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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
James Don Curlee, Round Rock, TX (US);
Robert Warren Johnson, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A fan mounting arrangement ( ) includes at least one mounting member ( ). Each mounting member ( ) includes a resilient outer element ( ) and an inner element ( ) made from a substantially rigid material. The mounting members ( ) are all arranged to extend generally parallel to each other. Each mounting member ( ) is adapted to be received in a corresponding mounting receptacle ( ) associated with a fan housing ( ). Once the fan ( ) is placed over the mounting members ( ) with each mounting member received in its respective mounting receptacle ( ), a retaining arrangement retains the fan in the installed position on the mounting members. In this installed position, the resilient elements ( ) absorb vibrations from the fan ( ) to mechanically isolate the fan from the remainder of the system.