EXTERNAL ROTOR BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR DRIVEN EXHAUST FAN

• US 20100009621A1
• Filed: 07/11/2008
• Published: 01/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Te-Hsuan Hsieh
• Original Assignee: Te-Hsuan Hsieh
• Inventors: HSIEH, Te-Hsuan
• Application Number:
  US12/172,207
• Publication Number:
  US 20100009621A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 454/293
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/02 of recess-mounted type, e.g. downlighters specially adapted for vehicle exteriors F21S41/00-F21S45/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0096 Fans, e.g. ceiling fans forced cooling of lighting devices characterised by the arrangement of fans F21V29/67
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 13/078 combined with lighting fixtures
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 7/007 with forced flow using ducting systems F24F7/06

Abstract

An external rotor brushless DC motor driven exhaust fan is provided with an external rotor brushless DC motor and a LED illumination device in its inner space. The uses of the external rotor brushless DC motor and the low voltage driven LED illumination device enable the exhaust fan to have the functions of air exhausting and illumination, and to reduce the power consumption and noise. On top of that, the reduction in power consumption of the external rotor brushless DC motor can lower the carbon emission of the exhaust fan, so the exhaust fan is not only environmentally friendly but also energy saving.

Claims

1. An external rotor brushless DC motor driven exhaust fan, comprising:

a housing defined with an axial inner space with its open side facing downward and a vent located above the inner space, in a predetermined portion of the housing being formed an exhaust hole in communication with the vent;

a cover detachably assembled to the open side of the housing for sealing the open side of the housing, in each side of a rectangular guiding frame of the cover being defined an air guiding hole;

an external rotor brushless DC motor disposed at the vent and provided with a turbo fan;

a LED illumination device disposed in a space defined between the housing and the cover and electrically connected to the external rotor brushless DC motor;

when the external rotor brushless DC motor is turned on, it will rotate the turbo fan so as to suck air of room via the air guiding hole and then discharge it out of the room, meanwhile, the LED illumination device is turned on to illuminate the room.

2. The external rotor brushless DC motor driven exhaust fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein an air deflector formed in the shape of the vent is fixed to a lower periphery of the vent and is defined with an air flow guiding hole which opens toward the turbo fan above the air deflector, the exhaust hole is connected with an exhaust pipe for discharging air out of the room.

3. The external rotor brushless DC motor driven exhaust fan as claimed in claim 1, wherein the turbo fan is directly rotated by the external rotor brushless DC motor.

4. The external rotor brushless DC motor driven exhaust fan as claimed in claim 2, wherein the LED illumination device is disposed between the housing and the cover, the cover is a rectangular structure positioned at the open side of the housing and is centrally defined with a hole for connecting the inner space, a rectangular guiding frame with a predetermined thickness vertically extends downward from a lower periphery of the hole, in at least one side of the rectangular guiding frame is defined an air guiding hole in communication with the inner space.

5. The external rotor brushless DC motor driven exhaust fan as claimed in claim 4, wherein the LED illumination device includes a light reflecting board, a LED illumination member and a transparent board, the LED illumination member is disposed at a top of the light reflecting board, and the transparent board is used to seal the hole of the cover.

6. The external rotor brushless DC motor driven exhaust fan as claimed in claim 5, wherein the light reflecting board consists of four slanted pieces tapered toward a center of the light reflecting board so as to form a trumpet space toward the cover and a through hole in a center of the trumpet space, the LED illumination member is disposed outside the through hole.

7. The external rotor brushless DC motor driven exhaust fan as claimed in claim 5, wherein the transparent board is made of glass or acrylic.

8. The external rotor brushless DC motor driven exhaust fan as claimed in claim 5, wherein the LED illumination member is a single circular packaged LED with a power rating of above 5 watt.

9. The external rotor brushless DC motor driven exhaust fan as claimed in claim 5, wherein the LED illumination member is a rectangular single packaged LED with a power rating of above 5 watt.

10. The external rotor brushless DC motor driven exhaust fan as claimed in claim 5, wherein the LED illumination device is provided with an luminance control device capable of adjusting color of the light emitted from the LED illumination member.