Centrifugal blower

• US 7,351,031 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2004
• Issued: 04/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Horng, Alex, Lu, Yu-Yuan, Fang, Mei-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): Look; Edward K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD
• Application Number:
  US10/976,904
• Publication Number:
  US 20060093499A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 415/204, 415/206, 416/175, 416/186.R, 416/187, 416/203
• US Class Current: 415/206
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 17/16 for displacing without appreciable compression
• 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

Abstract

A centrifugal blower includes a housing, an impeller, and a guiding cover. The housing includes a compartment delimited by an annular wall. A radial air inlet is defined in the annular wall and communicated with the compartment. The compartment includes an axial opening. The impeller is rotatably mounted in the compartment and includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The guiding cover is mounted on top edges of the blades and includes an axial air inlet in a central portion thereof. The guiding cover covers the axial opening of the compartment without in contact with the housing. The blades and the guiding cover turn synchronously when the impeller turns. Airflow is driven by the blades and guided by the guiding cover and exits the housing via the radial air outlet.

Claims

1. A centrifugal blower comprising:

a housing comprising a compartment delimited by an annular wall, a radial air inlet being defined in the annular wall and communicated with the compartment, the compartment including an axial opening;

an impeller rotatably mounted in the compartment, the impeller including a hub and a plurality of blades; and

a guide cover mounted on top edges of the blades, the guiding cover including an axial air inlet in a central portion thereof and an outer end extending radially outward, the guiding cover covering the axial opening of the compartment without in contact with the housing, the outer end of the guiding cover covering a top of the axial opening of the compartment without being in contact with the housing, thereby maintaining wind pressure in the compartment;

the blades and the guiding cover turning synchronously when the impeller turns, airflow being driven by the blades and guided by the guiding cover and exiting the housing via the radial air outlet.

2. The centrifugal blower as claimed in claim 1 wherein the guiding plate includes an air inlet tube extending upward from the axial air inlet.

3. The centrifugal blower as claimed in claim 2 wherein the air inlet tube includes a plurality of guiding plates extending from an inner periphery of the air inlet tube.

4. A centrifugal blower comprising:

a housing comprising a compartment delimited by an annular wall, a radial air inlet and a plurality of radial auxiliary air inlets being defined in the annular wall with the radial air inlet being communicated with the compartment, the compartment including an axial opening;

an impeller rotatably mounted in the compartment, the impeller including a hub and a plurality of blades; and

a guiding cover mounted on top edges of the blades, the guiding cover including an axial air inlet in a central portion thereof, the guiding cover covering the axial opening of the compartment without being in contact with the housing;

the blades and the guiding cover turning synchronously when the impeller turns, airflow being driven by the blades and guided by the guiding cover and exiting the housing via the radial air outlet.

5. The centrifugal blower as claimed in claim 4 wherein the radial auxiliary air inlets are adjacent to the radial air outlet and in an air-blowing starting section.

6. The centrifugal blower as claimed in claim 5 wherein the guiding plate includes an air inlet tube extending upward from the axial air inlet.

7. The centrifugal blower as claimed in claim 6 wherein the air inlet tube includes a plurality of guiding plates extending from an inner periphery of the air inlet tube.

8. The centrifugal blower as claimed in claim 4 wherein the guiding plate includes an air inlet tube extending upward from the axial air inlet.

9. The centrifugal blower as claimed in claim 8 wherein the air inlet tube includes a plurality of guiding plates extending from an inner periphery of the air inlet tube.