Ventilation fan

• US 10,690,137 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2018
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Liu, Yuan-Chuan, Lin, Chih-Hua, Yeh, Chung-We
• Primary Examiner(s): Newton, J. Todd
• Application Number:
  US16/001,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20190376522A1
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 4151212
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/08 the working fluid being air, e.g. for ventilation
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/422 Discharge tongues F04D17/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/4226 Fan casings
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/665 by means of resonance chambers or interference
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/703 specially for fans, e.g. fan guards
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/20 Casings or covers
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/32 Supports for air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation units
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2013/205 Mounting a ventilator fan therein

Abstract

A ventilation fan includes a fan and a housing. The fan includes a base, a scroll casing, and an impeller. The base is used for supporting a driving device. The scroll casing has an air inlet, an air outlet, a top portion, a bottom portion corresponding to the top portion, and a slope surface connecting the top portion and an edge of the air outlet. The top portion and the bottom portion together define a channel height, and the ratio of the channel height to the height of the air outlet ranges from 1.1 to 2. The channel height ranges from 110 mm to 200 mm. The impeller is disposed in the scroll casing, and the driving device drives the impeller to rotate. The housing is used for accommodating the fan, and has an opening corresponding to the air outlet of the scroll casing.

Claims

1. A ventilation fan assembly, comprising:

a fan comprising;

a base supporting a driving device,

a scroll casing having an air inlet,

an air outlet,

a top portion,

a bottom portion corresponding to the top portion, and

a slope surface connecting the top portion and an edge of the air outlet, wherein the top portion and the bottom portion together define a channel height, a ratio of the channel height to a height of the air outlet ranges from 1.1 to 2, and the channel height ranges from 110 mm to 200 mm, and

an impeller disposed in the scroll casing, wherein the driving device drives the impeller to rotate; and

a housing for accommodating the fan and having an opening corresponding to the air outlet of the scroll casing, wherein an air outlet duct is disposed on the side of the housing and communicated with the air outlet of the scroll casing, and a baffle is disposed inside the air outlet duct;

wherein the air inlet has a circular edge, the circular edge has a first point, a second point and a third point, the first point is closer to the opening than the third point, the second point is between the first point and the third point along the circular edge, and the slope surface is connected to the top portion beside the second point of the circular edge.

2. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein a ring structure is disposed on the base and located around a periphery of a driving circuit of the driving device.

3. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a grill assembly on the housing.

4. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein an extension direction of the air inlet is perpendicular to an extension direction of the air outlet.

5. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein an included angle between an extension direction of the top portion and the slope surface ranges from 16 degrees to 52 degrees.

6. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 5, wherein the included angle between the extension direction of the top portion and the slope surface is 17.7 degrees.

7. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein the channel height is 125 mm, and the height of the air outlet is 100 mm.

8. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein an accommodating space is formed between the top portion and the bottom portion, and the impeller is disposed in the accommodating space.

9. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 8, wherein the accommodating space is an annular space.

10. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein the driving device is a motor, and the motor comprises a driving circuit for driving the impeller to rotate.

11. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein a diversion element is disposed on the scroll casing and located around of the inlet of the scroll casing.

12. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein the slope surface gradually becomes wide from the top surface to the opening.

13. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein the scroll casing has a sidewall surrounding the air inlet, the slope surface has a curve edge along the sidewall from the top surface to the opening, and a height of the curve edge decreases from the top surface to the opening.

14. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 1, wherein a curve length of the circular edge from the first point to the second point is about ¼

of the total length of the circular edge.

15. A ventilation fan assembly, comprising:

a fan comprising;

a base supporting a driving device,

a scroll casing having an air inlet, an air outlet, a top portion, a bottom portion corresponding to the top portion, and a slope surface connecting the top portion and an edge of the air outlet, wherein the top portion and the bottom portion together define a channel height, a ratio of the channel height to a height of the air outlet ranges from 1.1 to 2, and

an impeller disposed in the scroll casing, wherein the driving device drives the impeller to rotate; and

a housing for accommodating the fan and having an opening corresponding to the air outlet of the scroll casing, wherein an air outlet duct is disposed on the side of the housing and communicated with the air outlet of the scroll casing, and a baffle is disposed inside the air outlet duct;

wherein the scroll casing has a sidewall surrounding the air inlet, the slope surface has a slope edge along the sidewall from the top surface to the opening, and a height of the slope edge decreases from the top surface to the opening.

16. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 15, wherein the slope surface gradually becomes wide from the top surface to the opening, and the slope edge is a curve edge.

17. The ventilation fan assembly according to claim 16,

wherein the air inlet has a circular edge, the circular edge has a first point, a second point and a third point, the first point is closer to the opening than the third point, the second point is between the first point and the third point along the circular edge, the slope surface is connected to the top portion beside the second point of the circular edge, a curve length of the circular edge from the first point to the second point is about ¼

of the total length of the circular edge, an included angle between an extension direction of the top portion and the slope surface ranges from 16 degrees to 52 degrees, and the channel height ranges from 110 mm to 200 mm.