Electric fan and electrical connector

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EP 1 008 762 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/20

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	14.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/24

(21)	Application number: 99309975.3

(22)	Date of filing: 10.12.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F04D 29/60

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

10.12.1998 GB 9827253

(71)	Applicant: Société ETEX de recherches Techniques
	78540 Vernouillet (FR)

(72)	Inventors:
	Cottingham, Neil Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9ES (GB) Jackson, Paul Langdon Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex BN43 5TH (GB)

(74)	Representative: Piésold, Alexander J.
	Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	Electric fan and electrical connector

(57) An electric fan (10) is disclosed, comprising a fan body (20), a back plate (40), a power supply connector (44) and a plug-in control module (60) for controlling the fan motor (26). The control module (60) is received in the fan body (20) and, in the assembled fan, is connected to the power supply connector (44) and to the fan motor (26). The fan body (20) and the control module (60) are together removable from the back plate (40) such that the control module (60) and the motor (26) become isolated from the power supply. The isolated control module (60) is then removable from the fan body (20). An electrical connector (28;44) for electrically connecting a conductor (29) to a contact on a printed circuit board (61) is also disclosed. The connector comprises an electrically-conductive clench (100) which, in use, displaces insulation around the conductor and makes electrical contact with the inner conductive core, and an electrically-conductive spring contact (110) which is resilient and which, in use, forms a resilient electrical connection between the clench and the contact of the printed circuit board.

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