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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2002
Gerry Gough, Houghton Regis, GB;
William Hunt Vincent, Yateley, GB;
Gerry Gough, Houghton Regis, GB;
William Hunt Vincent, Yateley, GB;
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
There is described a mounting assembly for attaching cooling units such as fans to a housing for electrical circuitry to provide a cooling inflow of air into the housing through an opening. Detents are provided on the housing at one side of the opening, and a fixing element is located at the other side of the opening. The cooling unit is provided with abutments for engaging the detents and a fastener for engaging the fixing element, to secure the cooling unit to the housing with minimum operator time. Embodiments of the invention provide a mounting plate and a mounting assembly for use with conventional cooling units and housings.