TWI687600B - Fan fan frame and light source positioning member for fan fan frame - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a fan fan frame and a light source positioning member used for the fan fan frame. The fan fan frame includes: a frame body, a light source positioning member and a light emitting member. The frame body has a diversion channel and at least one positioning hole. The light source positioning member has a base body, a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion, the base body is disposed on the at least one positioning hole of the frame body, and the first positioning portion is used to position the at least one of the frame body Locate holes. The light emitting element is positioned at the second positioning portion of the light source positioning element. By using the light source positioning member, the light emitting member can be quickly installed in at least one positioning hole of the frame body, so as to improve the convenience of installation, and is conducive to a slim and compact design.

Description

Fan fan frame and light source positioning member for fan fan frame

The invention relates to a fan fan frame and a light source positioning member used for the fan fan frame.

The conventional fan is mainly used for heat dissipation of various electronic products. At present, there is another fan on the market that also has a light-emitting function. The light-emitting diode (LED) can be installed to produce a light-emitting effect to provide visual decoration or Power indicator function.

However, the conventional fan with a light-emitting function must be separately designed in the electronic product to fix the structural design of the LED, which causes the problem that the LED is not easy to install in the electronic product, and there is also the problem that the LED is not integrated with the fan frame of the fan. And the structure is too complicated.

The invention relates to a fan frame. The fan fan frame includes: a frame body, a light source positioning member and a light emitting member. The frame body has a diversion channel and at least one positioning hole. The light source positioning member has a base body, a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion, the base body is disposed on the at least one positioning hole of the frame body, and the first positioning portion is used to position the at least one of the frame body Locate holes. The light emitting element is positioned at the second positioning portion of the light source positioning element.

The invention relates to a light source positioning member used for a fan frame. The light source positioning member includes: a base body, a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion. The base body is used for being installed in at least one positioning hole of a fan frame. The first positioning part is connected to the base body for At least one positioning hole positioned on the fan frame. The second positioning part is connected to the base body and used for positioning a light-emitting element.

Therefore, by using the light source positioning member, the light emitting member can be quickly installed in at least one positioning hole of the frame body, so as to effectively improve the convenience of installation, and there is no need to make other mold design for installing the light emitting member inside the frame body , And can reduce the complexity of the overall structure of the frame. Furthermore, the light source positioning member and the light-emitting member installed in the at least one positioning hole will not occupy the internal space of the frame, which is beneficial to the slim and miniaturized design.

1: fan fan frame

10: Frame

10a: the first frame

10b: second frame

11: Diversion channel

12: Perforation

12a: positioning hole

12b: mounting hole

13: The whole wire groove

14: Wire fixing part

20: Light source positioning piece

21: substrate

22: The first positioning part

23: Second positioning part

24: clamping space

30: light-emitting parts

31: shoulder

32: Power cord

33: Electrical connection

111: air inlet

112: Outlet

113: Wing

121: Ring flange

131: opening

141: Rib

142: Bezel

221: Card connector

221a: the first end

221b: the second end

222: card block

222a: first guide surface

231: Clip

231a: the first end

231b: the second end

232: bump

232a: second guide surface

d: clearance

1 shows an exploded perspective view of a fan fan frame according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 shows a schematic front view of a fan fan frame according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 shows a schematic top view of a fan fan frame according to an embodiment of the present invention; An embodiment of the invention is a three-dimensional external view of a fan frame as a single frame; FIG. 5 shows a partial exploded view of a fan frame according to an embodiment of the invention; FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of a light source positioning member of the fan frame according to an embodiment of the invention Figure 7 shows a partial cross-sectional view of the fan fan frame according to an embodiment of the present invention taken along the line AA of Figure 3; Figure 8 shows a partial cross-sectional view of the fan fan frame according to an embodiment of the present invention taken along the line BB of Figure 3; Figure 9 shows A perspective external view of another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 shows a partial external view of another embodiment of the present invention; and 11 shows a partial perspective cross-sectional view of a fan sector of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows an exploded perspective view of a fan sector according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 2 shows a schematic front view of a fan sector according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 3 shows a schematic top view of a fan fan frame according to an embodiment of the invention. With reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, in an embodiment, the fan fan frame 1 of the present invention includes a frame body 10, a light source positioning member 20 and a light emitting member 30. The fan fan frame of the present invention may be an axial fan fan frame or a centrifugal fan fan frame, but it is not limited to the above.

