Housing for a power structure

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2000-05-15

2002-01-08

Thompson, Gregory (Department: 2835)

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...

For electronic systems and devices

C454S184000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06337795

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a supporting structure of a power supply, wherein a lateral seat plate is inserted into the supporting structure for being locked with a heat dissipating fan. If the heat dissipating fan is faulty, the lateral seat plate can be removed to permit easy replacement of the fan unit so that the power supply can operate normally.
2. Description of the Related Art
Currently, if the supporting structure of a conventional power supply is faulty or does not operate normally, then the overall power supply must be detached to update the supporting structure. Moreover, prior art power supply units only have one display lamp. The display lamp only serves to display the normality of the power supply, but can not determine whether the heat dissipating fan is faulty. Therefore, such display lamps are often burnt out because the power supply can not dissipate heat normally. Often after the computer shuts down, it is discovered that the heat dissipating fan was faulty for a long period of time. Although the supporting structure of a power supply has been commercially sold, in which a supporting structure is placed in a housing, and a heat dissipating plate is located in the lateral seat plate for heat dissipation, if the fan is faulty and must be updated, the entire machine set must be detached. Moreover, the prior art power supply only has one display lamp for indicating the proper operation of the power supply, while it can not be used to determine whether the heat dissipating fan is faulty. Thus, it is also inconvenient.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a supporting structure for a power supply, whereby the heat dissipating fan of the power supply can be maintained and located easily so that the power supply is operated normally.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved supporting structure. A lateral seat plate is inserted into the supporting structure to be locked with a heat dissipating fan. In the inventive structure, if the heat dissipating fan is faulty so as not to be operated normally, the lateral seat plate can be easily extracted out for easy replacement of the fan unit so that the power supply may work normally.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a supporting structure for a power supply, in which a set of displaying lamps are further installed on the supporting structure, so that a user may know whether the heat dissipating fan is operated normally.
The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing.


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