Assembly blower and associated method

US11480186B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Regal Beloit America, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Philip Wayne Johnson · Bluffton, US
• Rachele Barbara Cocks · Huntington, US
• Shailesh P. Waikar · Fort Wayne, US
• Michael R. Koller · Columbia City, US
• John Sheldon Wagley · Winona Lake, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02B30/70
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A blower assembly for advancing the flow of air in an air flow device at a selected one of a plurality of air flow rates. The blower assembly includes a blower housing defining a body thereof and a wall of the blower housing moveably secured to the body, a blower wheel rotatably mounted to the blower housing and a motor for rotating the blower wheel at a selected one of a plurality of rotational speeds. The blower assembly further includes a motion device secured to the body and to the wall. The motion device moves the wall relative to the body to a selected one of a plurality of distinct wall positions. The motor rotates the blower wheel at a selected one of a plurality of rotational speeds. A controller calculates an optimum wall position and rotational speed to provide for minimal energy usage rate.