The frame 10 has a diversion channel 11 and at least one positioning hole 12a. In an embodiment, the fan fan frame 1 of the present invention may be a frame body 10 of an axial fan frame, and the diversion channel 11 may penetrate the frame body 10 axially. An air inlet hole 111 and an air outlet hole 112 are respectively provided at the axially opposite ends of the air guiding channel 11 of the frame body 10 to provide heat dissipation and air guiding functions such as air inlet and air outlet. A wing plate 113 extends from the periphery of the air inlet 111 and the air outlet 112 of the frame 10. The frame 10 has a plurality of perforations 12. The perforations 12 are respectively provided in the wing 113. In this way, one of the through holes 12 can be used as the positioning hole 12a to fix the light emitting member 30, and the remaining through holes 12 can be used as a plurality of mounting holes 12b respectively. The mounting holes 12b are used to cooperate with screws or bolts for fixing The device fixes the frame 10 to a predetermined position of a heat source or an electronic product, but not limited to the above. For example, two or more perforations 12 may be used as the positioning holes 12a to fix the plurality of light-emitting elements 30; wherein the positioning holes 12a and the mounting holes 12b may be the same shape or different shapes.

In one embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 above, the frame body 10 further includes a first frame body 10a and a second frame body 10b. The first frame body 10a and the second frame body 10b are connected to each other. Connected to form a series-connected axial fan frame; or, Figure 4 shows the wind The fan frame is a three-dimensional external view of a single frame. As shown in one embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the frame 10 may be an axial fan frame of a single frame.

FIG. 5 shows a partial exploded perspective view of a fan sector according to an embodiment of the invention. 6 is a perspective external view of the light source positioning member of the fan frame of the present invention. With reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, in one embodiment, the light source positioning member 20 has a base 21, a first positioning portion 22 and a second positioning portion 23. The base body 21 is disposed in the at least one positioning hole 12a of the frame body 10. The first positioning portion 22 is used for positioning in the at least one positioning hole 12a of the frame body 10, so that the light source positioning member 20 can be fixed to the The at least one positioning hole 12a of the frame 10; the second positioning portion 23 is used to position the light emitting element 30, so that the light source positioning element 20 and the light emitting element 30 can be fixed to each other; wherein the length of the second positioning portion 23 It may be greater than the length of the first positioning portion 22. Thereby, the light source positioning member 20 is used to enable the light emitting member 30 to be fixed in the at least one positioning hole 12 a of the frame body 10.

FIG. 7 shows a partial cross-sectional view of the fan sector of the embodiment of the present invention taken along the line A-A of FIG. 3. Referring to FIGS. 5 and 7, the first positioning portion 22 of the light source positioning member 20 has at least two clips 221. In one embodiment, the first positioning portion 22 of the light source positioning member 20 has two clips Pieces 221, the clamping pieces 221 can be correspondingly arranged, the clamping pieces 221 are combined with the at least one positioning hole 12a of the frame body 10, the coupling method can be snapping or clamping, etc. For example, more than two card connectors 221 can also be used. Therefore, by using the design of the clamping pieces 221, the light source positioning member 20 has the characteristics of elastic buckling, and can be more easily installed and fixed in the positioning hole 12a.

In addition, the clamping pieces 221 of the light source positioning member 20 each have a first end 221a and a second end 221b opposite to each other. The first end 221a of the clamping piece 221 is coupled to the base 21 and the second The end 221b may be provided with a clamping block 222 for clamping the frame The positioning hole 12a of the body 10, for example, the clamping block 222 can be snapped onto a surface of the frame body 10, the surface being adjacent to the positioning hole 12a. In this way, the buckling effect of the locking block 222 can be used to effectively prevent the light source positioning member 20 from falling out of the positioning hole 12a to improve the fixing effect.

In one embodiment, the hole wall of the positioning hole 12a of the frame 10 may be provided with a ring flange 121; therefore, in this embodiment, the positioning hole 12a is a design with different apertures, and the mounting hole 12b is a single aperture Design, but not limited to the above. A clamping space 24 is formed between the base 21 of the light source positioning member 20 and the clamping blocks 222 of the clamping pieces 221, and the ring flange 121 of the positioning hole 12 a is accommodated in the clamping space 24 The base 21 of the light source positioning member 20 and the clamping blocks 222 are clamped and positioned on the ring flange 121 together. Thereby, the stability of the coupling between the light source positioning member 20 and the positioning hole 12a can be improved.

