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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald P. Dean, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Owen T. Richard, Fort Collins, CO (US);
William J. Armiger, Columbia, SC (US);
James R. Bullington, Athens, AL (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ;
Abstract
A system and method for securing a fan within an electrical device. The system comprising a housing adapted to capture the fan therein. The housing may comprise a first catch adapted to capture a fan having an having a first thickness within the housing. The system may comprise a second catch adapted to capture a fan having a second thickness within the housing. The method comprises disposing a fan within a fan housing operable to capture fans of different thickness therein.