Multi fan device

Abstract

A multi fan device may include a plurality of fans. Each plurality of fans includes a fan base, fan frame, and connector component. The fan base includes a connector. The fan frame is coupled to the fan base and define a top side, receiving side, and connector side. The receiving side extends from a first side edge of the top side, the connector side extends from a second side edge of the top side. The connector is disposed between the fan frame and fan base at the first side edge and the connector component is rotatably coupled between the fan frame and fan base at the second side edge. The connector is electrically coupled to the connector component, and the connector component is configured to enable each plurality of fans to electrically couple together at the second side edge and the first side edge via an electromagnetic force.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A multi fan device, comprising:
 a plurality of fans;   wherein each plurality of fans comprise:
 a fan base including a base outline and a connector, the connector coupled to and extends upward from the fan base; and 
 a fan frame including a frame outline, the fan frame coupled to the fan base, the frame outline corresponding to the base outline, the connector between the fan base and the fan frame; and 
 a connector component; 
 wherein the fan frame and the fan base, together, define a top side, a receiving side, and a connector side, the receiving side extends from a first side edge of the top side, the connector side extends from a second side edge of the top side, the connector disposed at the first side edge, the connector component disposed and rotatably coupled at the second side edge; and 
 wherein the connector is electrically coupled to the connector component; and 
   wherein the connector component is configured to enable each plurality of fans to electrically couple together at the second side edge and the first side edge via an electromagnetic force.   
     
     
         2 . The multi fan device of  claim 1 , wherein the connector component comprises a load plate cover and a connector card, the connector card coupled to the load plate cover, the load plate cover rotatably coupled to each plurality of fans, the connector card electrically coupled to the connector. 
     
     
         3 . The multi fan device of  claim 1 , wherein each plurality of fans comprises a fan including a plurality of blades and a fan motor, the plurality of blades extend outward from the fan motor, and wherein the fan base further includes a base plate and a hub, the hub extends upward from the base plate, the fan rotatably coupled to the base plate via the hub. 
     
     
         4 . The multi fan device of  claim 1 , further comprising a connector cable including a first end and a second end, the connector cable electrically coupled to the connector on the first end and electrically coupled to the connector component on the second end. 
     
     
         5 . The multi fan device of  claim 1 , wherein the connector component comprises two striking pads, and wherein the fan base further comprises a base receiving component and the fan frame, further comprises a frame receiving component, the base receiving component extends upward from the fan base between the fan base and the connector, the frame receiving component extends downward from the fan frame between the fan frame and the connector, wherein each two striking pads respectively corresponds to the base receiving component and the frame receiving component, and wherein each two striking pads respectively latch to the base receiving component and the frame receiving component via the electromagnetic force. 
     
     
         6 . The multi fan device of  claim 5 , wherein the two striking pads or the base receiving component and the frame receiving component is made of magnets, and the two striking pads or the base receiving component and the frame receiving component not made of the magnets is made of magnetic materials. 
     
     
         7 . The multi fan device of  claim 1 , wherein the fan frame and the fan base, together, further define a first cavity and a second cavity, the first cavity disposed at the first side edge, the second cavity disposed at the second side edge, the connector disposed in the first cavity, the connector component rotatably coupled and disposed in the second cavity. 
     
     
         8 . The multi fan device of  claim 7 , wherein the connector component comprises two rotatable positions, a stored position and an operating position, and wherein each plurality of fans comprise a first plurality of fans and a second plurality of fans, and when the connector component of the first plurality of fans is in the stored position the connector component is disposed in the second cavity of the first plurality of fans, and when the connector component is in the operating position the connector component is electrically coupled to the connector of the second plurality of fans in the first cavity of the second plurality of fans. 
     
     
         9 . The multi fan device of  claim 1 , further comprising a fan cable configured to enable power and control signals to be received by each plurality of fans, the fan cable electrically coupled to the connector. 
     
     
         10 . The multi fan device of  claim 9 , wherein the plurality of fans comprise a first plurality of fans, a second plurality of fans, and a last plurality of fans, and wherein the first plurality of fans, the second plurality of fans, and the last plurality of fans are linearly disposed together, wherein the fan cable is electrically coupled to the connector of the first plurality of fans, the connector component of the first plurality of fans is electrically coupled to the connector of the second plurality of fans, and the connector component of the second plurality of fans is electrically coupled to the connector of the last plurality of fans. 
     
     
         11 . The multi fan device of  claim 1 , wherein the frame outline corresponds to the base outline and define a fan width including a first length, the first length extends from the receiving side to the connector side, and wherein the connector component comprises a component length including a second length, wherein the second length is less than one-third the first length.