EP 1617085 B2 20170111 - Damped fan
Title (en)
Damped fan
Title (de)
Gedämpfter Lüfter
Title (fr)
Ventilateur amorti
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 102004034472 A 20040715
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1617085A1] The axial fan (1) for the cooling of especially electrical and/or electronic components in a computer, has a fan housing (2) which in the axial direction has a rectangular cross section and fastening holes (3) in its four corners for fastening of the fan to a component to be cooled or to a housing containing such a component. At least one elastic damping element (9) is integrated into the fan and is installed in such a way that it is effective between the fan impeller (6) and fastening holes. A damping component may be provided in each corner of the housing, with the fastening hole provided inside the damping element. An independent claim is included for a computer, especially a PC, which incorporates the aforesaid cooling fan.
IPC 8 full level
F04D 29/66 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F04D 25/0613 (2013.01); F04D 29/542 (2013.01); F04D 29/668 (2013.01)
Citation (opposition)
Opponent :
- EP 1404008 A2 20040331 - EBM PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO [DE]
- WO 0198666 A1 20011227 - GEN ELECTRIC [US]
- DE 3347360 C2 19950413 - PAPST MOTOREN GMBH & CO KG [DE]
- EP 0926803 A2 19990630 - MULFINGEN ELEKTROBAU EBM [DE]
- DE 2990092341 U1
- DE 10128535 A1 20020711 - BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]
- EP 0871278 B1 20011010 - EBM WERKE GMBH & CO KG [DE]
- EP 1056185 B1 20031022 - EBM WERKE GMBH & CO KG [DE]
- DE 10020878 C2 20020502 - VERAX VENTILATOREN GMBH [DE]
- US 3926537 A 19751216 - PIPER JAMES
- DE 4137465 A1 19930527 - LICENTIA GMBH [DE]
- CN 2480899 Y 20020306 - DAZHONG COMPUTER CO LTD [CN]
- CN 1456037 A 20031112 - ZALMAN TECH CO LTD [KR]
- CN 2625959 Y 20040714 - YEN SUN TECHNOLOGY CORP [CN]
- CN 2461058 Y 20011121 - SHENDA COMP CO LTD [CN]
- CN 2668903 Y 20050105 - CHEN ZHENGGANG [CN]
- CN 2627262 Y 20040721 - YEN SUN TECHNOLOGY CORP [CN]
- TW I254452 B 20060501 - SANYO ELECTRIC CO [JP]
- TW I273272 B 20070211 - INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP [TW]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1617085 A1 20060118; EP 1617085 B1 20070411; EP 1617085 B2 20170111; AT E359446 T1 20070515; DE 102004034472 A1 20060209; DE 502005000572 D1 20070524; ES 2285608 T3 20071116
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 05014242 A 20050630; AT 05014242 T 20050630; DE 102004034472 A 20040715; DE 502005000572 T 20050630; ES 05014242 T 20050630