In addition, the clamping blocks 222 of the light source positioning member 20 may each be provided with a first guiding surface 222a, and the first guiding surface 222a may be an inclined surface or a curved surface, etc., but not limited to the above, the clamping blocks The first guide surface 222a of 222 faces a hole wall direction of the positioning hole 12a. In this way, when the light source positioning member 20 is forced into the positioning hole 12a from top to bottom, the guiding effect of the first guiding surface 222a can be used to make it easier for the light source positioning member 20 to be forced into the Positioning holes 12a to improve the convenience of installation.

In one embodiment, a gap d can be formed between the clamping pieces 221 of the light source positioning member 20 and the ring flange 121; thereby, the gap d can provide the cards of the light source positioning member 20 A compression deformation space when the connecting piece 221 is forced into the positioning hole 12a makes the light source positioning member 20 more easily forced into the positioning hole 12a, in addition to improving the convenience of installation as well as ensuring the clamping piece When 221 is installed, it will not be broken due to excessive compression.

In an embodiment, the base 21 of the light source positioning member 20 may be a ring Circle, but not limited to the above. In this way, the light source positioning member 20 can be directly sleeved and fixed on the ring flange 121 of the positioning hole 12a by using the ring-shaped base body 21, which makes the combination of the two installation methods easier and prevents positioning of falling off The effect is better.

FIG. 8 shows a partial cross-sectional view of the fan sector of the embodiment of the present invention taken along line B-B of FIG. 3. Referring to FIGS. 5 and 8, the second positioning portion 23 of the light source positioning member 20 has at least two holding pieces 231. In one embodiment, the second positioning portion 23 of the light source positioning member 20 has two holding pieces 231, the buckling pieces 231 can be correspondingly provided, and the buckling pieces 231 jointly clamp and position the light emitting member 30, but not limited to the above, for example, more than two buckling pieces 231 can also be selected. In this way, the retaining pieces 231 can provide the characteristics of elastic retaining, so that the light emitting member 30 can be more easily combined with the light source positioning member 20 firmly.

In addition, each of the holding pieces 231 of the light source positioning member 20 has a first end 231a and a second end 231b opposite to each other, the first end 231a of the holding piece 231 is coupled to the base 21, and the holding The second end 231b of the sheet 231 may be provided with a bump 232 for catching the light emitting element 30. In this way, the buckling effect of the protrusion 232 can be used to effectively prevent the light emitting member 30 from falling off from the light source positioning member 20 to improve the fixing effect.

In addition, a second guide surface 232a may be provided on the opposite sides of the projections 232 of the light source positioning member 20, and the second guide surface 232a may be an inclined surface or an arc surface, etc., but not limited to the above, by Therefore, when the light emitting member 30 is forced into the holding pieces 231 of the light source positioning member 20 from below, the guiding effect of the second guiding surface 232a can be used to make the light emitting during the installation process The piece 30 is more likely to be forced between the retaining pieces 231 to improve the installation convenience.

Based on the design of the clamping pieces 221 and the clamping pieces 231 of the light source positioning member 20 described above, the clamping pieces 221 and the clamping pieces 231 may be arranged in an annular row in the circumferential direction It is arranged on the same side of the base 21 in a row, the clamping pieces 221 are respectively located between the clamping pieces 231, so that the clamping pieces 221 and the clamping pieces 231 jointly cover and position the light emitting member 30 In this way, the stability of the coupling between the light source positioning member 20 and the light emitting member 30 can be improved.

With reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, the light emitting element 30 may be various elements capable of generating a light source, such as LEDs. The light emitting element 30 is positioned on the second positioning portion 23 of the light source positioning element 20. In one embodiment, the light-emitting member 30 may have a shoulder 31 disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the light-emitting member 30, the clamping blocks 222 and the protrusions 232 of the light source positioning member 20 are engaged The shoulder 31 of the light-emitting member 30 allows the shoulder 31 to be limited between the clamping blocks 222 and the protrusions 232; thereby, the light source positioning member 20 and the light-emitting member 30 can be further raised The positioning effect between the two.

As mentioned above, in the above embodiment, the fan fan frame of the present invention mainly uses the light source positioning member 20 to quickly install the light emitting member 30 in at least one positioning hole 12a of the frame body 10, in addition to the convenience of installation, the There is no need to make other mold design for installing the light-emitting element 30 inside the frame body 10 to reduce the structural complexity of the frame body 10. In addition, the light source positioning member 20 and the light emitting member 30 installed in the at least one positioning hole 12a will not occupy the internal space of the frame body 10, ensuring sufficient installation space inside the frame body 10, making the fan fan of the present invention The frame is conducive to a slim and compact design.

