The invention relates to a fan set, and more particularly to a fan set capable of joining together through magnetic attraction.
According to investigation, currently, fan manufacturers have designed the fan frame in a way that can meet the user's demand for joining multiple fans in a horizontal manner. For example, TW M396884 and US 2017/0331346 disclose the technical means of joining fans through additional fixing members. Specifically, the fan frame is provided with a coupling groove or a coupling member, and the coupling groove and the coupling member are respectively provided with perforations in which the fixing member is disposed. When joining the fans, the user inserts the coupling member on one of the fans into the coupling groove on the other fan, so that the perforation on the coupling member and the perforation on the coupling groove are aligned, and then the fixing member is penetrated into the perforations, so that the fixing member restricts the coupling member and the coupling groove. However, the aforementioned means for joining multiple fans rely heavily on the limiting function provided by the fixing member, if the user is unable to use the fixing member when joining the fans, the fans cannot be fixed, and displacement is likely to occur. In addition, the conventional fixing member is an independent component, and in general, the size of the fixing member is significantly smaller than the fans, and therefore the fixing member can be lost easily during storage, causing inconvenience to the user.
In order to improve the aforementioned problems, fan manufacturers have changed to join the fans without using additional fixing members, as disclosed in patents such as U.S. Pat. No. 10,690,336B and CN 101725571B. Taking U.S. Pat. No. 10,690,336B as an example, the fans are provided with slots or positioning blocks on the fan frame. When joining the fans, the user connects and assembles one of the fan's positioning block to the other fan's slot to form an assembling relationship between the fans. However, the conventional technical solution of directly forming mechanical connection structures on the fans is likely to cause the mechanical connection structures to be misaligned due to excessive dimensional tolerances between the fans. Furthermore, the conventional fan has certain gestures in assembling or disassembling, which makes assembly and disassembly of the conventional fans complicated and inconvenient for users.
A main object of the invention is to solve the problem of inconvenience in assembling conventional fans.
In order to achieve the above object, the invention provides a magnetically attracted fan set comprising N+1 fans, N≥1, and each of the N+1 fans includes a plurality of fixing members for joining, and a plurality of transmission electrodes respectively located on a surface as same as at least one of the plurality of fixing members, the N+1 fans are joined with one another through magnetic attraction generated by the plurality of fixing members, one of the plurality of transmission electrodes of each of the N+1 fans is connected to one of the plurality of transmission electrodes of the other one of the N+1 fans to transmit electric power. The control source includes a connecting seat, a control source electrode disposed on the connecting seat, and a fixing member disposed on a side of the connecting seat provided with the control source electrode, and generates a magnetic attraction effect is generated by the fixing member, when the fixing member and the plurality of fixing members of one of the N+1 fans generate a magnetic attraction effect, the control source electrode is connected to one of the plurality of transmission electrodes.
In one embodiment, each of the plurality of transmission electrodes is disposed of close to one of the plurality of fixing members.
In one embodiment, each of the N+1 fans includes two transmission electrodes, and the two transmission electrodes are respectively located on two sides of each of the N+1 fans opposite to each other.
In one embodiment, the plurality of fixing members on one surface are located at two positions of the surface opposite to each other.
In one embodiment, the N+1 fans are connected in series side by side.
In one embodiment, the N+1 fans include a fan frame provided for disposing of the plurality of fixing members and the plurality of transmission electrodes, the fan frame includes a top plate including a first air opening, a bottom plate parallel to the top plate and including a second air opening communicating with the first air opening, and a side wall connecting the top plate and the bottom plate, the side wall is formed with a plurality of grooves provided for disposing of the plurality of fixing members and the plurality of transmission electrodes.
In one embodiment, a surface of the connecting seat provided with the fixing member contacts the fan frame flatly.
