Fan mounting assembly

Claim 1

An electrical fan mounting assembly for a video display terminal comprising: a rigid chassis housing in said video display terminal for mounting heat producing components, an aperture in said rigid housing adapted to permit air flow therethrough, a flexible moulded plastic panel assembly, said plastic panel assembly comprising, a box shaped panel having four sides, at least two sides being substantially parallel vertical sides connected to a front side to form a shallow open box therewith, an aperture in said front side of said box shaped panel adapted to align with said aperture in said rigid chassis housing, an axial flow electric fan mounted over said aperture in said front side of said box shaped panel, tolerance springs formed in the front side of said flexible plastic closure adapted to resiliently support said axial flow electric fan thereon, a plurality of resilient retainer fingers extended outward from said front side of said panel, a latch on the end of each said resilient finger adapted to snap over the outside of said electric fan motor and to hold said electric fan in engagement with said tolerance springs, a plurality of retaining ears extending rearward and outward from the top of said open box shape panel adapted to engage the rear surface of a rigid wall of said chassis housing of said video display terminal at said aperture, and latch means on the bottom side of said open box shape panel extending rearward and outward from the bottom of said open box shape panel and adapted to engage the rear surface of said rigid wall of said chassis housing to rigidly mount said flexible moulded plastic panel on said rigid chassis housing to form a rigid fan mounting assembly therewith.