U.S. patent application number 13/688435 was filed with the patent office on 2013-09-05 for air guiding apparatus.
This patent application is currently assigned to HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.. The applicant listed for this patent is HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD, HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LT. Invention is credited to ZHAN-YANG LI, XU YANG.
Application Number | 20130231041 13/688435 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 49043103 |
Filed Date | 2013-09-05 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130231041 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
LI; ZHAN-YANG ; et
al. |
September 5, 2013 |
AIR GUIDING APPARATUS
Abstract
An air guiding apparatus includes a frame, a rotating structure,
and a plurality of louvers. The frame defines an opening. The
rotating structure is received in the opening and rotatable
relative to the frame about an axis. The plurality of louvers are
attached to the rotating structure and are rotatable relative to
the rotating structure about a direction, which is substantially
perpendicular to the axis.
Inventors: |
LI; ZHAN-YANG; (Shenzhen,
CN) ; YANG; XU; (Shenzhen, CN) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LT
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD |
Shenzhen
New Taipei |
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CN
TW |
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Assignee: |
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO.,
LTD.
New Taipei
TW
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
Shenzhen
CN
|
Family ID: |
49043103 |
Appl. No.: |
13/688435 |
Filed: |
November 29, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
454/318 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G06F 1/20 20130101; F24F
13/082 20130101; F24F 13/1413 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
454/318 |
International
Class: |
F24F 13/14 20060101
F24F013/14 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Mar 5, 2012 |
CN |
201210055011.0 |
Claims
1. An air guiding apparatus comprising: a frame, the frame defining
a receiving opening; and a rotating structure, the rotating
structure received in the receiving opening and rotatable relative
to the frame about an axis; a plurality of louvers, each of the
plurality of louvers attached to the rotating structure and
rotatable relative to the rotating structure about a direction,
which is substantially perpendicular to the axis.
2. The air guiding apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rotating
structure comprises a first rotating member and a second rotating
member secured to the first rotating member, and the plurality of
louvers is located between the first rotating member and the second
rotating member.
3. The air guiding apparatus of claim 2, wherein one of the first
rotating member and the second rotating member defines a plurality
of receiving slots, and a plurality of rolling members are received
in the plurality of receiving slots and located between the
rotating structure and the frame.
4. The air guiding apparatus of claim 3, wherein one of the first
rotating member and the second rotating member defines a plurality
of securing slots, and the plurality of louvers are received in the
plurality of securing slots.
5. The air guiding apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first rotating
member comprises a first base panel and a first installing portion
extending from the first base panel, and the plurality of receiving
slots are defined in the first installing portion.
6. The air guiding apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first rotating
member further comprises a retaining portion extending the first
base panel, the retaining portion is surrounded by the first
installing portion, and the plurality of securing slots are defined
in the retaining portion.
7. The air guiding apparatus of claim 6, wherein the retaining
portion comprises a positioning wall, which is substantially
parallel to the axis and the direction, and a block is secured to
the positioning wall.
8. The air guiding apparatus of claim 7, wherein two mounting posts
are located on the first base panel and substantially parallel to
the positioning wall, and the block is mounted between the two
mounting posts.
9. The air guiding apparatus of claim 3, wherein the frame
comprises a first bracket and a second bracket secured to the first
bracket, the first bracket comprises a first receiving portion, the
first receiving portion defines a first receiving opening, the
second bracket comprises a second receiving portion, the second
receiving portion defines a second receiving opening, the first
receiving opening and the second receiving opening cooperatively
define the receiving opening of the frame, and the plurality of
rolling members abuts at least one of the first receiving portion
and the second receiving portion.
10. The air guiding apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first bracket
comprises a plurality of hooks, the second bracket defines a
plurality of installing slots, and the plurality of hooks are
engaged in the plurality of installing slots.
11. An air guiding apparatus comprising: a frame, the frame
defining a receiving opening; and a rotating structure, the
rotating structure received in the receiving opening and rotatable
relative to the frame; a plurality of louvers, the plurality of
louvers attached to the rotating structure, each of the plurality
of louvers comprise a body and a shaft extending from the body;
wherein when the frame is a first position, each shaft of the
plurality of louvers is substantially horizontal orientation; when
the frame is turn from the first position to a second position in
90 degrees, the rotating structure is rotated relative to the frame
to have each shaft of the plurality of louvers in substantially
horizontal orientation.
12. The air guiding apparatus of claim 11, wherein the rotating
structure comprises a first rotating member and a second rotating
member secured to the first rotating member, and the plurality of
louvers is located between the first rotating member and the second
rotating member.
13. The air guiding apparatus of claim 12, wherein one of the first
rotating member and the second rotating member defines a plurality
of receiving slots, and a plurality of rolling members are received
in the plurality of receiving slots and located between the
rotating structure and the frame.
14. The air guiding apparatus of claim 13, wherein one of the first
rotating member and the second rotating member defines a plurality
of securing slots, and the plurality of louvers are received in the
plurality of securing slots.
