Cooling fan

• US 7,063,504 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2003
• Issued: 06/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Huang, Wen-Shi, Lei, Tsung-Yu, Tan, Li-Kuang, Liu, Wen-Ha, Lin, Kuo-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Look, Edward K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Edgar, Richard A.
• Application Number:
  US10/339,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20030202879A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,258 Days
• Field of Search: 415/201, 415/220, 415/221, 415/222, 415/223, 415/182.1, 415/183, 415/185, 415/186, 415/208.1, 415/208.2, 415/208.5, 415/211.1, 415/148, 415/151, 415/159, 415/165, 416/247.R
• US Class Current: 415/165
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 25/0613 the electric motor being of the inside-out type, i.e. the rotor is arranged radially outside a central stator
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/526 Details of the casing section radially opposing blade tips ducts F04D29/545

Abstract

A cooling fan with high heat-dissipating performance includes a plurality of blades; and a frame for receiving the blades therein, wherein the frame has a reduced height for exposing the blades to outside of the frame so as to allow air to enter into the frame via a top portion and a peripheral portion of the blades to improve air introduction and heat dissipating efficiency of the cooling fan. A cover may be mounted to a top surface of the frame, and formed with a plurality of openings for allowing air to enter into the frame through the openings; such an arrangement cam effectively enhance air intake and working efficiency of the cooling fan.

Claims

1. A cooling fan comprising:

a plurality of blades; and

a frame for receiving the blades therein, wherein a height of the frame is reduced to an extent for exposing the blades and an inner wall of the frame has an inclined surface without protruding out of the inner wall of the frame for forming a lateral air intake so as to allow air to enter into the frame via a top portion and a peripheral portion of the blades to improve air introduction and heat dissipation efficiency of the cooling fan.

2. The cooling fan of claim 1, wherein a minimum height of the frame is equal to a thickness of a bottom portion of the cooling fan, and the bottom portion is formed with a plurality of connecting ribs for enhancing structural strength of the cooling fan.

3. The cooling fan of claim 2, wherein a plurality of air-guiding parts are formed at peripheral positions of the frame and curve-shaped to comply with a moving direction of airflow.

4. The cooling fan of claim 3, further comprising a cover mounted to the air-guiding parts of the frame, the cover having a substantially flat portion being formed with a plurality of bars and openings in a manner that adjacent openings are spaced by one of the bars.

5. The cooling fan of claim 4, wherein top surfaces of the bars are biased by a predetermined angle with respect to the flat portion of the cover.

6. The cooling fan of claim 4, wherein the cover is provided with a plurality of side portions extending from peripheral edges of the flat portion and bent vertically downwards, and each of the side portions is formed with a plurality of vertical bars and vertical openings in a manner that adjacent vertical openings are spaced by one of the vertical bars.

7. The cooling fan of claim 6, wherein the vertical bars are biased by a predetermined angle with respect to the side portions.

8. The cooling fan of claim 4, wherein the cover is provided with a plurality of side portions extending from peripheral edges of the flat portion and bent downwardly, and each of the side portions is formed with a plurality of lateral bars and lateral openings in a manner that adjacent lateral openings are spaced by one of the lateral bars.

9. The cooling fan of claim 8, wherein the lateral bars are horizontally biased by a predetermined angle with respect to the side portions.

10. The cooling fan of claim 1, further comprising a cover mounted to the frame and including an opening and a plurality of grid portions disposed on peripheral areas of the cover to abut against the frame.

11. The cooling fan of claim 10, wherein the grid portions are arranged vertically or horizontally.

12. The cooling fan of claim 1, further comprising a cover mounted on the frame and including a frame-shaped portion and a plurality of side portions downwardly protruding from periphery of the frame-shaped portion, wherein each of the side portions is formed with a plurality of bars and openings in a manner that adjacent openings are spaced by one of the bars.

13. The cooling fan of claim 12, wherein the openings and bars are vertically or horizontally arranged.

14. The cooling fan of claim 12, wherein the frame is integrally formed with the cover to a single piece.

15. The cooling fan of claim 1, further comprising a cover mounted to the frame, wherein the cover is formed with a hollow portion to expose the blades, and the height of the frame is reduced to be equal to a thickness of a bottom portion of the cooling fan so as to effectively expose the blades to ambient air and improve air intake into the frame.

16. The cooling fan of claim 15, wherein the frame is integrally formed with the cover to a single piece.

17. The cooling fan of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of through holes formed on a periphery of the frame.

18. A cooling fan comprising:

a frame having a hollow portion;

at least one blade received in the hollow portion of the frame; and

a plurality of ribs formed on a bottom of the frame for strengthening the cooling fan;

wherein the frame has a side opening extending to the bottom of the frame for increase air introduction, and the frame has an air-guiding part provided on a peripheral position thereof for enabling air to be smoothly sucked into the frame.