Centrifugal fan
US9885367B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF04D29/666
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A centrifugal fan includes an impeller and a motor which rotates the impeller. The impeller includes an upper shroud, a lower shroud, and blades arranged therebetween. A rotor of the motor is attached to an attachment part of the lower shroud. In a section passing a rotary shaft of the impeller, the rotor and the attachment part are provided at a more outer side than a circle having a center on a line passing an upper end portion of an inlet opening at an inner side and parallel to the rotary shaft of the impeller, having a radius of 80% of a distance from the upper end portion of the inlet opening to a surface of the lower shroud below the upper end portion, and being tangent to the surface of the lower shroud or passing an end edge portion of the lower shroud.
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