, and the housing is provided with multiple first exhaust vents, and multiple described One air inlet is corresponding with the fan body, and multiple first air outlets are corresponding with the fin.
6. electronic equipment according to claim 3, it is characterised in that
On the two neighboring side of housing respectively have be connected with each other first opening and second opening, it is described first opening and Second opening forms the construction opening, and the mounting shell includes the second cover plate that section is L-type, when the fan component When being plugged in the construction opening, second cover plate is covered in the construction opening, make second cover plate respectively with institute Two adjacent sides for stating housing form integrative-structure.
7. electronic equipment according to claim 6, it is characterised in that
Second cover plate includes orthogonal first panel and second panel, and the first panel is entered provided with multiple second Air holes, the second panel are provided with multiple second exhaust vents, and multiple second air inlets are corresponding with the fan body, Multiple second air outlets are corresponding with the fin.
8. the electronic equipment according to claim 5 or 7, it is characterised in that
The outer surface of the mounting shell is wave structure.
9. electronic equipment according to claim 1, it is characterised in that
The fan component is provided with the first interface, and the housing is provided with the second interface, and second interface is used for Connect power supply, when the fan component is plugged in the construction opening, first interface and second interface Grafting.
10. electronic equipment according to claim 2, it is characterised in that
The fan body has fan hub, and the mounting shell is a part for the fan hub.
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