Computer power supply shell with heat dissipation fan wire slot

By designing a cooling fan cable tray in the computer power supply casing and using a limiting structure to prevent the cooling fan cable from being pulled off, the problem of easy damage to the cable during disassembly is solved, enabling convenient disassembly and organization and reducing maintenance costs.

CN224383634UActive Publication Date: 2026-06-19DONGGUAN FUHUA METAL PROD CO LTD

Patent Information

Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
DONGGUAN FUHUA METAL PROD CO LTD
Filing Date
2025-04-22
Publication Date
2026-06-19

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Technical Problem

When disassembling the computer power supply casing, the cooling fan cable is easily broken accidentally, increasing maintenance costs and making it difficult for users to repair it themselves.

Method used

Design a computer power supply housing with a cooling fan cable slot, including an upper housing, a lower housing and a cooling fan cable slot. A limiting structure is used to prevent the cooling fan cable from being pulled off, and the movement path of the cooling fan cable is restricted by the cooperation of the inner and outer slot components.

Benefits of technology

This design prevents the cooling fan cable from being broken during disassembly, reduces maintenance costs, and makes it easier for users to disassemble and organize the cooling fan cable themselves, thus improving maintenance convenience.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a computer power supply shell with heat dissipation fan wire slot, it includes upper casing, lower casing and heat dissipation fan wire slot. Heat dissipation fan wire slot includes inner groove spare and outer groove spare, and the inner groove spare is fixed at the side of upper casing, and the outer groove spare is fixed at the bottom of lower casing, and the bottom left side extension of inner groove spare forms the limit lug, and the left side of outer groove spare corresponds and is equipped with strip limit hole, makes limit lug and moves up and down in strip limit hole. When disassembling, the inner groove spare moves in the outer groove spare, drives limit lug to move along strip limit hole, when the top of strip limit hole, limit lug is blocked by strip limit hole makes the inner groove spare and upper casing can not continue to move up along the original path, makes the user notice heat dissipation fan wire slot, avoids directly pulling off heat dissipation fan wire when disassembling, and the top of strip limit hole is higher than the second slot of outer groove spare, needs to move the inner groove spare to the right side and takes out, guides the user to operate carefully, and can gather and arrange heat dissipation fan wire.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of computer power supply technology, and in particular to a computer power supply casing with a heat dissipation fan cable channel. Background Technology

[0002] The computer power supply, installed inside the computer case, is a component that converts AC power to DC power to supply power to other components within the computer case. It is assembled in a closed, independent space within the power supply casing. The power supply requires a cooling fan to dissipate the heat it generates; this fan is installed inside the power supply casing.

[0003] When it's necessary to disassemble the computer power supply casing for maintenance or cleaning, the cooling fan is typically secured to the airflow vents on one side of the casing with screws. The cooling fan cable connects to the power supply circuit board opposite the cooling fan. When separating the cooling fan section from the circuit board section, it's common to accidentally break the cooling fan cable, increasing maintenance costs and making repairs difficult for users. Utility Model Content

[0004] In view of this, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a computer power supply casing with a heat dissipation fan cable channel to solve the above problems.

[0005] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention adopts the following technical solution:

[0006] This utility model provides a computer power supply housing with a heat dissipation fan cable tray, which includes an upper housing, a lower housing, and a heat dissipation fan cable tray.

[0007] The upper housing includes a top surface and two side surfaces located on the front and rear sides of the top surface, respectively. The top surface of the upper housing has airflow holes and is used to install a cooling fan.

[0008] The lower housing includes a bottom surface and two side surfaces located on the left and right sides of the bottom surface. The lower housing can be docked with the upper housing to form a six-sided enclosed space. The bottom surface of the lower housing is used to install a circuit board, and the cooling fan is connected to the circuit board through a cooling fan cable.

[0009] The cooling fan cable tray includes an inner tray and an outer tray. The inner tray is fixed to the side of the upper housing, and the outer tray is fixed to the bottom of the lower housing. The inner tray has a first slot extending downwards on its front side away from the side of the upper housing for inserting the cooling fan cable from its front side to accommodate the cooling fan cable. The outer tray is fitted over the inner tray, and the front side of the outer tray has a second slot corresponding to the insertion of the cooling fan cable. A limiting protrusion extends outwards from the bottom left side of the inner tray, and a strip-shaped limiting hole extending downwards is correspondingly formed on the left side of the outer tray, allowing the limiting protrusion to move up and down within the strip-shaped limiting hole. The top of the strip-shaped limiting hole is higher than the top of the second slot of the outer tray, allowing the inner tray to be dislodged from the top of the second slot.

