Centrifugal fan
US7903406B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 10, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A centrifugal fan includes a cylindrical housing for housing an impeller, a motor for driving the impeller and a disk-like circuit board that are arranged coaxially in an accumulated manner. When the impeller rotates, air is taken in along the axial direction of the housing and goes out through an air outlet disposed in the circumference surface of the housing. A ring-like air inlet is disposed in a wall face on one side of the housing in the axial direction. An outer rim of the circuit board that is disposed inside the wall face is substantially within the inside edge of the air inlet, and a self-heating electronic component is mounted on the circuit board at the outer edge portion. A part of air taken in from the air inlet flows at a vicinity of the electronic component so that the electronic component is cooled.
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