FIG. 9 shows a perspective external view of a fan frame according to another embodiment of the invention. With reference to FIG. 9, in an embodiment, the frame body 10 is further provided with at least one whole wire groove 13. The whole wire groove 13 may be one or several, and the number is not limited. The wire-groove 13 has an opening 131, the light-emitting element 30 has a power cord 32, one end of the power cord 32 is electrically connected to the light-emitting element 30, and the other end is electrically connected to an electrical connection portion 33, which is used for External control Circuit or drive circuit, etc. The power cord 32 can be snapped into the at least one entire wire slot 13 through the opening 131; thereby, the at least one entire wire slot 13 can be used to organize and house the power cord 32 of the light emitting element 30 to prevent the power cord 32 from being excessive Cluttered or broken by accidental pulling by external force.

FIG. 10 is a partial perspective view of another embodiment of the fan frame of the present invention. With reference to FIG. 10, in one embodiment, a periphery of the opening 131 of the at least one entire wire groove 13 of the frame 10 is provided with a wire fixing portion 14, and the power cord 32 is wound around and fixed to the wire fixing portion 14. The wire fixing portion 14 can be used to fix the power cord 32 after winding, so as to provide a better fixing effect of the power cord 32.

11 shows a partial perspective cross-sectional view of a fan sector of another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 11, in one embodiment, the wire fixing portion 14 may have a rib 141 and a baffle 142, one end of the rib 141 is connected to the periphery of the opening 131, and the baffle 142 is connected to the other end of the rib 141. After the power cord 32 is wound around the rib 141 of the wire fixing part 14, the baffle 142 of the wire fixing part 14 can be used to ensure that the power cord 32 does not fall off the rib 141 arbitrarily, so that the power cord 32 It has a better anti-shedding effect with the wire fixing part 14, and can also prevent the power cord 32 of the light emitting member 30 from being pulled, and can ensure that the light emitting member 30 electrically connected to the power cord 32 is not easy to come from the positioning hole Loose in 12a.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only to illustrate the principle and efficacy of the present invention, but not to limit the present invention. Modifications and changes made by those skilled in the art to the above embodiments still do not violate the spirit of the present invention. The scope of the rights of the present invention shall be as listed in the patent application scope described later.

1‧‧‧Fan fan frame

10‧‧‧frame

10a‧‧‧The first frame

10b‧‧‧Second frame

11‧‧‧Diversion channel

12‧‧‧Perforation

12a‧‧‧Locating hole

12b‧‧‧Mounting hole

20‧‧‧Light source positioning

30‧‧‧Lighting

111‧‧‧Air inlet

112‧‧‧Outlet

113‧‧‧wing

Claims (29)

