Turbo fan and air conditioner including same

• US 10,641,280 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2015
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sato, Seiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Edgar, Richard A
• Application Number:
  US15/570,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20180283395A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,810 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/281 for fans or blowers
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/30 Vanes
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2240/303 related to the leading edge of a rotor blade
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2250/71 curved
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/0022 Centrifugal or radial fans
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/0047 mounted in the ceiling or at the ceiling

Abstract

Provided is a turbo fan capable of lowering difficulty in manufacturing and contributing an improvement in a reduction of costs while performance related to an improvement in ventilation efficiency, a decrease in operation noise, or the like. The turbo fan includes a main plate rotatably provided around a rotational axis, a side plate having a suction hole formed in a center thereof, and disposed to be separated from one surface of the main plate in a rotational axial direction and a plurality of blades disposed and fixed between the main plate and the side plate. The main plate is located inside the suction hole when viewed from the rotational axial direction.

Claims

1. A turbo fan comprising:

a main plate rotatably provided around a rotational axis;

a side plate having a suction hole formed in a center thereof, and disposed to be separated from one surface of the main plate in a rotational axial direction; and

at least one blade disposed and fixed between the main plate and the side plate,

wherein an outer diameter of the main plate is smaller than an inner diameter of the suction hole when viewed from the rotational axial direction,

wherein the at least one blade includes a curved portion inside the inner diameter of the suction hole, the curved portion having a varying curvature along an axis of the at least one blade parallel to the rotational axis inside the inner diameter of the suction hole and a non-varying curvature along the axis of the at least one blade parallel to the rotational axis outside the inner diameter of the suction hole.

2. The turbo fan according to claim 1, wherein one side of the at least one blade is connected to the main plate, and the other side of the at least one blade is connected to the side plate.

3. The turbo fan according to claim 1, wherein a cross section of the at least one blade includes a parallel portion configured to extend in the rotational axial direction and the curved portion bent from the parallel portion.

4. The turbo fan according to claim 3, wherein:

the parallel portion is connected to the main plate; and

the curved portion is located opposite the main plate.

5. The turbo fan according to claim 3, wherein the curved portion is bent in a rotational direction of the main plate.

6. The turbo fan according to claim 5, wherein a distance to which the curved portion extends in the rotational direction of the main plate increases and then decreases as a distance from a rotational center of the main plate to the curved portion increases.

7. The turbo fan according to claim 3, wherein an inner circumference of the at least one blade approaches the side plate as a distance from a rotational center of the main plate to the inner circumference increases.

8. The turbo fan according to claim 3, wherein a portion of the main plate toward which the curved portion is projected is formed as an opening when viewed from the rotational axial direction.

9. The turbo fan according to claim 8, wherein a shape of the opening corresponds to a shape of the curved portion projected toward the main plate.

10. The turbo fan according to claim 8, wherein a convex portion configured to protrude from the main plate is formed between an outer diameter of the opening and an outer diameter of the main plate.

11. The turbo fan according to claim 10, wherein the convex portion is formed on one surface of the main plate located opposite the other surface of the main plate facing the side plate.

12. The turbo fan according to claim 10, wherein the convex portion is formed along at least a part of a circle of which a center is a rotational center of the main plate.

13. The turbo fan according to claim 10, wherein the convex portion is provided in a ring shape of which a center is a rotational center of the main plate.

14. The turbo fan according to claim 10, wherein one side of the convex portion is connected to an outer circumferential surface of the main plate.

15. An air conditioner including the turbo fan according to claim 1.

16. A turbo fan comprising:

a main plate rotatably provided around a rotational axis;

a side plate having a suction hole formed in a center thereof, and disposed to be separated from one surface of the main plate in a rotational axial direction; and

at least one blade disposed and fixed between the main plate and the side plate,

wherein the main plate is located inside the suction hole when viewed from the rotational axial direction,

wherein a cross section of the at least one blade includes a parallel portion configured to extend in the rotational axial direction and a curved portion bent from the parallel portion,

wherein a portion of the main plate toward which the curved portion is projected is formed as an opening when viewed from the rotational axial direction, and

wherein a convex portion configured to protrude from the main plate is formed between an outer diameter of the opening and an outer diameter of the main plate.