Centrifugal fan

• US 10,519,969 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2017
• Issued: 12/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Lin, Hsin-Chen, Chiou, Ing-Jer
• Primary Examiner(s): Lebentritt, Michael
• Application Number:
  US15/841,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20180187693A1
• Time in Patent Office: 747 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/281 for fans or blowers
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/30 Vanes
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/4226 Fan casings
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/667 by influencing the flow pattern, e.g. suppression of turbulence

Abstract

A centrifugal fan is provided. The centrifugal fan comprises a housing and an impeller. The housing includes an upper cover and a lower cover. The impeller is configured in the housing. The impeller includes a hub, a plurality of blades and an air guiding structure. The hub is pivoted on the lower cover and rotates around a rotation axis. The rotation axis extends in the axial direction. The blades are connected to a peripheral surface of the hub and configured between the upper cover and the lower cover. The air guiding structure is connected to the blades. An angle between the air guiding structure and the rotation axis increases along with a distance in the direction away from the hub.

Claims

1. A centrifugal fan, comprising:

a housing, including an upper cover and a lower cover;

an impeller including a hub, the impeller is configured in the housing and configured to rotate around a rotation axis;

a plurality of blades, connected to a peripheral surface of the hub; and

at least one air guiding structure connected to the blades, an angle between the air guiding structure and the rotation axis increases along with a distance in the direction away from the hub, the air guiding structure includes a connection side and an end part opposite to the connection side, the connection side is connected to the blade, and the end part is configured at a position farther away from the blade in comparison with the connection side.

2. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein the blade includes a windward side and a leeward side, and the air guiding structure is connected to the windward side or the leeward side.

3. The centrifugal fan according to claim 2, wherein the blade further includes an upper side portion and a lower side portion, the upper side portion is close to the upper cover, the lower side portion is close to the lower cover, and the air guiding structure is connected to the upper side portion or the lower side portion.

4. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1 wherein a radius is the distance from a point on the end part of the air guiding structure to a center of the hub, an air deflecting angle is formed between a point on the end part and the radius, the radius of a point on the end part is proportional to the air deflecting angle of the point.

5. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein the air guiding structure extends in the direction away from the windward side, and an angle is formed between the air guiding structure and the windward side.

6. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein the air guiding structure extends in the direction away from the leeward side, and an angle is formed between the air guiding structure and the leeward side.

7. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein curvature of any point between the connection side and the end part of the air guiding structure is zero.

8. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein the air guiding structure includes a first plane and a second plane, the first plane is connected to the blade, the second plane is connected to the first plane, and curvature of any point on the first plane and the second plane is zero.

9. The centrifugal fan according to claim 1, wherein the air guiding structure is a curved structure.