Electronic device incorporating centrifugal blower

• US 8,072,754 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2010
• Issued: 12/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., Fuzhun Precision Industry Company Limited (Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., Fuzhun Precision Industry Company Limited (Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Qiang, Hong, Chien-Long, Lin, Yung-Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): CHERVINSKY, BORIS LEO
• Application Number:
  US12/748,439
• Publication Number:
  US 20110149511A1
• Time in Patent Office: 618 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 361/695
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/4226 Fan casings
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/626 Mounting or removal of fans

Abstract

An electronic device includes a casing, a centrifugal blower and sidewall received in the casing. The casing is adapted for accommodating electronic components therein, and includes a bottom cover and an opposite top cover. The centrifugal blower is surrounded by the sidewall and includes a sleeve directly mounted to the bottom cover, a bearing member mounted in the sleeve, a stator mounted to the sleeve and an impeller rotatably supported by the bearing member. The bottom cover of the electronic device functions as a bottom plate of the centrifugal blower.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a casing adapted for accommodating electronic components therein and comprising a bottom cover and an opposite top cover;

a sidewall received in the casing, the sidewall being arranged on and perpendicularly to the bottom cover of the casing; and

a centrifugal blower received in the casing and surrounded by the sidewall, the centrifugal blower comprising;

a sleeve directly mounted to the bottom cover, the bottom cover of the electronic device functioning as a bottom plate of the centrifugal blower;

a bearing member mounted in the sleeve;

a stator mounted to the sleeve; and

an impeller rotatably supported by the bearing member;

wherein the centrifugal blower further comprises a flexible circuit board, the circuit board being attached to the bottom cover.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the sleeve includes an end plate and an annular wall extending upwardly from a peripheral edge of the end plate, the sleeve having a fixing portion at a bottom end of the end plate, the bottom cover having a positioning portion corresponding to the fixing portion of the sleeve, the fixing portion of the sleeve being firmly fixed to the positioning portion of the bottom cover.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the fixing portion of the sleeve is fixed to the positioning portion of the bottom cover via adhesive.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the fixing portion of the sleeve defines at least one adhesive overflow groove therein.

5. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the fixing portion of the sleeve is a protrusion, the positioning portion of the bottom cover is a blind hole, and the protrusion is received in the blind hole.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the sidewall is generally C-shaped and has an opening facing an edge of the bottom cover.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the bottom cover defines a plurality of air exhausting apertures at an out side of the opening of the sidewall.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the bottom cover defines a plurality of elongated air intakes in a portion of the bottom cover surrounded by the sidewall.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the bottom cover defines a receiving groove therein, the circuit board of the centrifugal blower being received in the receiving groove of the bottom cover.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a casing adapted for accommodating electronic components therein and comprising a bottom cover and an opposite top cover;

a centrifugal blower received in the casing, the centrifugal blower comprising;

a sleeve directly mounted to the bottom cover, the bottom cover of the electronic device functioning as a bottom plate of the centrifugal blower;

a stator mounted to the sleeve; and

an impeller rotatably supported by the sleeve; and

a sidewall received in the casing and arranged on the bottom cover of the casing, the sidewall surrounding the centrifugal blower and defining an air outlet therein;

wherein the centrifugal blower further comprises a flexible circuit board, the circuit board being attached to the bottom cover.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the sleeve includes an end plate and an annular wall extending upwardly from a peripheral edge of the end plate, the sleeve having a fixing portion at a bottom end of the end plate, the bottom cover having a positioning portion corresponding to the fixing portion of the sleeve, the fixing portion of the sleeve being firmly fixed to the positioning portion of the bottom cover.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the fixing portion of the sleeve is fixed to the positioning portion of the bottom cover via adhesive.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the fixing portion of the sleeve defines at least one adhesive overflow groove therein.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the fixing portion of the sleeve is a protrusion, the positioning portion of the bottom cover is a blind hole, and the protrusion is received in the blind hole.

15. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the bottom cover defines a plurality of elongated air intakes in a portion of the bottom cover surrounded by the sidewall.

16. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the bottom cover defines a receiving groove therein, the circuit board of the centrifugal blower being received in the receiving groove of the bottom cover.