15. The air guiding apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first
rotating member comprises a first base panel and a first installing
portion extending from the first base panel, and the plurality of
receiving slots are defined in the first installing portion.
16. The air guiding apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first
rotating member further comprises a retaining portion extending the
first base panel, the retaining portion is surrounded by the first
installing portion, and the plurality of securing slots are defined
in the retaining portion.
17. The air guiding apparatus of claim 16, wherein the retaining
portion comprises a positioning wall, which is substantially
parallel to the shafts of the plurality of louvers, and a block is
secured to the positioning wall.
18. The air guiding apparatus of claim 17, wherein two mounting
posts are located on the first base panel and substantially
parallel to the positioning wall, and the block is mounted between
the two mounting posts.
19. The air guiding apparatus of claim 13, wherein the frame
comprises a first bracket and a second bracket secured to the first
bracket, the first bracket comprises a first receiving portion, the
first receiving portion defines a first receiving opening, the
second bracket comprises a second receiving portion, the second
receiving portion defines a second receiving opening, the first
receiving opening and the second receiving opening cooperatively
define the receiving opening of the frame, and the plurality of
rolling members abuts at least one of the first receiving portion
and the second receiving portion.
20. The air guiding apparatus of claim 19, wherein the first
bracket comprises a plurality of hooks, the second bracket defines
a plurality of installing slots, the plurality of hooks are engaged
in the plurality of installing slots.
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present disclosure relates to an air guiding
apparatus.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] An air guiding apparatus with a plurality of louvers may be
provided in in a chassis of a computer system. Each of the
plurality of louvers is rotatable relative to a horizontal shaft.
When the chassis is turned on its side, the shafts of the plurality
of louvers are then vertical instead of horizontal, and the
performance of the air guiding apparatus will be reduced.
[0005] Therefore, there is room for improvement within the art.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0006] Many aspects of the embodiments can be better understood
with reference to the following drawings. The components in the
drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead
being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the
embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals
designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
[0007] FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an air guiding apparatus in
accordance with an embodiment.
[0008] FIG. 2 is an exploded, isometric view of the air guiding
apparatus of FIG. 1.
[0009] FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 2, but viewed from a different
aspect.
[0010] FIG. 4 is an isometric view of a first rotating member of
the air guiding apparatus of FIG. 2.
[0011] FIG. 5 is an isometric view of an assembly of a first frame,
the first rotating member, a block, and a plurality of rolling
members of the air guiding apparatus of FIG. 2.
[0012] FIG. 6 is an isometric view of an assembly of the air
guiding apparatus of FIG. 1 and a plate of a chassis.
[0013] FIG. 7 is similar to FIG. 6, but the plate has been rotated
through 90 degrees.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0014] The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by
way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in
which like references indicate similar elements. It should be noted
that references to "an" or "one" embodiment in this disclosure are
not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean
"at least one."
[0015] FIG. 1 illustrates an air guiding apparatus of an
embodiment. The air guiding apparatus comprises a frame 100, a
rotating structure 300, and a plurality of louvers 40. The frame
100 defines a receiving opening 101. The rotating structure 300 is
received in the receiving opening 101 and is rotatable relative to
the frame 100 about an axis 400, which may be, for example,
substantially horizontal. The plurality of louvers 40 are attached
to the rotating structure 300 and rotatable relative to the
rotating structure 300 about a first direction 500, which may be,
for example, substantially horizontal and perpendicular to the axis
400.
[0016] FIGS. 2, 3, and 5, show that the rotating structure 300
comprises a first rotating member 30 and a second rotating member
50 secured to the first rotating member 30. The plurality of
louvers 40 are located between the first rotating member 30 and the
second rotating member 50.
[0017] Referring to FIGS. 4-5, the first rotating member 30 defines
a plurality of first receiving slots 321. The second rotating
member 50 defines a plurality of second receiving slots 531. A
plurality of rolling members 60 are located between the rotating
structure 300 and the frame 100 and received in the plurality of
first receiving slots 321 and the plurality of second receiving
slots 531.
[0018] The first rotating member 30 defines a plurality of securing
slots 3521, and the plurality of louvers 40 are received in the
plurality of securing slots 3521. Referring to FIG. 3, each of the
plurality of louvers 40 comprises a body 41 and a shaft 43 located
on the body 41. The shafts 43 of the plurality of louvers 40 are
received in the plurality of securing slots 3521 (shown in FIG. 5),
the body 41 of each of the plurality of louvers 40 is rotatable
about the shaft 43, and the shafts 43 may be substantially parallel
to the first direction 500.
[0019] Referring to FIG. 4, the first rotating member 30 comprises
a first base panel 31 and a first installing portion 32, extending
from the first base panel 31 along a second direction, which is
substantially perpendicular to the first base panel 31. The
plurality of first receiving slots 321 are defined in the first
base panel 31. The first rotating member 30 further comprises a
retaining portion 35 extending the first base panel 31 along a
third direction, which is substantially perpendicular to the first
base panel 31. The retaining portion 35 is surrounded by the first
installing portion 32, and the plurality of securing slots 3521 is
defined in the retaining portion 35.