In addition to the above, the invention further provides another magnetically attracted fan set comprising N+1 fans and a control source. N≥1. The N+1 fans include a fan frame forming a plurality of grooves on two surfaces opposite to each other, wherein each of the two surfaces is without an air opening formed, the N+1 fans include a plurality of fixing members disposed in the plurality of grooves, and at least one of the plurality of transmission electrodes disposed in one of the plurality of grooves, the N+1 fans are joined with one another through a magnetic attraction effect generated by the plurality of fixing members, and the N+1 fans transmit electric power through the plurality of transmission electrodes. The control source includes a connecting seat, a control source electrode disposed on the connecting seat, and a fixing member disposed on the connecting seat, the fixing member of the control source generates a magnetic attraction effect with one of the plurality of fixing members on one of the N+1 fans, when the fixing member of the control source attracts one of the plurality of fixing members on one of the N+1 fans, the control source electrode is connected with one of the plurality of transmission electrodes.
In one embodiment, each of the plurality of transmission electrodes is disposed close to one of the plurality of fixing members.
In one embodiment, the plurality of fixing members on one surface are located at two positions of the surface opposite to each other.
In one embodiment, the N+1 fans are connected in series side by side.
In one embodiment, a surface of the connecting seat provided with the fixing member contacts the fan frame flatly.
In addition to the above, the invention further provides another magnetically attracted fan set comprising N+1 fans and a control source. The N≥1, the N+1 fans have a fan frame, the fan frame forms a plurality of grooves on two opposite surfaces without any air opening formed, the N+1 fans have a plurality of fixing members disposed in the grooves, and at least one transmission electrode disposed in one of the grooves, the N+1 fans are joined with one another in series through a magnetic attraction effect of the fixing members, the two fan frames of two of the N+1 fans having a joining relationship are flatly contacted with each other and conduction of the two transmission electrodes is completed at a joint between the two N+1 fans, and the N+1 fans transmit electric power through the transmission electrodes. The control source has a connecting seat, a control source electrode disposed on the connecting seat, and a fixing member disposed on the connecting seat, the fixing member of the control source is capable of generating a magnetic attraction effect with one of the fixing members on one of the N+1 fans, when the fixing member of the control source attracts one of the fixing members on one of the N+1 fans, the control source electrode is connected with one of the transmission electrodes.
In one embodiment, each of the transmission electrodes is disposed close to one of the plurality of fixing members.
In one embodiment, the fixing members located on a same surface are disposed at two opposite positions on the surface.
In one embodiment, the N+1 fans are connected in series side by side.
In one embodiment, a side of the connecting seat provided with the fixing member contacts the fan frame flatly.
Through the foregoing implementation of the invention, the invention has the following characteristics compared with the prior art: the invention is implemented joining through a magnetic attraction effect generated by the plurality of fixing members on the N+1 fans, and a connection between the control source and one of the N+1 fans is also implemented by magnetic attraction, which simplify an assembly process.
The detailed description and technical contents of the invention are described below with reference to the drawings.
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Each of the fans (10 or 20) has a fan frame (11 or 21) and an airflow generating component (12 or 22) disposed on the fan frame (11 or 21). In one embodiment, the airflow generating component (12 or 22) comprises a driving component (not shown in the figure) disposed inside the fan frame (11 or 21), a fan blade set (121 or 221) disposed inside the fan frame (11 or 21) and connected to the driving component, and a ring (122 or 222) surrounding outside the fan blade set (121 or 221) and defining an airflow channel, the fan blade set (121 or 221) is driven by the driving component to generate an airflow, and the airflow is guided by the ring (122 or 222) during flowing process and flows toward outside of the fan (10 or 20) to which the ring (122 or 222) belongs.
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It can be known from the above that the fan set 100 of the invention is provided with the fixing members (14 or 24) on the two fans 10, 20 respectively, so that a user does not need to rely on external components for assembly, and at the same time, if the user loses the external components, a situation of not being able to assemble the conventional fans can be prevented. Furthermore, the two fans 10, 20 of the invention do not need to use specific assembly gestures in assembling, but through magnetic attraction generated by the two fixing members 14, 24 when being close to each other, the two fans 10, 20 can be easily joined together.