A fan fan frame includes: a frame body having a diversion channel and at least one positioning hole, the at least one positioning hole being a perforation; a light source positioning member having a base body, a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion , The base body is disposed in the at least one positioning hole of the frame body, the first positioning portion is used for positioning in the at least one positioning hole of the frame body, the length of the second positioning portion is greater than the length of the first positioning portion, The first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are connected to the base body and extend in the same direction, and the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are separated by a distance; and a light emitting element is positioned on the light source positioning element The second positioning part. The fan fan frame of claim 1, wherein the first positioning portion of the light source positioning member has at least two clamping tabs, and the clamping tabs are coupled to the at least one positioning hole of the frame body. According to the fan fan frame of claim 2, wherein the clamping pieces of the light source positioning member each have a first end and a second end opposite to each other, the first end of the clamping piece is combined with the base body, the first A clamping block is arranged at the two ends, and the clamping block is clamped to the positioning hole of the frame body. According to the fan fan frame of claim 3, wherein the hole wall of the positioning hole of the frame body is provided with a ring flange, a clamp is formed between the base body of the light source positioning member and the clamping blocks of the clamping pieces In the space, the ring flange of the positioning hole is accommodated in the clamping space, and the base body of the light source positioning member and the clamping blocks are clamped and positioned on the ring flange together. According to the fan fan frame of claim 3, wherein each of the clamping blocks is provided with a first guiding surface, and the first guiding surface of the clamping blocks faces a hole wall direction of the positioning hole. According to the fan fan frame of claim 2, wherein a gap is formed between the clamping pieces of the light source positioning member and the ring flange. According to the fan fan frame of claim 2, wherein the second positioning portion of the light source positioning member has at least two retaining pieces, and the retaining pieces jointly clamp and position the light-emitting member. The fan fan frame of claim 7, wherein the holding pieces of the light source positioning member each have a first end and a second end opposite to each other, the first end of the holding piece is combined with the base body, and the buckle The second end of the holding piece is provided with a protrusion for clamping the light-emitting member. According to the fan fan frame of claim 8, wherein a second guide surface is provided on the opposite sides of the bumps. The fan fan frame according to claim 8, wherein the light-emitting member has a shoulder portion disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the light-emitting member, and the locking blocks and the protrusions of the light source positioning member catch the shoulder portion of the light-emitting member , The shoulder is limited between the locking blocks and the convex blocks. The fan fan frame according to claim 7, wherein the clamping pieces and the clamping pieces of the light source positioning member are circumferentially arranged on the same side of the base body, and the clamping pieces are respectively located in the Between the holding pieces, the clamping pieces and the holding pieces together cover and position the Luminous pieces. The fan fan frame of claim 1, wherein the base of the light source positioning member is a ring. The fan fan frame according to claim 1, wherein the frame body is provided with at least one whole wire groove, the whole wire groove has an opening, the light emitting element has a power cord, one end of the power cord is electrically connected to the light emitting element, and the other end An electrical connection portion is electrically connected, and the power cord is snapped into the at least one entire wire slot through the opening. The fan fan frame according to claim 13, wherein a periphery of the opening of the at least one entire wire groove of the frame body is provided with a wire fixing portion, and the power cord is wound around and fixed to the wire fixing portion. The fan fan frame of claim 14, wherein the wire fixing portion has a rib and a baffle, one end of the rib is connected to the periphery of the opening, and the baffle is connected to the other end of the rib. The fan fan frame of claim 1, wherein the frame body is an axial fan fan frame or a centrifugal fan fan frame. The fan fan frame of claim 1, wherein the frame body further includes a first frame body and a second frame body, and the first frame body and the second frame body are connected in series with each other. The fan fan frame of claim 1, wherein the light emitting element is an LED. As in the fan fan frame of claim 1, wherein the opposite ends of the diversion channel of the frame body are divided An air inlet and an air outlet are separately provided. A wing plate extends from the periphery of the air inlet hole and the air outlet hole of the frame body. The frame body has a plurality of perforations. The perforations are respectively provided on the wing board. The at least one perforation is set as the positioning hole, and the remaining perforations are set as several mounting holes. A light source positioning member for a fan frame includes: a base body, which is provided in at least one positioning hole of a fan frame, the at least one positioning hole is a perforation; and a first positioning part is connected to the base body for At least one positioning hole positioned in the fan frame; and a second positioning part connected to the base body for positioning a light emitting element, the length of the second positioning part is greater than the length of the first positioning part, the first positioning The second positioning portion and the second positioning portion extend in the same direction, and the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are separated by a distance. The light source positioning member for a fan sector of claim 20, wherein the first positioning part has at least two clamping tabs, and the clamping tabs are used to be combined with positioning holes of the fan sector. As in the light source positioning member for a fan frame of claim 21, wherein each of the clamping pieces has a first end and a second end opposite to each other, the first end of the clamping piece is combined with the base body, the The second end of the clamping piece is provided with a clamping block. According to the light source positioning member for the fan frame of claim 22, a clamping space is formed between the base body and the clamping blocks of the clamping pieces. The light source positioning member for a fan frame of claim 22, wherein each of the clamping blocks is provided with a first guiding surface, and the first guiding surface of the clamping blocks faces outward. The light source positioning member for a fan frame of claim 21, wherein the second positioning portion has at least two holding pieces, and the holding pieces are used to clamp and position the light-emitting member together. The light source positioning member for a fan frame of claim 25, wherein the holding pieces of the light source positioning member each have a first end and a second end opposite to each other, and the first ends of the holding pieces are combined On the base body, a protrusion is provided on the second end of the holding piece. As in the light source positioning member for the fan frame of claim 26, wherein the opposite sides of the bumps are each provided with a second guide surface. The light source positioning member for a fan frame of claim 25, wherein the clamping pieces and the clamping pieces are arranged on the same side of the base body in a circular arrangement in the circumferential direction, and the clamping pieces are respectively located on the Between the buckling pieces, the clamping pieces and the buckling pieces are used for covering and positioning the light-emitting member together. The light source positioning member for a fan frame of claim 20, wherein the base body is a ring.

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