[0020] The retaining portion 35 comprises two positioning walls
351, which are substantially parallel to each other and parallel to
the axis 400 and the direction 500. A block 70 is secured to the
positioning wall 351. Four mounting posts 315 are located on the
first base panel 31 and substantially parallel to the two
positioning walls 351. Two of the four mounting posts 315 are
adjacent one of the two positioning walls 351, and another two of
the four mounting posts 315 are adjacent another positioning wall
351. The block 70 defines two positioning slots 72 at two opposite
sides of the block 70. Two of the four mounting posts 315 are
received in the two positioning slots 72, adjacent to one of the
two positioning walls 351. Therefore, the block 70 is mounted
between two of the four mounting posts 315 (shown in FIG. 5).
[0021] The second rotating member 50 comprises a second base panel
51 and a second installing portion 53 extending from the second
base panel 51 along a fourth direction, which is substantially
perpendicular to the second base panel 51. The second base panel 51
abuts the retaining portion 35, to prevent the shafts 43 of the
plurality of louvers 40 from moving out of the plurality of
securing slots 3521 of the first rotating member 30. The second
installing portion 53 defines a plurality of second receiving slots
531, corresponding to the plurality of first receiving slots 321.
The rolling members 60 are also received in the plurality of second
receiving slots 531.
[0022] Each of the four mounting posts 315 of the first rotating
member 30 defines a fixing hole 3151 (shown in FIG. 4). The second
base panel 51 of the second rotating member 50 defines four through
holes 515 (shown in FIG. 2). Four first fasteners 90, such as
screws, are fixed into the four through holes 515 and the fixing
holes 3151 of the four mounting posts 315, to secure the first
rotating member 30 to the second rotating member 50.
[0023] Referring to FIGS. 1-3, the first rotating member 30 defines
a first holding opening 311. The second rotating member 50 defines
a second holding opening 511. The first holding opening 311 and the
second holding opening 511 cooperatively define a holding opening
600, which receives the plurality of louvers 40.
[0024] Referring to FIGS. 1-3, the frame 100 comprises a first
bracket 10 and a second bracket 20, secured to the first bracket
10. The first bracket 10 comprises a first receiving portion 15,
and the first receiving portion 15 defines a first receiving
opening 151. The second bracket 20 comprises a second receiving
portion 25, and the second receiving portion 25 defines a second
receiving opening 251. The first receiving opening 151 and the
second receiving opening 251 cooperatively define the receiving
opening 101 of the frame 100. The plurality of rolling members 60
abuts at least one of the first receiving portion 15 and the second
receiving portion 25.
[0025] The first bracket 10 comprises a plurality of hooks 131. The
second bracket 20 defines a plurality of installing slots 231. The
plurality of hooks 131 are engaged in the plurality of installing
slots 231, to secure the first bracket 10 to the second bracket 20.
The first bracket 10 further comprises a plurality of first flanges
13. The second bracket 20 further comprises a plurality of second
flanges 23. The plurality of first flanges 13 abuts the plurality
of second flanges 23, when the first bracket 10 is secured to the
second bracket 20.
[0026] Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the first bracket 10 further
comprises a first main body 11, and the first receiving portion 15
extends from the main body 11. A plurality of securing posts 113 is
located on the first main body 11 around the first receiving
opening 151. Each of the plurality of securing posts 113 defines a
locking hole 1131. The second bracket 20 further comprises a second
main body 21, and the second receiving portion 25 extends from the
second main body 21. A plurality of fastening hole 213 is defined
in the second main body 21. A plurality of second fasteners 80,
such as screws, is locked in the plurality of fastening holes 213
and the locking holes 1131 of the plurality of securing posts 113,
to secure the first bracket 10 to the second bracket 20.
[0027] Referring to FIGS. 1, 6, and 7, the frame 100 is secured to
a plate 800 of a chassis in a location, where the plate 800 defines
a plurality of ventilation holes (not shown). The first main body
11 and the second main body 21 are substantially parallel to the
plate 800. When airflow flows through the frame 100, the plurality
of louvers 40 is rotated to open the receiving opening 101.
Therefore, airflow can flow through the frame 100. When the
plurality of louvers 40 are rotated to cover the receiving opening
101, the airflow is blocked from flowing through the frame 100.
[0028] Referring to FIG. 6, the frame 100 is located in a first
position, where the shaft 43 or the direction 500 is horizontal.
Referring to FIG. 7, the frame 100 is turned 90 degrees from the
first position to a second position along a fifth direction A or B.
Because the block 70 is secured to first rotating member 30, a
weight of the low part of the rotating structure 300 is always
greater and the block 70 will always seek the lowest point.
Therefore, the rotating structure 300 will rotate to always
position the shaft 43 or the direction 500 in a horizontal
orientation.
[0029] It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous
characteristics and advantages have been set forth in the foregoing
description of embodiments, together with details of the structures
and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative
only and changes may be made in detail, especially in the matters
of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of
the disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general
meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are
expressed.
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