[0010] Preferably, the width of the second slot on the bottom of the outer groove is greater than the width of the slots in the rest of the part.

[0011] Preferably, when the limiting protrusion rises to the top of the strip-shaped limiting hole, the side of the upper housing is located on the height plane where the center of the side of the lower housing is located.

[0012] Preferably, a screw hole plate is formed on one side of the bottom of the outer groove, which is used to detachably attach it to the bottom surface of the lower housing by screws.

[0013] Preferably, the inner and outer grooves of the cooling fan cable tray are metal parts.

[0014] Preferably, the inner groove is a component welded to the side of the upper housing.

[0015] Preferably, the lower housing side has a flange extending from the front and rear ends to connect with the upper housing side.

[0016] The technical effects achieved by this utility model include:

[0017] The aforementioned computer power supply case with a cooling fan cable tray utilizes the cooling fan cable tray to form a path limiting structure when the upper and lower shells are separated. When the limiting protrusion moves to the top of the strip-shaped limiting hole, it will be restricted by the top of the strip-shaped limiting hole, preventing the inner slot component and the upper shell it is located from moving further upward. The inner slot component needs to be moved from the top of the outer slot component to the right to disassemble it, thereby reminding the user to notice the location of the cooling fan cable tray. This avoids the user from pulling the upper and lower shells apart forcefully during disassembly and easily breaking the cooling fan cable, thus avoiding increased maintenance costs for the cooling fan and meeting the user's need for self-disassembly of the computer power supply case.

[0018] The cooling fan cable tray also serves to organize and tidy up the cooling fan cables, preventing them from being scattered haphazardly inside the computer power supply casing. This makes maintenance convenient, and the cooling fan cable tray has a simple structure and is easy to manufacture. Attached Figure Description

[0019] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a computer power supply housing with a heat dissipation fan cable tray provided by this utility model.

[0020] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the upper housing of the computer power supply casing;

[0021] Figure 3 This is a structural exploded view of the lower housing and the outer groove of the heat dissipation fan cable tray in the computer power supply housing.

[0022] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the cooling fan cable tray;

[0023] Figure 5 This is a diagram showing the state of the cooling fan cable connected to the circuit board via the aforementioned cooling fan cable slot.

[0024] The reference numerals in the above figures are as follows:

[0025] Upper housing 1, top surface of upper housing 1a, side surface of upper housing 1b, airflow hole 10a, cooling fan 101, cooling fan cable 102;

[0026] Lower housing 2, bottom surface of lower housing 2a, side surface of lower housing 2b, circuit board 201, folded edge 21;

[0027] Cooling fan cable tray 3, inner slot 31, first slot 310a, limiting protrusion 311, outer slot 32, second slot 320a, strip-shaped limiting hole 320b, screw hole plate 321. Detailed Implementation

[0028] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this utility model clearer, the specific embodiments of this utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Examples of these preferred embodiments are illustrated in the drawings. The embodiments of this utility model shown in and described with reference to the drawings are merely exemplary, and this utility model is not limited to these embodiments.

[0029] It should also be noted that, in order to avoid obscuring the present invention with unnecessary details, the accompanying drawings only show the structures and / or processing steps closely related to the solution according to the present invention, while omitting other details that are not closely related. Figure 1 To clearly demonstrate the structure, including the cooling fan cable tray 3, which is partially obscured by the side surface 1b of the upper housing, the front side surface 1b of the upper housing has been rendered transparent. Figure 5 This is an exemplary illustration of a cooling fan cable tray 3 for housing the cooling fan cable 102, omitting other structures of the computer power supply casing to which the cooling fan cable tray 3 is connected.

[0030] like Figure 1 As shown, this utility model embodiment provides a computer power supply housing with a heat dissipation fan cable groove 3, which includes an upper housing 1, a lower housing 2 and a heat dissipation fan cable groove 3.

