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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Zhi-yong Zhou, Shenzhen, CN;
Qiao-li Ding, Shenzhen, CN;
Hai-bing Cao, Shenzhen, CN;
Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, CN;
Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., Tu-Cheng, New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A fastening device is used for connecting a first and a second fan together. The two fans each have an upper flange and a lower flange and a cylindrical body interconnecting the upper flange and the lower flange. The fastening device includes a plate-shaped pad and two resilient portions respectively extending perpendicularly from two opposite sides of the pad. The two resilient portions respectively extend through the lower flange of the first fan and the upper flange of the second fan, pressing against the first fan and the second fan toward each other. The pad is sandwiched between the lower flange of the first fan and the upper flange of the second fan.