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Further, in the invention, in order to improve a joining stability between the two fans 10, 20, each of the joint surfaces (13 or 23) has the two fixing members (14 or 24), and the two fixing members (14 or 24) are located on opposite sides of the joint surface (13 or 23). In one embodiment, the two fixing members (14 or 24) on the same joint surface (13 or 23) can both be the magnet (141 or 241). In another embodiment, the two fixing members (14 or 24) on one of the joint surfaces (13 or 23) can be the magnet (141 or 241) and the metal member (142 or 242) respectively, and the two fixing members (24 or 14) of the other joint surface (23 or 13) must be the magnet (241 or 141) and the metal member (242 or 142) respectively, and the magnet (241 or 141) of one of the joint surfaces (13 or 23) must be matched with the metal member (242 or 142) on the other joint surface (23 or 13). In this embodiment, each of the fans (10 or 20) can be provided with the convex portion (15 or 25) or the concave portion (16 or 26) to assist the two fans 10, 20 in joining
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Accordingly, the invention does not need to be implemented in a way of assembling the electric power and signal transmission pins of the fans after completing mechanical connection of the fans conventionally. In the invention, the two transmission electrodes 18, 28 can be electrically connected at the same time during magnetically attracted assembling of the two fans 10, 20. Furthermore, in the invention, no additional wires are required between the two fans 10, 20 to provide electric power and signal transmission, the two fans 10, 20 can directly transmit electric power and signals through the two transmission electrodes 18, 28 that are in contact with each other, thus unnecessary wires are omitted.
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Further, in one embodiment, each of the fans (10 or 20) is provided with the transmission electrode (18 or 28) on the two joint surfaces (13 or 23) respectively, an electrical conduction relationship is between the two transmission electrodes 18, 28 of the two fans 10, 20, and at least one of the two transmission electrodes (18 or 28) has an electrical conduction relationship with the airflow generating component (12 or 22), so that one of the two transmission electrodes (18 or 28) receives external electric power or signal and transmits it to the airflow generating component (12 or 22).
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In another embodiment, the control source electrode 510 can also transmit signals to the two fans 10, 20, the control source electrode 510 receives a signal transmitted by the control source 500 after being controlled, and transmits the signal to the transmission electrode (18 or 28) of one of the two fans 10, 20 connected to the electronic device. The aforementioned fan (10 or 20) receives the signal from the control source 500 and transmits the signal to the other fan (20 or 10), so that the two fans 10, 20 can be driven by the control source 500 to be capable of producing changes in rotation speed and light.
Further, in this embodiment, when the fan set 100 comprises the fans 10, 20, 30, the control source electrode 510 is connected to the transmission electrode (18 or 28 or 38) of the fans 10, 20, 30 at one end of the fan set 100, after receiving electric power or signal from the control source 500, the aforementioned fan (10 or 20 or 30) transmits it to the fans 10, 20, 30 which are arranged after the aforementioned fan (10 or 20 or 30), so that the fans 10, 20, 30 of the fan set 100 can be driven by the electronic device.
In more detail, in one embodiment, the electronic device has a connecting seat 520 provided with the control source electrode 510, and the connecting seat 520 is provided with a fixing member 522 on a side surface 521 provided with the control source electrode 510. When the control source electrode 510 of the connecting seat 520 is close to the transmission electrode (18 or 28) of one of the fans (10 or 20), the connecting seat 520 generates magnetic attraction with the fixing member (14 or 24) of the aforementioned fan (10 or 20) through the fixing member 522 thereof, so that the connecting seat 520 can be connected to the fan set 100. In addition, in order to improve a stability of assembly between the connecting seat 520 and the fan set 100, the connecting seat 520 of the invention is provided with a convex portion 523 or a concave portion (not shown in the figures) at a position of the fixing member 522 according to requirements, so that the convex portion 523 can be connected with the concave portion (16 or 26) of the aforementioned fan (10 or 20).
Note that the specification relating to the above embodiments should be construed as exemplary rather than as limitative of the present invention, with many variations and modifications being readily attainable by a person of average skill in the art without departing from the spirit or scope thereof as defined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.
This application is a Divisional of co-pending application Ser. No. 17/329,656 filed on May 25, 2021, for which priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 120; and the entire contents of all of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
Number | Date | Country | |
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Parent | 17329656 | May 2021 | US |
Child | 18357822 | US |