[0031] Combination Figures 2 to 4 As shown, the upper shell 1 includes a top surface 1a and two side surfaces 1b located on the front and rear sides of the top surface 1a, respectively. Figure 1 and Figure 4 As shown, the top surface 1a of the upper housing has an airflow hole 10a, and the top surface 1a of the upper housing is used to install a cooling fan 101 below the airflow hole 10a;

[0032] The lower shell 2 includes a bottom surface 2a and two side surfaces 2b located on the left and right sides of the bottom surface 2a. The lower shell 2 can be docked with the upper shell 1 to form a six-sided enclosed space. Figure 1 and Figure 4 As shown, the bottom surface 2a of the lower housing is used to install the circuit board 201 of the computer power supply, and the cooling fan 101 is connected to the circuit board 201 through the cooling fan cable 102.

[0033] The cooling fan cable tray 3 includes an inner tray 31 and an outer tray 32. The inner tray 31 is fixed to the side 1b of the upper housing, and the outer tray 32 is fixed to the bottom 2a of the lower housing. The inner tray 31 has a first slot 310a extending downward from top to bottom on its front side away from the side 1b of the upper housing, for inserting the cooling fan cable 102 from its front side to accommodate the cooling fan cable 102. The outer tray 32 is fitted over the inner tray 31, and a corresponding groove is formed on its front side. The second slot 320a is for the installation of the cooling fan cable 102. The bottom left side of the inner slot 31 extends to form a limiting protrusion 311. The left side of the outer slot 32 is provided with a strip-shaped limiting hole 320b extending from top to bottom, so that the limiting protrusion 311 can move up and down in the strip-shaped limiting hole 320b. The top of the strip-shaped limiting hole 320b is higher than the top of the second slot 320a of the outer slot 32, so that the inner slot 31 can be dislodged from the top of the second slot 320a.

[0034] When the computer power supply casing with the aforementioned cooling fan cable tray 3 is disassembled, the upper casing 1 and the lower casing 2 gradually move away from each other vertically. The inner slot 31 of the cooling fan cable tray 3 moves along the outer slot 32, causing the limiting protrusion 311 to move along the strip-shaped limiting hole 320b. When the limiting protrusion 311 continues to move to the top of the strip-shaped limiting hole 320b, the limiting protrusion 311 will be blocked by the top of the strip-shaped limiting hole 320b, preventing the inner slot 31 and the upper casing 1 it is located from continuing along the original path. The movement draws the user's attention to the location of the cooling fan cable slot 3, preventing the user from accidentally breaking the cooling fan cable 102, which is connected between the two separate structures, when disassembling the computer power supply case. At this point, the inner slot 31 has detached from the top of the second slot 320a. The inner slot 31 needs to be moved to the right to move away from the strip-shaped limiting hole 320b, guiding the user to operate carefully to prevent directly pulling open the upper shell 1 and the lower shell 2, avoiding increasing the maintenance cost of the cooling fan 101, and meeting the user's need to disassemble the computer power supply case themselves.

[0035] The cooling fan cable tray 3 also serves to organize and tidy up the cooling fan cable 102, preventing it from being randomly distributed inside the computer power supply casing and affecting maintenance convenience.

[0036] In this embodiment, the slot width at the bottom of the second slot 320a of the outer slot 32 is greater than the slot width of the rest, so that the cooling fan cable 102 located near the terminal at the bottom of the cooling fan cable 102 can be easily led out from the second slot 320a.

[0037] To prevent excessive movement of the cooling fan cable 102 due to excessive travel between the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2, and to maintain a certain distance between the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 so that the user can easily notice the location of the cooling fan cable groove 3, when the limiting protrusion 311 rises to the top of the strip-shaped limiting hole 320b, the upper housing side 1b is located on the height plane at the center of the lower housing side 2b.

[0038] The fixed connection structure between the inner groove 31 and the upper housing 1 needs to be unobstructed by the outer wall of the outer groove 32. The top of the inner groove 31 extends to the upper housing 1. Below the structure where the inner groove 31 is connected to the upper housing 1, the inner groove 31 and the upper housing 1 form a gap to accommodate the outer groove 32.

[0039] To facilitate the user's installation and removal of the outer slot 32 at any time, and to meet the user's need for convenience without the need for the cooling fan cable slot 3 to limit the cooling fan cable 102 after the user has noticed that it is necessary to avoid pulling off the cooling fan cable 102, a screw hole plate 321 is formed on one side of the bottom of the outer slot 32, which is used to detachably attach it to the bottom surface 2a of the lower housing by screws.

[0040] For example, the cooling fan cable tray 3 is frequently pulled and needs to have a certain strength to ensure its service life. The inner tray 31 and the outer tray 32 of the cooling fan cable tray 3 are metal parts.

[0041] Furthermore, the inner groove 31 is a component welded to the side surface 1b of the upper housing, which facilitates the integrated fixing of the inner groove 31 and the side surface 1b of the upper housing.

[0042] The lower housing side 2b extends to the front and rear ends to form a folded edge 21 that connects with the upper housing side 1b, so as to guide the docking path of the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2. Screw holes can be provided on the folded edge 21 and the upper housing side 1b respectively to lock each other.

[0043] It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are used only to distinguish one entity or operation from another, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Furthermore, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes said element.

[0044] The above description is only a specific embodiment of this application. It should be noted that for those skilled in the art, several improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the principle of this application, and these improvements and modifications should also be considered within the scope of protection of this application.

Claims

1. A computer power supply casing with a cooling fan cable tray, characterized in that, include: The upper housing (1) includes a top surface (1a) and two side surfaces (1b) located on the front and rear sides of the top surface (1a) respectively. The top surface (1a) of the upper housing is provided with an air passage (10a) for installing a cooling fan (101). The lower housing (2) includes a bottom surface (2a) and two side surfaces (2b) located on the left and right sides of the bottom surface (2a). The lower housing (2) can be connected to the upper housing (1) to form a closed accommodating space. The bottom surface (2a) of the lower housing is used to install a circuit board (201). The cooling fan (101) is connected to the circuit board (201) through a cooling fan cable (102). A cooling fan cable tray (3) is provided, comprising an inner tray (31) and an outer tray (32). The inner tray (31) is fixed to the side (1b) of the upper housing, and the outer tray (32) is fixed to the bottom (2a) of the lower housing. A first slot (310a) extending from top to bottom is provided on the front side of the inner tray (31) away from the side (1b) of the upper housing for inserting the cooling fan cable (102) from its front side. The outer tray (32) is fitted over the inner tray (31), and the front side of the outer tray (32) corresponds to... A second slot (320a) is provided. A limiting protrusion (311) is formed on the left side of the bottom of the inner slot (31). A strip-shaped limiting hole (320b) extending from top to bottom is provided on the left side of the outer slot (32), so that the limiting protrusion (311) can move up and down in the strip-shaped limiting hole (320b). The top of the strip-shaped limiting hole (320b) is higher than the top of the second slot (320a) of the outer slot (32), so that the inner slot (31) can be dislodged from the top of the second slot (320a).

2. The computer power supply casing with a heat dissipation fan cable tray according to claim 1, characterized in that, The groove width at the bottom of the second groove (320a) of the outer groove (32) is greater than the groove width of the rest.

3. The computer power supply casing with a heat dissipation fan cable tray according to claim 1, characterized in that, When the limiting protrusion (311) rises to the top of the strip-shaped limiting hole (320b), the upper housing side surface (1b) is located on the height plane at the center of the lower housing side surface (2b).

4. The computer power supply casing with a heat dissipation fan cable tray according to claim 1, characterized in that, The outer groove (32) has a screw hole plate (321) extending outward on one side of its bottom, which is used to be detachably locked to the bottom surface (2a) of the lower housing by screws.

5. The computer power supply casing with a heat dissipation fan cable tray according to claim 1, characterized in that, The inner groove (31) and outer groove (32) of the cooling fan cable tray (3) are metal parts.

6. The computer power supply casing with a heat dissipation fan cable tray according to claim 5, characterized in that, The inner groove (31) is a component welded to the side (1b) of the upper shell.

7. The computer power supply casing with a heat dissipation fan cable tray according to claim 1, characterized in that, The lower shell side surface (2b) extends to the front and rear ends to form a flange (21) that connects with the upper shell side surface (1b).